A dead bull is causing trouble in Tasmania, while Damien Hirst has been accused of mass murder (of houseflies)
A naked statue of Archimedes has provoked a complaint in an English village
A round-up of last week’s art world tittle-tattle
Pluralist Emmanuel Macron came under fire for saying he’s never seen any French art
A museum dedicated to disastrous products and ideas is set to open in Sweden
Luke Skywalker’s cereal box collection; Alex Jones’s ‘performance art’; Nice’s accidental Yves Klein art trail; and a reason to look forward to 8 June…
A sprinkling of subversive celebrations to mark the centenary of Duchamp’s urinal
The former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is to exhibit his paintings in Paris
Eduardo Paolozzi’s comedy moment; cooking with Georgia O’Keeffe; and at home with Klaus Biesenbach
Instagram promotion, protests daubed in Latin… graffiti is starting to look like a genteel pastime
The clergy in Manchester have condemned a wheeze to sell crucifixion experiences
The pick of last week’s art world tittle tattle – including the best April fools
How beer art went from a Gilbert & George lager bottle to museums opening their own beer gardens
The Cristiano Ronaldo bust is the latest in a tradition of bad football sculptures
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
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
Martha Stewart’s recipe for success