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The appearance of Turner paintings on Dr. Martens bovver boots has some of the painter's fan fulminating
Appy days for Matt Hancock, bitcoin art business, and a useful lesson from Maria Balshaw. Plus the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
Valentine's Day looks set to bring its usual mad merchandise – which this year, includes an unnervingly realistic chocolate heart
Chris Brown’s rant at artists, Erykah Badu’s assessment of Hitler’s art, and the rest of this week’s arty tittle tattle
A cartoon turtle graced the Met's Michelangelo exhibition last week – and Leonardo suffered a rather greater indignity at the Louvre
A show at Human Resources gallery leaves a lot to the imagination – because there's nothing in it
Why Oliver Cromwell is in a spin at Westminster, Mona Hatoum's pasta-based practice, and more
The proposed loan of the Bayeux Tapestry has made for some, erm, creative threads on social media
Timothy Spall plays another painter, a Rauschenberg is at risk, and Steve Lazarides in praise of bluffing
The latest recruit to the MFA Boston is a three-month-old puppy called Riley
