The Hammer Museum honours the artists who have poured blood, sweat, tears or other unusual substances into their work
Plus: Jasleen Kaur wins this year’s Turner Prize; and Vancouver Art Gallery scraps plans for new Herzog & de Meuron-designed building
The rockstar-turned-artist revels in her solitude and shuts the door to everyone except her dog when she’s in the studio – which is also her flat
Plus: Rotterdam becomes first Dutch city to return colonial objects to Indonesia; and City of London votes to close Smithfield and Billingsgate markets for good
Tinguely and Warhol worked as window-dressers; Dalí and Duchamp had dalliances with shop displays. Art and commerce go under the spotlight in Basel
Turkey’s first female opera singer was also a painter who had close ties with Germany, and is now the subject of a survey in Berlin
The king of cuddly toys gets the red-carpet treatment at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris - but life hasn’t always been a picnic for our faux-furry friends
After a ten-year conservation project, Parmigianino’s youthful masterpiece is ready to take part in the National Gallery’s bicentenary celebrations
Best known for his designs for Radiohead’s album covers, the artist enjoys the sea air but laments the fug of wood varnish in his Brighton studio
Plus: UNESCO places 34 sites in Lebanon under ‘enhanced protection’; Berlin to cut its arts budget by €130m; and an armed heist at the Musée Cognacq-Jay
