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The Museum of London wants to watch over Trump Baby
The big blond blimp is on the wish list at the Museum of London, apparently
Leonardo’s face, reimagined in chicken
The strangest Leonardo anniversary news to date (and it has nothing to do with the Salvator Mundi)
The artful apparel of Lady Gaga
A gaggle of Gaga’s costumes have gone on display in Las Vegas – but her infamous meat dress isn’t quite was it once was
The National Enquirer is now a museum (sort of)
The infamous tabloid is the focus of a new attraction in Tennessee – which is as chock-full of celeb gossip and conspiracy theories as you’d imagine
Lots (and lots) of Leonard Cohen
First there was a major show in New York, now there’s a cache of letters at auction…
Bernard-Henri Lévy and the cream of Europe
The French philosopher has marshalled artists to the cause of saving European unity – but on one point, at least, he shares common ground with Nigel Farage
The art world goes to Legoland
Lego exhibitions are cropping up at museums across the UK – and the bricks are becoming the medium of choice for some artists
Salvador Dalí – back from the dead (again)
Fancy a selfie with Salvador Dalí? An AI-generated version of the artist will be happy to oblige…
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!
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