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Camping it up, art history-style
The celebs cooked up some outrageous costumes for the Met Gala – and as ever, it seems that a few of them have been studying their art history
Warsaw goes bananas!
Banana-eating protestors surrounded the National Museum in Warsaw last week, after a video showing a woman consuming the fruit was removed from display
The great Renaissance cover-up
Titian and Bronzino have incurred the wrath of a librarian at a Baptist college in Florida
The creative confessions of Anthony Scaramucci
The former director of communications at the White House isn’t a fan of contemporary art. At least he’s honest about it!
Rooting around in Richter’s rubbish
A man has been fined for stealing from Gerhard Richter’s recycling bin. Honest, officer, I was trying to clear the paper off the street!
Dine like the artists – from Doug Aitken to Marina Abramović
From Doug Aitken’s cheese fondue to Marina Abramović’s ‘essence drink’, the recipes you need to eat like a blue-chip artist
Bedding down at the Louvre – and other nights at the museum
The Louvre is going to allow one couple a chance to conk out at the gallery. Seems like cultural catnaps are all the rage…
Commons indecency, perhaps – but was it art?
A fleshy protest made parliament more farcical than ever this week. Marina Abramović, you have competition…
The best arty April Fools’ pranks of 2019
From the Salvator Mundi in the Oval Office to a sausage museum in Lincolnshire, the best art-related April Fools’ jokes of 2019
That border wall, made out of cheese
The Make America Grate Again project isn’t the first time dairy has been used as an artistic medium
Peter Crouch, connoisseur
It turns out that the former England striker has an impulsive streak when it comes to art and interiors
Grunge in the gallery – from Kurt Cobain to Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has opened an exhibition in Seattle. He’s not the first grunge star to try their hand at the visual arts…
The cult movie directors coming to a gallery near you
David Lynch and Harmony Korine are among the directors who have made the leap to canvas
Making a massive hashtag of it – from Brexit backers to Trump
Political tweets have hit the big time – on massive billboards in the UK and in ‘The Presidential Twitter Library’
The fine art of golf
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is launching a mini-golf course inspired by its collection
Cate Blanchett makes a mockery of Marina Abramović
Cate Blanchett has pastiched the performance artist for Documentary Now!
No more waiting in vain for Bob Marley fans
English Heritage marks the musician’s time in Chelsea, but a literary festival’s calls for pink plaques in Highgate falls flat
Whisky galore – and other bottles you can collect
Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter are just a few of the artists who have taken to the bottle and designed labels for famous brands
All the other Rembrandts – from soft rock to cigarettes
The Rijksmuseum gathered 150 people called Rembrandt to launch its new exhibition – but that’s just the start of the the painter’s curious legacy
When Ed Sheeran met David Hockney
Ed Sheeran has joined the big league – by becoming the latest star to pose for David Hockney
Jeremy Corbyn’s heritage hang-ups
Plus: Donald Trump’s wedding cake goes under the hammer, and Lars von Trier turns his films into diamonds
From bus tours to bacteria – a brief cultural guide to Brian Blessed
The thunderous thespian is to voice the bacteria that spread the Black Death for a new display at the Museum of London
Bloody ballads and semen straw sculptures
The latest bizarre artworks to come to Rakewell’s attention feature blood donations and cattle-rearing devices
The secret of David Hockney’s tomato sandwich
In a short film by Ridley Scott, David Hockney opens up about his time at the Royal College of Art – and mischievous visits to the V&A
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