The critics putting the hatchet into Civilisations and 'All Too Human', why Ed Sheeran is going Anglo-Saxon, and more arty tittle-tattle
You can't show the Venus of Willendorf on Facebook, it seems, but neither can you wear period dress to the Met
Lucian Freud and the trouble with suntans, a big ticket for Bowie in Brooklyn, and the rest of last week's art-world tittle-tattle
Jeremy Bentham leaves University College London to take part in a show at the Met Breuer
London Fashion Week shuts down the National Portrait Gallery, the Duchess of Cambridge gets creative, and Marvel's 'Black Panther' invents a Museum of Great Britain
The Angel of the North may have been co-opted to sell baguettes in its time, but the north-east has undoubtedly come to love it
Correcting Jasper Johns, Tory fossils, artists as cheeses, and, erm, a couple of cats stories
The appearance of Turner paintings on Dr. Martens bovver boots has some of the painter's fan fulminating
Appy days for Matt Hancock, bitcoin art business, and a useful lesson from Maria Balshaw. Plus the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
Valentine's Day looks set to bring its usual mad merchandise – which this year, includes an unnervingly realistic chocolate heart
Chris Brown’s rant at artists, Erykah Badu’s assessment of Hitler’s art, and the rest of this week’s arty tittle tattle
A cartoon turtle graced the Met's Michelangelo exhibition last week – and Leonardo suffered a rather greater indignity at the Louvre
A show at Human Resources gallery leaves a lot to the imagination – because there's nothing in it
Why Oliver Cromwell is in a spin at Westminster, Mona Hatoum's pasta-based practice, and more
The proposed loan of the Bayeux Tapestry has made for some, erm, creative threads on social media
Timothy Spall plays another painter, a Rauschenberg is at risk, and Steve Lazarides in praise of bluffing
The latest recruit to the MFA Boston is a three-month-old puppy called Riley
Matt Hancock's party vibes and the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
Ontario is the place to head if you want to see the pop star's running shoes
Justin Bieber takes up painting, an art-breaking first date, and Hans-Ulrich on the beach
The wacky Christmas decorations installed in London’s leading museums
The V&A has launched a new uniform – but twitter users reckon the swag would look better at a garden centre
A cheap date with Martin Parr, Damien Hirst CBE (or not), and a very meaty recipe for mince pies
An exhibition dedicated to Abba at the Southbank Centre recreates some gloomy rooms from the 1970s
