Angel delight? Twenty years of the Angel of the North
The Angel of the North may have been co-opted to sell baguettes in its time, but the north-east has undoubtedly come to love it
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Correcting Jasper Johns, Tory fossils, artists as cheeses, and, erm, a couple of cats stories
The Tate puts the boot into Turner
The appearance of Turner paintings on Dr. Martens bovver boots has some of the painter’s fan fulminating
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Appy days for Matt Hancock, bitcoin art business, and a useful lesson from Maria Balshaw. Plus the rest of this week’s arty tittle-tattle
A Valentine’s gift to melt your heart – perhaps
Valentine’s Day looks set to bring its usual mad merchandise – which this year, includes an unnervingly realistic chocolate heart
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Chris Brown’s rant at artists, Erykah Badu’s assessment of Hitler’s art, and the rest of this week’s arty tittle tattle
Michelangelo comes out of his shell at the Met
A cartoon turtle graced the Met’s Michelangelo exhibition last week – and Leonardo suffered a rather greater indignity at the Louvre
Why there’s absolutely nothing to see at an exhibition in LA
A show at Human Resources gallery leaves a lot to the imagination – because there’s nothing in it
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Why Oliver Cromwell is in a spin at Westminster, Mona Hatoum’s pasta-based practice, and more
How the Bayeux Tapestry had Twitter in stitches
The proposed loan of the Bayeux Tapestry has made for some, erm, creative threads on social media
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Timothy Spall plays another painter, a Rauschenberg is at risk, and Steve Lazarides in praise of bluffing
Why an art hound is sniffing around the MFA Boston
The latest recruit to the MFA Boston is a three-month-old puppy called Riley
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Matt Hancock’s party vibes and the rest of this week’s arty tittle-tattle
Yes, a Canadian museum really is putting on a Justin Bieber exhibition
Ontario is the place to head if you want to see the pop star’s running shoes
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Justin Bieber takes up painting, an art-breaking first date, and Hans-Ulrich on the beach
Deck the halls with festive follies!
The wacky Christmas decorations installed in London’s leading museums
A fishy new uniform for V&A staff
The V&A has launched a new uniform – but twitter users reckon the swag would look better at a garden centre
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
A cheap date with Martin Parr, Damien Hirst CBE (or not), and a very meaty recipe for mince pies
Thank you for the loo sick: the Abba show that conjures up a ’70s nightclub
An exhibition dedicated to Abba at the Southbank Centre recreates some gloomy rooms from the 1970s
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Celebs at Art Basel Miami Beach, Ai Weiwei’s problem with German, and Peter Hitchens pans his portrait
Careless whisker: Grayson Perry’s lost cat comes home
After going AWOL for several days, Grayson Perry’s cat has been reunited with the artist. Hooray!
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artistic tastes of Britain’s spies, Prince Harry’s museum dance, Damien Hirst’s shopping habits and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle
A simple lesson for any artist: do not chain yourself to a rock
Artist Mikes Poppe has been cut from a block of marble that he chained himself to 19 days ago
Now there’s a museum of selfies, too…
…And Rakewell hopes that Paris Hilton takes her rightful place in its display (erm, honest)
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