By a whisker: the Ballarat Beard & Stache competition – in pictures

Douglas Lees, my father, who has died aged 94, was an architect who contributed modestly to the built environment in various parts of England, from new towns...

Built on tar swamps and two tortuous decades in the making, Lacma’s latest addition used twice as much metal as the Eiffel Tower. How did America supersize r...

Portraits of South African activists and the enigmatic silhouettes of Bill Brandt join a selection from more than 70 galleries at Aipad: The Photography Show...

‘The first resident that Emma – a social robot – was introduced to was called Peter. After that, Emma assumed they were all called Peter, which everyone foun...

While the population of southern Lebanon have sometimes felt abandoned by their own state, a show in London told their stories and celebrated their resistanc...

In the remote village of Ottuk, men protect their precious sheep by heading into the mountains. Luke Oppenheimer went to photograph them … and stayed for fou...

Victoria Miro, LondonMischievous, moving and troubled tales of female oppression unspool across the largest ever exhibition of the artist’s drawings, which s...

Chisenhale Gallery, LondonThe Irish artist scrambles your brain by cleverly combining calming pastel pinks with austere military health units and suffocating...

Jeu de Paume, Paris The peerless chronicler of everyday absurdity did not live to see this exhibition, but it is a dazzling final chapter, showing his irresi...

Cosmic House, LondonThe video artist famous for his films charged with Black queer desire unleashes a kitsch, bombastic and rather glorious meditation on hum...

Bruce Asbestos unleashes a mischievous monster, Alan Charlton shows off 50 years of monochrome mastery and Lady With a Guitar gets a fresh perspective – all...

Statement, apparently aimed at Russia and Israel, makes clear it is committed to the defence of human rightsThe jury of the Venice Biennale has said it would...