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
A copy of a self-help book once owned by Michael Jackson is up for auction – personalised by the King of Pop himself
Plus: Picasso at Annabel’s and Donald Trump rides across a golden burger
A feline farce at the Onomichi City Museum of Art has got social media purring
Sotheby’s is selling a clutch of canvases by Old Blue Eyes – as well as a number of curious Sinatra souvenirs
A painter in London is inviting the public to get creative with her portrait of Boris Johnson – by making their own additions
Plus: selfie sabotage at a museum in Russia and Jim Carrey takes on Ted Cruz... with a painting
The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon is displaying Cromwell artefacts that have never been shown in public before – including his baby clothes
Plus: the poison pen of Alex Katz and the dangling doodles of Keith Richards
A copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover once owned by the judge who presided over the novel’s obscenity trial is up for auction
A commission to make a necklace for the rapper comes in the nick of time. Plus: David Byrne’s sceptical reaction to a sculpture by Carsten Höller
The National, Jarvis Cocker, Pharrell and Bono are among the musicians the artist has corralled
A display of disgusting food is about to open in Malmo. Plus: fluffy floors in Athens and the aphrodisiac art of Olafur Eliasson
The white goods specialists at Samsung have plonked the world’s most famous sculpture on top of a washing machine
Three decades after the publication of Matilda, Roald Dahl’s heroine has been celebrated in new drawings – and with an unexpected sculpture
Plus: Rachel Whiteread’s near-miss with the Gruffalo and Mark E. Smith is immortalised on a chip shop
Plus: a cannabis museum opens in Las Vegas, and Martin Parr on how Robert Mugabe informs his dress sense
Yusaku Maezawa has booked up Elon Musk’s first space flight for an art adventure
Plus: a bizarre museum in North Korea and a top tip from Sarah Lucas for keeping your house safe
The Manic Street Preachers bassist is showing mixed media works in Pembrokeshire – and he’s not the first bass-player to have a sideline in art
Replicas of Van Gogh’s paintings are on a tour of major retail centres in the US. Plus: art on the loose in Toledo and Kanye goes back to school
