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Art-fair visitors who aren’t afraid to declare their worth can take advantage of MSCHF’s very public ATM machine
Phrygian cap or pussy hat? The mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics seems to be making a bid for freedom
The breaking of a plaque to commemorate Howard Carter in Luxor isn’t a wholly inappropriate way to mark the centenary of his great discovery
The sale of masterpieces at Christie’s shattered records – but has it really changed the art market?
Selling a misattributed work was a ‘prank’, according to André Heller – which leads Rakewell to reflect on the real classics of the genre
They are symbols of great change, but Rakewell finds pleasing continuities in the new Charles III coins
Thomas Blaikie pens a paean to the new emperor’s clothes
She has been outlasted by a lettuce – but could the Iceberg Lady take comfort from a pear-shaped French king?
Despite allowing a few celebrity sightings, the preview day of Frieze London felt more like the tube during rush hour than an exclusive experience for art collectors
The British prime minister has brought her knack for careful diplomacy to the Parthenon marbles row
