Big Picture

I hadn't downloaded any films or podcasts for my journey, but in the end it turned out I didn’t need any. All I needed was the window

Photographs of iron curtain research labs reveal the depth of communist ambition – and the fatal flaw buried within it

For all his masterpieces like A Bigger Splash, his greatest work may be teaching us to regard the everyday as a miracle

Rollie Kahaani’s photos from populist rallies are grabbing attention

There are thousands of lost settlements just off coastlines around the world. Could Torcoss in Devon be next?

A 1950 visit to Florence inspired the artist’s greatest work. Now he’s back in the places that changed him

The Oscar-winner’s Bounty is a subversively beautiful work about the ugliness of colonialism

It will be hideously expensive, will exclude whole sections of the US public and be largely inaccessible to foreigners – a perfect Trumpian tournament

Emilijia Skarnulyte’s work finds the beauty in painful history and the modern in myth

An approach in a pub led to a seat at a ceremony of what was once considered Britain’s most secretive organisation

The photography exhibition of undersea beauty that’s also an urgent warning about protecting our oceans

The Netherlands’ massive new photographic museum showcases art and celebs – but it’s the images of occupation and hunger that won’t let you look away

A landmark series of images comes to London, showing the humiliation, rage and moments of hope found in women’s jails

A joint exhibition at Tate Britain reveals the story of two geniuses who did some of their best work in the worst weather

Seventy years after Cortina first hosted, a very different Games returns to the town that once hosted Hemingway and Bond

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

The latest edition of the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait prize exhibition features subjects looking for a connection

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the most terrifying film ever made. So why did I watch it when I was 11, and why does it still have a hold on me?

It was the size of the Empire State Building, could move at motorway speed and was a symbol of American power

After years of scary AI movies, the tech is now portrayed as heroic – just as the industry’s humans come into its sights

Thirty years after the Srebrenica massacre, the country remains suspended between beauty and grief

From Helsinki to Buenos Aires, one man’s obsession with the art and architecture of our underground railways

Rock Against Racism’s joyous free concerts beat back the far right in 1970s Britain. That defiant blend of politics and music remains an inspiration – but its playbook may be obsolete

Everyone knows the famous image of the photographer in Hitler’s bath. But her lesser-known work is equally compelling

A new book collects the best of the world’s toilets – because even in an age of division, everyone needs somewhere to sit down

Forty years of news photos from the Reuters agency capture a world on fire – and makes a compelling case for the future of photojournalism

Mysterious, graceful and defiant, Cardinale transcended the male gaze and wrote her own legend

Just an hour across the water is a city with a completely different history and culture. But how much longer can it last?

El Salvador has become an absolutist police state. Part prison camp, part Bitcoin Beach, it’s the perfect place for Trump to send all the people he doesn’t want in America

A giant of 20th-century design had fallen into obscurity – but then it turned out he was still alive

Seventy years after his fatal crash, a pilgrimage to the place where an actor died and a legend was born

Tall and glamorous, Demulder did not seem meant for war zones. And then she made them her life’s work