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The Latest Breaking News from Jean Cocteau

80s a-go-go, hanging with Calder and a Scots stitch-up – the week in art

Plus: a magical Picasso print, a farewell to Frank Auerbach and polyamorous bohemian Dora Carrington gets her own show – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Deborah Levy: ‘A writer’s career is choppy – I was 50 when I found success’

Her ‘living autobiographies’ and novels have earned her legions of fans, but that success was hard won. Deborah Levy talks about stamina, boldness, and finding delight in the details

The Guardian - UK

Portrait of a modernist maverick: last chance to see the Jean Cocteau retrospective in Venice

‘Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge’, celebrating the French artist's defiance of artistic labels, is in its final week at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

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Design, culture and jewellery: Cartier in Singapore

Cartier is celebrating 100 years of Trinity with a series of pop-ups around the world

Wallpaper

Katia and Marielle Labèque review – Glass’s Cocteau trilogy perfumes the air, literally

Piano arrangements of Philip Glass’s music for his operas based on the French director’s films come complete with bespoke scents

The Guardian - UK

Evoking genius to defend ‘dark stars’ like Gérard Depardieu looks very French – and it is

Accusations of rape against the actor have divided the nation, with some referring to him as the ‘last monstre sacré’

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Anger obituary

Influential avant-garde film-maker and author of the salacious book Hollywood Babylon

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The intimate London exhibition paying homage to a legendary lesbian nightclub

Zara Toppin’s latest work takes inspiration from 1930s Paris nightclub, Le Monocle

Evening Standard

Creating Poker Face's retro-chic fits

Trayce Gigi Field told Salon about the "fashionable-ish" Charlie Cale, from the boots and vests to that horse head

Salon

Backed by the Butter Board – then a Cannes premiere: rediscovering the films of Wendy Toye

A dancer, choreographer and director who made her stage debut aged three, Toye was a creative powerhouse who left an estimable legacy as a film director. Now two of her films are being released for a new audience

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Luc Godard obituary

New Wave film-maker who changed the course of cinema with À Bout de Souffle

The Guardian - UK

The Surreal deal: Elsa Schiaparelli was the mother of strange fashion

The Italian designer’s so-called ‘little jokes’ turned out to have a massive influence on the world of fashion. In the wake of a new exhibition in Paris, Jessica Testa examines her life and work

The Independent UK

TV tonight: watch out dinosaurs, that big asteroid is coming – and so is David Attenborough

The most soothing voice on the box tells an apocalyptic tale in Dinosaurs: The Final Day. Plus: a killer on the loose in Grantchester. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Human Voice review – Ruth Wilson fails to connect in Jean Cocteau’s tale of despair

Ivo van Hove’s production divests this drama of emotional power and momentum, keeping us at arm’s length

The Guardian - UK

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