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Take note, Patricia Cornwell. There are better ways to splash $6 million on Walter Sickert
The Sickerts that Patricia Cornwell could have bought for the $6 million she has spent ‘proving’ he was Jack the Ripper
The artists who dine out on their reputation
Damien Hirst is by no means the first artist to have done a doodle for a restaurateur
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Howard Hodgkin’s acute eye for beach towels, plus Jack White and De Stijl
How Ivanka Trump’s art collection turned on her
Ivanka Trump’s love of contemporary art and artists has led to a backlash from artists and curators
The inky links between Ed Sheeran and Damien Hirst
A bromance is blossoming between Damien Hirst and the popstar Ed Sheeran
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Smashing (Kusama) pumpkins; the pop star and the painter; and at home with Maggi Hambling
McDonald’s has opened its first ‘museum-restaurant’. Honest!
The McDonald’s branch where you can now visit an archaeological site while you nibble your McNuggets
Meet Donald Trump’s artistic entourage
The second lady is a vocal advocate of art therapy and an art historian has joined the National Security Council
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artist living inside a boulder in Paris; the portrait of Tony Blair that nobody wants; and the art publisher boosted by the Oscars
I hereby dedicate this new museum to… myself!
The Bolivian president Evo Morales has opened a museum dedicated to – who else? – himself
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artist who wants you to ‘thump a Trump’; Winston Churchill’s ET moment; plus the rest of last week’s art-world gossip
Henry Moore takes to the catwalk
The new Burberry collection has taken inspiration from the work of Henry Moore…
Jeremy Corbyn, coming to a museum near you!
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is touting himself as a tour guide at the People’s History Museum in Manchester
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Robbie Williams’ verdict on David Hockney; Olafur Eliasson’s archery habit; and Shia Laboeuf’s art gets cancelled
How an artist is trolling the Venice Biennale
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 Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The YBAs party until their bedtime; Donald Trump learns to draw; and Richard Prince trolls the White House
David Hockney – too much in the Sun?
David Hockney’s redesign of the Sun masthead split opinions in the art world
Bones of contention at a museum near you…
Skeletons have come out of the closet at museums in the US and UK…
Remembering John Hurt and the Colony Room
The late John Hurt was a fixture on the bohemian Soho scene of Francis Bacon and the Colony Room
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Jasper Conran’s brush with Warhol; Lucian Freud’s appetite; and Waldemar gets very cross on Twitter…
Snappy snaps and street art with Brooklyn Beckham
Brooklyn Beckham seems more interested in aesthetic presence than athletic prowess – with a book of his photographs imminent, and street artist chums
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Frank Gehry’s coffee-making skills, the architecture critic named the hottest man in London, and Shia Laboeuf takes on Trump’s presidency
And the face of the City of Culture is… John Prescott!
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
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