Leonardo DiCaprio was named after the Renaissance polymath – and is now set to play him
Speech recognition software needs an update in Hull, Paris Hilton picks up a paintbrush, how heavy are Damien Hirst's bronzes, and an artist objects to 'Broadchurch'
Studying art history can turn you into an art historian. Or it can make you famous, it turns out.
What we learnt about Julian Assange and art from his profile in the New Yorker
Jim Carrey's paintings fail to draw a smile; Giles Coren has a moment of ecstasy in Sotheby's restaurant; and the rest of last week's arty tittle-tattle
John Currin seems to have come over all coy in his portrait of Jennifer Lawrence for Vogue
International Cat Day clashes with Dogs in Paintings Day on Twitter. Which has really set the cat among the pigeons...
Tittle-tattle and curiosities from the art and museum worlds
Brooklyn beware! Artist Susanna Briselli is trying to get a huge sign erected
There are plenty of (sort of) art-historical turns at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Giacometti at the movies, Jack Vettriano at the pub, and the rest of last week's arty tittle-tattle
The Museum of Lies brought weird and wonderful – but utterly spurious – exhibits to London
Microsoft has reversed its decision to discontinue MS Paint, the programme that turned all of us into (very bad) Picassos
Salvador Dalí's moustache, Madonna's hairbrush, and the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
The French president has upset local mayors by messing around with the format of his official photograph
Salvador Dalí is far from the first artist to have his eternal sleep disrupted
Daniel Hannan gets furious about a statue of Engels, and the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
The blue whale skeleton installed at Natural History Museum is proving as popular as Dippy the Diplodocus
The TV thriller Riviera unfolds after the murder of a top art collector
Brooklyn Beckham's photo nasties and the rest of last week's art-world tittle-tattle
The chimp that was once Michael Jackson's pet monkey has taken up painting in its retirement
The DPRK has released a series of stamps taking aim American targets
Maria Balshaw's matching socks – and the rest of the week's art world tittle-tattle
What links a trip to the sauna and some of the UK’s leading art institutions?
