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• ‘The greatest genius ever’: remarkable Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts to go on show in Australia

  02-03-2024 20:00
  
  From a retractable bridge to the famous flying machine, the Codex Atlanticus offers a gateway into the brilliance of Leonardo’s mindGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOriginal pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s epic 12-volume Codex Atlanticus will arrive in Australia for the first time this month, as part of an immersive digital exhibition on the High Renaissance’s most celebrated genius.Designs for a retractable bridge, hydraulic device, weapons of war and the famous flyin
  
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• ‘I paint daily, no matter what’: how one woman’s coping mechanism became a global business

  02-03-2024 13:00
  
  Twelve years ago, in response to tragedy, Margo McDaid decided to paint a picture every day. Now she’s sold 16,000 paintings – and has galleries and collectors queuing up to buy her workEvery day without fail, for the past 12 or so years, Margo McDaid has painted. At first, it was casual; an amateur kitchen-table-with-the-kids affair. More recently, she has worked from the bright and airy, white-walled Kent coast studio where she’s sitting now, two of her colourful, graphic por
  
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• Observer Original Photography

  02-03-2024 12:23
  From film-maker Wim Wenders on shooting a movie in 16 days to actor Matt Smith on friendship and fame: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in February 2024 Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It shows the relentless pace of contemporary life’: Misha Vallejo Prut’s best phone picture

  02-03-2024 11:00
  
  Lives intersecting in the shared space of the city create a moment of visual serendipityMisha Vallejo Prut had just finished a class at the London College of Communication where he was studying for an MA in photojournalism and documentary photography, and headed to a nearby cafe. It was 2014 and he was using an iPhone 5. “The degree of pixelation in the image shows the inexorable march of time since I took this,” says says Vallejo Prut, who is now based in Quito, Ecuador.“
  
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• From Dune: Part Two to Nye: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

  02-03-2024 07:00
  
  Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi saga returns, while Michael Sheen celebrates the creator of the NHSDune: Part Two
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  The first part of Denis Villeneuve’s dour and steely take on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic was an unexpected treat after the goofy David Lynch version in 1984. Expectations are now sky-high for part two – but with the return of Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Charlotte Rampling plus newcomers such as Christopher Walken as the Padishah Emperor o
  
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• Uh-Oh: AI Can Be Infected With Worms

  02-03-2024 00:01 via wired.com
  
  Now, in a demonstration of the risks of connected, autonomous AI ecosystems, a group of researchers have created one of what they claim are the first generative AI worms—which can spread from one system to another, potentially stealing data or deploying malware in the process. – Wired
  
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• The rise of ‘theatre AND’: how sounds, smells and interaction are luring in audiences

  02-03-2024 00:00
  
  Three works at this year’s Perth festival required headphones, among many more multi-sensory shows. Outgoing director Iain Grandage dared the public to take the plungeGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA city festival can feel like a choose your own adventure – and at this year’s Perth festival, the adventure I chose kept requiring the same gear: a pair of headphones.On Thursday night at the Invisible Opera, I sat in a grandstand at Scarborough beach, on Noongar-Whadjuk
  
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