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Plus: the mysteries of Loic Gouzer and how a notorious art thief turned to drawing
The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has joined the ranks of politicians who have tried to airbrush themselves into history
Plus: Salvador Dalí among the drug lords and how Jeremy Deller made his mother proud
Plus: Prince Charles, Leonard Cohen and Salvador Dalí, and the artistic tastes of Drake
Plus: Jools Holland and his model railway, and how Monster Chetwynd got her name
The British pub chain has announced that it will develop a museum at a boozer in Wolverhampton
Britain is bedecked with Christmas trees once more – and this year’s surprise hit is a tilting trunk in Southampton
Plus: Lucian Freud on horseback and how Sex and the City made Marina Abramović
A portrait photograph long thought to show Van Gogh turns out to depict his brother Theo
Plus: a street artist with a vendetta in LA and Jerry Saltz dresses up as Frida Kahlo