The Cristiano Ronaldo bust is the latest in a tradition of bad football sculptures
Rachel Whiteread on her publicity-hungry peers, plus the rest of the week's art world tittle-tattle
The actor relocated his anti-Trump installation to Liverpool this week only to be hoisted by hooligans once more
Perhaps George Osborne is good news for the Evening Standard's culture pages
Gilbert & George RA; Giles Coren, art historian; and Mary Beard takes aim at the Vatican Museums
The Sickerts that Patricia Cornwell could have bought for the $6 million she has spent 'proving' he was Jack the Ripper
Damien Hirst is by no means the first artist to have done a doodle for a restaurateur
Howard Hodgkin's acute eye for beach towels, plus Jack White and De Stijl
Ivanka Trump's love of contemporary art and artists has led to a backlash from artists and curators
A bromance is blossoming between Damien Hirst and the popstar Ed Sheeran
Smashing (Kusama) pumpkins; the pop star and the painter; and at home with Maggi Hambling
The McDonald's branch where you can now visit an archaeological site while you nibble your McNuggets
The second lady is a vocal advocate of art therapy and an art historian has joined the National Security Council
The artist living inside a boulder in Paris; the portrait of Tony Blair that nobody wants; and the art publisher boosted by the Oscars
The Bolivian president Evo Morales has opened a museum dedicated to – who else? – himself
The artist who wants you to 'thump a Trump'; Winston Churchill's ET moment; plus the rest of last week's art-world gossip
The new Burberry collection has taken inspiration from the work of Henry Moore...
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is touting himself as a tour guide at the People's History Museum in Manchester
Robbie Williams' verdict on David Hockney; Olafur Eliasson's archery habit; and Shia Laboeuf's art gets cancelled
The Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson has handed over the creation of the country's pavilion at the Venice Biennale to a brace of trolls. Really.
The YBAs party until their bedtime; Donald Trump learns to draw; and Richard Prince trolls the White House
David Hockney's redesign of the Sun masthead split opinions in the art world
Skeletons have come out of the closet at museums in the US and UK...
The late John Hurt was a fixture on the bohemian Soho scene of Francis Bacon and the Colony Room
