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The best arty April Fools’ pranks of 2019
From the Salvator Mundi in the Oval Office to a sausage museum in Lincolnshire, the best art-related April Fools’ jokes of 2019
That border wall, made out of cheese
The Make America Grate Again project isn’t the first time dairy has been used as an artistic medium
Peter Crouch, connoisseur
It turns out that the former England striker has an impulsive streak when it comes to art and interiors
Grunge in the gallery – from Kurt Cobain to Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has opened an exhibition in Seattle. He’s not the first grunge star to try their hand at the visual arts…
The cult movie directors coming to a gallery near you
David Lynch and Harmony Korine are among the directors who have made the leap to canvas
Making a massive hashtag of it – from Brexit backers to Trump
Political tweets have hit the big time – on massive billboards in the UK and in ‘The Presidential Twitter Library’
The fine art of golf
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is launching a mini-golf course inspired by its collection
Cate Blanchett makes a mockery of Marina Abramović
Cate Blanchett has pastiched the performance artist for Documentary Now!
No more waiting in vain for Bob Marley fans
English Heritage marks the musician’s time in Chelsea, but a literary festival’s calls for pink plaques in Highgate falls flat
Whisky galore – and other bottles you can collect
Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter are just a few of the artists who have taken to the bottle and designed labels for famous brands
All the other Rembrandts – from soft rock to cigarettes
The Rijksmuseum gathered 150 people called Rembrandt to launch its new exhibition – but that’s just the start of the the painter’s curious legacy
When Ed Sheeran met David Hockney
Ed Sheeran has joined the big league – by becoming the latest star to pose for David Hockney
Jeremy Corbyn’s heritage hang-ups
Plus: Donald Trump’s wedding cake goes under the hammer, and Lars von Trier turns his films into diamonds
From bus tours to bacteria – a brief cultural guide to Brian Blessed
The thunderous thespian is to voice the bacteria that spread the Black Death for a new display at the Museum of London
Bloody ballads and semen straw sculptures
The latest bizarre artworks to come to Rakewell’s attention feature blood donations and cattle-rearing devices
The secret of David Hockney’s tomato sandwich
In a short film by Ridley Scott, David Hockney opens up about his time at the Royal College of Art – and mischievous visits to the V&A
A decadent darling decamps from Twitter
Bougie London Literary Woman has sidled away from social media – for now. Rakewell rounds up some of her art-related tweets
A monumental mix-up in Aberdeenshire
Plus: Toto forever in the Namib Desert and art students in China face an overfamiliar exam
Olivia Colman’s royal capers and tapers
Critics have waxed lyrical about The Favourite – but spare a thought for the candle crew on set at Hatfield House
Jake Gyllenhaal and the horrors of contemporary art
Gyllenhaal plays a contemporary art critic in a forthcoming art-world satire that was inspired by a trip to Dia: Beacon
Bangers and cash – why currywurst has its own commemorative coin
Plus: the mysteries of Loic Gouzer and how a notorious art thief turned to drawing
The photoshop fails of your favourite politicians
The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has joined the ranks of politicians who have tried to airbrush themselves into history
Cutting criticism – a tale of Bendor Grosvenor’s cat
Plus: Salvador Dalí among the drug lords and how Jeremy Deller made his mother proud
Hans Ulrich Obrist as you’ve never seen him before
Plus: Prince Charles, Leonard Cohen and Salvador Dalí, and the artistic tastes of Drake
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