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George Osborne’s Mao moment, Peter Blake spices up his life, and more Frieze gossip
Cheeky art patronage at Nando’s, Frank Gehry’s Bilbao nerves and how Julia Stiles beefed up her art history for Riviera
An AI programme developed by a Cambridge-based tech company lets you paint like Van Gogh, apparently
The Saatchi Gallery staged a pop-up Kardashian exhibition last week. Oh dear.
Tintin the fake news reporter, Michael Jackson at the NPG, and more art-world tittle-tattle
Theresa May is outlining her vision for Brexit in Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Where did she get the idea?
A statue of the inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle has been erected in Moscow
A Twitter tussle between two London museums, gallery doppelgangers, and Howard Hodgkin's taste in television
A vast 'fatberg' is obstructing the sewers of East London – and the Museum of London wants to get hold of a piece
The Rijksmueum has reopened its gallery at Schipol airport – and there's a special treat in the baggage hall to mark the occasion
