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
Celebs at Art Basel Miami Beach, Ai Weiwei's problem with German, and Peter Hitchens pans his portrait
