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Rachel Whiteread on her publicity-hungry peers, plus the rest of the week's art world tittle-tattle
The actor relocated his anti-Trump installation to Liverpool this week only to be hoisted by hooligans once more
Perhaps George Osborne is good news for the Evening Standard's culture pages
Gilbert & George RA; Giles Coren, art historian; and Mary Beard takes aim at the Vatican Museums
The Sickerts that Patricia Cornwell could have bought for the $6 million she has spent 'proving' he was Jack the Ripper
Damien Hirst is by no means the first artist to have done a doodle for a restaurateur
Howard Hodgkin's acute eye for beach towels, plus Jack White and De Stijl
Ivanka Trump's love of contemporary art and artists has led to a backlash from artists and curators
A bromance is blossoming between Damien Hirst and the popstar Ed Sheeran
Smashing (Kusama) pumpkins; the pop star and the painter; and at home with Maggi Hambling
