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The stunt artist who ticked all the boxes at the Met Gala
Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich pitched up at the Met Gala naked – and in a sealed box
More can be less when it comes to Eduardo Paolozzi
Paolozzi’s 1950s work is astonishing, but a full retrospective draws too much attention to his duller later work
This month’s unmissable international art events
Antiques in Hong Kong, tribal art in France, and London’s first quattrocento maiolica show in 100 years
‘A good business, like a family, needs a myth’
For 300 years, the Plantin-Moretus family in Antwerp ran one of Europe’s most important printing presses
Bipartisan agreement set to increase NEA funding
Our daily round-up of news from the art world NEA receives $2m boost in funding | US cultural organisations have…
What the Minotaur can tell us about Picasso
An exhibition documenting Picasso’s obsession with minotaurs and matadors is a curatorial triumph
TEFAF takes a contemporary turn in New York
Modern and contemporary art and design take centre stage at the first ever TEFAF New York Spring
Why the Israel Museum is searching for a new director… again
Weeks after Eran Neuman took up the directorship, he left. What’s going on at the Israel Museum?
Eleven art events to get to in May
The month’s top exhibitions, from Giacometti at Tate Modern to the 57th Venice Biennale
Boris, you owe us £37 million
The Garden Bridge Trust should be pursued for the public money it has wasted
Religion in the Renaissance was as personal as it was public
An exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum reveals how the home in Renaissance Italy was the site of much private devotion
May madness gets underway in New York
Plus: art fair shake-ups in Germany and an Ottoman art record in London
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Genre Paintings in the Mauritshuis’, edited by Maud Lankester and Yvette Bruijnen
Beauty and the (dying) beasts
A dead bull is causing trouble in Tasmania, while Damien Hirst has been accused of mass murder (of houseflies)
French culture: a presidential battleground
Where do the two remaining French presidential candidates stand on culture?
Monuments to mundanity at the Socle du Monde Biennale
This event is a must-see if you want your understanding of Piero Manzoni and the other featured artists turned on its head
Eric Gill’s fall from grace
Revelations about the artist’s personal life have encouraged a reassessment of his work
Collecting historic firearms in the 21st century
Where is the line between antique firearms suitable for inclusion in historic collections, and weapons requiring a licence?
Fifty years of The Velvet Underground
It tanked in 1967, but the band’s debut album, produced by Andy Warhol, was still the best pop cultural achievement of its decade