A round-up of last week's art world tittle-tattle
A portrait of the singer-songwriter has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London
Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich pitched up at the Met Gala naked – and in a sealed box
A dead bull is causing trouble in Tasmania, while Damien Hirst has been accused of mass murder (of houseflies)
A naked statue of Archimedes has provoked a complaint in an English village
Pluralist Emmanuel Macron came under fire for saying he’s never seen any French art
A museum dedicated to disastrous products and ideas is set to open in Sweden
Luke Skywalker's cereal box collection; Alex Jones's 'performance art'; Nice's accidental Yves Klein art trail; and a reason to look forward to 8 June...
A sprinkling of subversive celebrations to mark the centenary of Duchamp's urinal
The former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is to exhibit his paintings in Paris
Eduardo Paolozzi's comedy moment; cooking with Georgia O'Keeffe; and at home with Klaus Biesenbach
Instagram promotion, protests daubed in Latin... graffiti is starting to look like a genteel pastime
The clergy in Manchester have condemned a wheeze to sell crucifixion experiences
The pick of last week's art world tittle tattle – including the best April fools
How beer art went from a Gilbert & George lager bottle to museums opening their own beer gardens
The Cristiano Ronaldo bust is the latest in a tradition of bad football sculptures
Rachel Whiteread on her publicity-hungry peers, plus the rest of the week's art world tittle-tattle
The actor relocated his anti-Trump installation to Liverpool this week only to be hoisted by hooligans once more
Perhaps George Osborne is good news for the Evening Standard's culture pages
Gilbert & George RA; Giles Coren, art historian; and Mary Beard takes aim at the Vatican Museums
The Sickerts that Patricia Cornwell could have bought for the $6 million she has spent 'proving' he was Jack the Ripper
Damien Hirst is by no means the first artist to have done a doodle for a restaurateur
