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Studying art history can turn you into an art historian. Or it can make you famous, it turns out.

What we learnt about Julian Assange and art from his profile in the New Yorker

Jim Carrey’s paintings fail to draw a smile; Giles Coren has a moment of ecstasy in Sotheby’s restaurant; and the rest of last week’s arty tittle-tattle

John Currin seems to have come over all coy in his portrait of Jennifer Lawrence for Vogue

International Cat Day clashes with Dogs in Paintings Day on Twitter. Which has really set the cat among the pigeons…

Tittle-tattle and curiosities from the art and museum worlds

Giacometti at the movies, Jack Vettriano at the pub, and the rest of last week’s arty tittle-tattle

The Museum of Lies brought weird and wonderful – but utterly spurious – exhibits to London

Salvador Dalí’s moustache, Madonna’s hairbrush, and the rest of this week’s arty tittle-tattle

Brooklyn Beckham’s photo nasties and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle

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

What links a trip to the sauna and some of the UK’s leading art institutions?

A public art installation in Albania has just been condemned by the Greek government

Has Goldie outed Banksy? Did Andy Warhol get in John McEnroe’s way; and is Sean Spicer pleased with his likeness?