British Museum to open new £64 million research centre
The British Museum is to open a new £64 million complex, designed to increase the amount of its collections that the public are able to view.]]>
Alastair Sooke meets David Shrigley: ‘My work? It’s a kind of gonzo conceptualism’
Among the superstar names and self-important pieces that fill many of the booths at Frieze London, there’s always space for a little self-deprecation.]]>
Glasgow School of Art to be rebuilt after fire
Glasgow School of Art will rise from the ashes again, the chair of the school board has announced.]]>
‘Fatcam’: Museum of London launches live stream of fatberg
Last year, a mound of congealed fat captured the imagination of the nation. And now people will be able to squirm at the sight of the Whitechapel “fatberg” in the comfort of their own homes. ]]>
David Hockney auction record broken twice as paintings fetch almost £30m in New York
The record auction price for a work by David Hockney has been broken twice in one evening as two pieces fetched more than $40.1 million (£29.6m).]]>
Tracey Emin: ‘I was sexually assaulted by a famous female artist’
Tracey Emin has said she was slammed against a wall by “a famous artist” who sexually assaulted her at a party.]]>
Police hunt for elderly woman after theft of Yoko Ono’s $17,500 rock
Police in Canada are on the lookout for an elderly woman believed to have pocketed a rock worth US $17,500. An ordinary river stone with the words “love yourself” written on it in black ink, the rock is part of an “interactive” art exhib…
Obama portrait artist’s past work depicted black women decapitating white women
Kehinde Wiley, the artist chosen to paint the official portrait of former US President Barack Obama, previously depicted black women decapitating white women.]]>
Manchester Art Gallery’s #MeToo-inspired removal of nude Nymphs painting branded a ‘pathetic stunt’
A celebrated painting JW Waterhouse has been removed from display at the Manchester Art Gallery, in an act the museum says aims to “challenge this Victorian fantasy” of “the female body as either a ‘passive decorative form’ or a ‘femme f…
Banksy confirms that he’s responsible for new mural in Hull
A new mural by enigmatic graffiti artist Banksy has appeared on a bridge in Hull.]]>
Salvator Mundi and the mystery of the orb: is the world’s most expensive painting a real Leonardo?
Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi has sold at auction for a record-breaking $450 million (£342 million). It raises a number of questions: Can any painting really be worth that much? Why are we still so obsessed with da Vinci? And then there’s the…
Has Goldie fuelled theory Banksy is Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja with slip of the tongue?
For 20 years, he – or she – has gone to extreme lengths to keep their identity hidden as they took the art world by storm.]]>