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Salvador Dalí's moustache, Madonna's hairbrush, and the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
The French president has upset local mayors by messing around with the format of his official photograph
Salvador Dalí is far from the first artist to have his eternal sleep disrupted
Daniel Hannan gets furious about a statue of Engels, and the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
The blue whale skeleton installed at Natural History Museum is proving as popular as Dippy the Diplodocus
The TV thriller Riviera unfolds after the murder of a top art collector
Brooklyn Beckham's photo nasties and the rest of last week's art-world tittle-tattle
The chimp that was once Michael Jackson's pet monkey has taken up painting in its retirement
The DPRK has released a series of stamps taking aim American targets
Maria Balshaw's matching socks – and the rest of the week's art world tittle-tattle
