The artist friends and foes of Philip Roth
The late American novelist’s friends included R.B. Kitaj and Philip Guston. But he didn’t always get on with contemporary art…
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Supermarket Sweep at the British Museum, Cardsharps for contemporary Italy, and the sweet smell of sea travel
A peace bargain to tempt all coin collectors
The North Korean peace summit may be off, but you can still get hold of a commemorative coin
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Pugin at the royal wedding, P. Diddy in the saleroom, and Maggi Hambling’s advice on clearing a gallery
Has the British Museum scored an own goal with Mo Salah’s football boots?
The British Museum has acquired a pair of Mo Salah’s football boots. Not everybody’s happy…
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Antony Gormley’s wardrobe, a slating for the Serpentine restaurant, and resistance to Rachel Whiteread in Yorkshire
Why a museum in London is getting creative with Campari
The Estorick Collection in north London is to stage an exhibition of Campari posters. Salute!
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Kanye West tries out architecture, the naked truth about museums, and meatball modernism
James Joyce via the medium of contemporary dance
The Irish writer’s surprising dance-world connections, from a duet in a silent film to Michael Flatley’s Riverdance
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Andy Murray picks up the paintbrush, truth and lies with Ai Weiwei, and the dawn of the Museum of Pizza
David Bowie – from station to (metro) station to museum restaurant
From Buckinghamshire to Brooklyn, David Bowie is being commemorated in surprising ways across the globe
Pyjama arty? Artist accuses Old Navy of pilfering her pooch designs
The LA-based artist Lili Chin has accused Old Navy of stealing her work for a line of pyjamas
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Lots of leather from Russell Crowe, Nigel Farage in the museum, and Kanye West gets art historical
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Rose Wylie’s high heels, Thaddaeus Ropac shares a beer with Joseph Beuys, and a design collaboration for Kanye West
Calling all hipsters! Book now for the museum of avocados!
Another hipster museum is opening in California – and this one is all about avocados
The spirit of ’68 – alive and kicking in Nanterre
At Nanterre University, students have taken against street art commemorating the riots of 1968
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The tiny head of Yuri Gagarin, Richard Rogers gets hit with an umbrella, and the rest of last week’s arty tittle-tattle
The world’s first sausage dog museum – not as mad as it sounds
A museum dedicated to dachshunds has opened in Germany
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The barbs of Francis Bacon, an auction of VIP hotel doors, and an artistic slanging match between Chicago and Houston
John Baldessari gets the greatest accolade of them all – a guest turn on The Simpsons
Baldessari is the latest star to appear in The Simpsons – in a flashback scene with cub reporter Marge Simpson
Steve Bannon – the strangest exhibition subject ever?
You read it right – an exhibition on Steve Bannon, that Renaissance man of the Alt-Right, is about to open in Rotterdam
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
When Henry Moore gave Barbara Hepworth the cold shoulder, plus the rest of last week’s arty tittle tattle
Take the second exit to Narnia…
A rascal artist has doctored road signs in Oxfordshire to give directions to Narnia and Neverland
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Bowie in Buckinghamshire, peeling off in Paris, and Lucian Freud on Prince Charles’s watercolours
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