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
The McDonald's branch where you can now visit an archaeological site while you nibble your McNuggets
The second lady is a vocal advocate of art therapy and an art historian has joined the National Security Council
The artist living inside a boulder in Paris; the portrait of Tony Blair that nobody wants; and the art publisher boosted by the Oscars
The Bolivian president Evo Morales has opened a museum dedicated to – who else? – himself
The artist who wants you to 'thump a Trump'; Winston Churchill's ET moment; plus the rest of last week's art-world gossip
The new Burberry collection has taken inspiration from the work of Henry Moore...
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is touting himself as a tour guide at the People's History Museum in Manchester
Robbie Williams' verdict on David Hockney; Olafur Eliasson's archery habit; and Shia Laboeuf's art gets cancelled
The Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson has handed over the creation of the country's pavilion at the Venice Biennale to a brace of trolls. Really.
The YBAs party until their bedtime; Donald Trump learns to draw; and Richard Prince trolls the White House
David Hockney's redesign of the Sun masthead split opinions in the art world
Skeletons have come out of the closet at museums in the US and UK...
The late John Hurt was a fixture on the bohemian Soho scene of Francis Bacon and the Colony Room
Jasper Conran's brush with Warhol; Lucian Freud's appetite; and Waldemar gets very cross on Twitter...
Brooklyn Beckham seems more interested in aesthetic presence than athletic prowess – with a book of his photographs imminent, and street artist chums
Art appreciation meets cardiovascular exercise at the Met
Frank Gehry's coffee-making skills, the architecture critic named the hottest man in London, and Shia Laboeuf takes on Trump's presidency
The big hitters of Hull are out in force to promote its status as the UK's City of Culture – John Prescott chief among them
From Cindy Sherman to the Femen movement to Richard Prince, artists have been taking aim at Trump ahead of his inauguration
The art of rejection (from Oxford University), James May's Matisse moment, and the rest of the week's art tittle-tattle
