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Michelangelo Pistoletto goes from rags to riches at Blenheim Palace
The Italian artist uses humble materials to promote a high-minded utopian message. How does his work fare in such opulent surroundings?
Artangel’s ambitious new project at Reading Prison is inspired by Oscar Wilde
This is the first time the prison has been opened to the public – and it’s an ambitious feat
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Grayson Perry, restaurant critic, plus the rest of this week’s art world gossip
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artists providing airline security, an Olympic art blooper and looking for the Mona Lisa at the National Gallery
Kneaded Knowledge
The Language of Ceramics Together with artists Ai Weiwei and Edmund de Waal, the Kunsthaus focuses on a material long…
Facing the World
Self-Portraits Rembrandt to Ai Weiwei Ever since the Renaissance, and in some cases even earlier, artists have self-consciously created images…
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
An unsightly selfie statue, Lego gets taken to pieces, and trouble at the Jack the Ripper Museum
Chinese Whispers
Recent Art from the Sigg and M+ Sigg Collections “Chinese Whispers” provides a deeper insight into China’s art scene of…
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster
Can art exist on social media?
Can artists and the wider art world use social media for more than self-promotion? Some certainly think so…
Van Gogh Action Man: Officially Better than Game of Thrones
Ever wondered what Rodin’s The Thinker would look like in a sexy pose? Find out with the help of an art-historical action figure.
Suzanne Valadon’s shifting gaze