Banksy’s art is political drivel for the smug, right-thinking classes
This was the last painting Freddie Mercury ever bought
Was this Turner Prize list devised by technocrats?
Did these LS Lowry investors score an own goal?
Is Michelle Obama’s portraitist about to become art’s new household name?
Do you understand Mária Bartuszová’s art better than children do?
Want to visit Jurassic Park? Now you can – for a hefty price
Prince William and Kate have never looked so conventional
A good joke saves lives: a century of quirky public information posters
Best art exhibitions and galleries to visit in London and across the UK in summer 2021
Green helmets and flushed cheeks – the Second World War in colour
Tracey Emin says her cancer is ‘gone’ and accuses politicians of ‘never having been to a museum’
‘Cancelling’ history is anathema to the way the cultural sector works
Can I go to a museum? What the tier system means for art lovers
Tracey Emin/Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul, RA, review: a graceful love letter from Emin to her hero
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tate Britain, review: an art-world darling who coasts on clichés
Christo: the artist’s greatest works, and the stories behind them
Sonia Boyce to be first black woman to represent Britain at Venice Biennale
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.]]>
How do you spot the next Damien Hirst?
Frieze London is one of the world’s largest art fairs: over 160 galleries exhibiting, and over 60,000 visitors expected. But when the mega-galleries bring work by stars from Urs Fischer to Liu Wei, how can a new generation of bright young artists make …
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. ]]>
Rapper Diddy pays $21m for Kerry James Marshall painting amid record New York auctions
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the rapper, has been identified as the buyer of a painting by Kerry James Marshall that sold at auction for a record-breaking $21.1m (£15.6m).]]>
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.]]>
In pictures: 14 objects that bring China and South Asia’s rich cultural history to life
The art and satire of Sue Macartney Snape
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…
Charms, spells, curses and poppets: witchcraft in pictures
10 pieces of modern art that shocked the world
More than just beaches: Jamaican Intuitives at the Highgate Gallery
Rubber souls: modern art inspired by ‘creepy’ sex dolls
The Middle East’s new masterpiece: inside the Louvre Abu Dhabi, in pictures
Burning Man 2017 in pictures: Dust, paint, mutant vehicles and 70,000 ‘burners’ gather in the desert
The Juice is loose: OJ Simpson trial memorabilia in pictures
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.]]>