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Best culture of the 21st century

  • Clockwise from top left: Girl from the North Country, Hamilton, Frankenstein and The Book of Mormon

    'Our teachers whooped for Avenue Q!' Readers pick the 21st century's best theatre and dance

    Following our selection of this century’s best new plays and dance shows, readers give their suggestions – from Book of Mormon to The Red Shoes
  • Mist and vapour … The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, 2003.

    'Old-fashioned awesome' – readers pick their favourite art of the 21st century

    After we published our chart of the best art since 2000, you sent in your thoughts and suggestions, from price-slash Banksys to Yayoi Kusama’s oblivion
  • Evelyn Grace Academy, London.

    'I expect to see a spaceship looming over it' – your favourite buildings of the century

    After we published our countdown of the best architecture since 2000, you sent in your suggestions, from a rebirth in Berlin to a spectacular football stadium
  • Composite: authors Amitav Ghosh, China Mieville and Lionel Shriver

    'It has saved countless lives': readers' picks of the best books this century

    After we published our list of the greatest books since 2000, you sent in your own suggestions – from Chinese sci-fi to a history of music
  • Books of the century so far

    The 100 best books of the 21st century

    Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
  • Comedian Tina Fey

    All hail Tina Fey: the funniest comic of the 21st century

  • From left, Sarah Silverman, Romesh Ranganathan, Julia Davis, Steve Coogan, Tiffany Haddish

    The 50 best comedians of the 21st century

  • Betroffenheit at Sadler’s Wells, London.

    Crystal Pite: the dance genius who stages the impossible

  • From left: Formosa, Woolf Works, Bosque Ardora, Desh

    The best dance of the 21st century

  • Jerusalem, Mr Burns and Barbershop Chronicles

    The 50 best theatre shows of the 21st century

    A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000
  • Jez Butterworth

    Jez Butterworth: quicksilver sage behind the 21st century's best play

    In Jerusalem, the playwright laid bare a country’s phoney myths and confronted who we really are as individuals and nations
    • 'I thought it was basically amazing': readers' pick of the best movies since 2000

    • The maddest house party ever – Ragnar Kjartansson on making The Visitors

    • The best art of the 21st century

  • From left: Gando School, Sala Beckett, Elbphilharmonie, Casa de Musica

    The best architecture of the 21st century

  • People don’t just come for the art … Tate Modern, London.

    Mother of all loft conversions: how Tate Modern became building of the century

  • The best TV of the century composite.

    The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century

  • Ground-breaking ... The Sopranos.

    David Chase on why he wrote The Sopranos: 'I needed help. I needed therapy'

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