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‘On a peak under a blue sky’: the joy of summer in Europe’s mountains

Our writer recalls his favourite mountain experiences, from hard-won views to splendid isolation and the comforts of simple refuges

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‘David Lynch altered our brains’: fellow directors, friends and fans remember a titan of cinema

His unique, twisted visions shocked and seduced generations of filmgoers. Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Coralie Fargeat and more pay tribute

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Caspar David Friedrich: the racked Romantic painter who inspired Beckett and Bambi

His gloomy, gorgeous paintings have been described as so powerful that they have tempted viewers to oblivion – but many were lost or destroyed. Next year, a major exhibition will gather some 75 together

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This German city is described as ‘Florence on the Elbe’ – but does it live up to the claim?

With bedazzling Baroque architecture and some of the best museums on the continent, underrated Dresden is a dark horse for a European city break, says Vicky Smith

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OPINION - Chasing Fog by Laura Pashby review: the wonderful weirdness of fog

Sometimes, it really is true — they don’t make them like they used to, even fogs. London was once the home of the pea-souper – but have you noticed one lately? That’s almost certainly a good thing, though. The worst ever hit in December 1952: “an all encompassing smoke-laden yellow…

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Yan Wang Preston review – gloriously confronting art history in the nude

The artist braved the freezing Pennines to cast a Romantic painting in a bold new light, while her restaging of Manet’s Olympia is wonderfully subversive

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William Blake’s Universe review – polymath’s paintings are outclassed by the Germans

A wide-ranging exhibition on the English mystic makes unfortunate comparisons with his European contemporaries who, it turns out, are the far superior Romantics

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Black identity, Blake’s intensity and how to dust David – the week in art

Plus splashy colourful paintings, Korean colour pencil drawings and Yoko Ono’s huge retrospective – all in your weekly dispatch

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From Arctic art to the Disgusting Food Museum: Europe’s top 10 culture destinations for 2024

Malta’s first art biennale, Copenhagen’s repurposed Carlsberg district, the first Arctic Circle capital of culture … this year promises a feast of cultural activity

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