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Fed up of the Fringe? Then escape to a museum
Edinburgh’s museums and galleries provide respite from the onslaught of the Fringe
Silence speaks volumes at Chisenhale Gallery
Luke Willis Thompson’s work with Diamond Reynolds is a powerful response to the shooting of Philando Castile
The museum that’s telling porkies to its visitors
The Museum of Lies brought weird and wonderful – but utterly spurious – exhibits to London
Adrián Villar Rojas digs deep in Athens
The Argentinian artist has planted artefacts, sculptures and a fantastical garden in Athens
The curious case of Microsoft Paint
Microsoft has reversed its decision to discontinue MS Paint, the programme that turned all of us into (very bad) Picassos
Plywood: the V&A has nailed it
This thrilling exhibition reveals the glamour of an everyday material
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Salvador Dalí’s moustache, Madonna’s hairbrush, and the rest of this week’s arty tittle-tattle
What not to miss at the world’s leading photography festival
This year’s Les Rencontres d’Arles ranges from Joel Meyerowitz’s street photography to repurposed statues of Lenin in Ukraine
An outbreak of talent in Great Bardfield
Ravilious, Garwood, Bawden, Binyon… Why were so many artists drawn to a village in Essex?
Digging up Dalí (and other disinterments)
Salvador Dalí is far from the first artist to have his eternal sleep disrupted
The political backdrop to Jirō Takamatsu’s art
The Japanese artist deserves to be better known in Britain, but his playful, political work suffers out of context
Alma-Tadema deserves to be loved again
The artist has fallen so far out of critical fashion that his merits are often completely overlooked
The architects who designed their own homes
The houses that architects designed for themselves can tell us much about their attitudes to their work
Restoring Turner’s vision for Sandycombe Lodge
Sandycombe Lodge, built by J.M.W. Turner in 1812, offers an intriguing glimpse of the painter’s potential as an architect
How sustainable is the art scene in Dubai?
And does the city really have what it takes to become a global commercial hub?
How Bubbles the Chimp picked up the paintbrush
The chimp that was once Michael Jackson’s pet monkey has taken up painting in its retirement
Smells like art
Many artists have experimented with smell. Now, Somerset House is putting scent at the centre of an exhibition
Anish Kapoor causes a stir in New York
New York’s Public Art Fund celebrates its 40th birthday with commissions by Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Maria Balshaw’s matching socks – and the rest of the week’s art world tittle-tattle
Eight art events to get to this summer
Highlights include a Jean Dubuffet retrospective in Amsterdam and a Mexican Old Master in New York
‘My life has always been about painting’
Frank Bowling has been experimenting with paint for six decades – but it still surprises him
At last, some welcome relief for regional museums
Arts Council England had some good news for museums this week, but it can’t be the sector’s knight in shining armour