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Emmanuel Macron wants every teenager in France to go on a cultural shopping spree – but will they?
Every 18 year old in France has been given €300 to spend on culture
Masterpiece is back, with a new hybrid approach that stays true to its roots
There’s still no bustling tent this year, but the fair continues to offer a platform for the best of art and design from across the globe
How Kraków’s royal tapestries returned to their rightful home
These great tapestries have a turbulent history that has seen them held by Russia and in Canada – but now they’re back in the rooms where they first hung
In the studio with… Betty Tompkins
During the pandemic the pioneering feminist painter has retreated to her studio in rural Pennsylvania, where she has truly embraced the quiet life
Period drama: do country house exhibitions need a shake-up?
Museums might be better at bringing the contents of grand historic piles to life than the houses themselves
Check mates: the Tartan Army and its royal robes
Travelling Scottish football fans don everything from fake ginger sideburns to traditional Hawaiian dress – but they also have a right royal tartan of their own
The week in art news – Artes Mundi Prize awarded to all six shortlisted artists
Plus: MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7bn to a host of charities, including more than 60 cultural organisations
The Met ought to have returned two stolen Benin Bronzes years ago
The museum has agreed to give back two plaques in its collection that were taken illegally from Nigeria after 1960. Why now?
Bloomsbury’s gooseberry? ‘Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism’, reviewed
Clive Bell is now best known as Vanessa’s husband – but a new biography replenishes his role in promoting modernism in Britain
What do US museums mean when they talk about folk art?
Collectors, curators and artists have been debating the category of American folk art since the early 20th century – as a display at the MFA Boston makes clear
In the studio with… Mandy El-Sayegh
The unlikeliest objects in the London-based artist’s studio? Either the sex toys or the taxidermy collection, she says
The king of collage – an interview with Peter Blake
The artist talks to Martin Gayford about a life spent pushing the possibilities of collage, from his Sgt. Pepper cover to recent digital experiments
Picasso’s Guernica, as you’ve never seen it before
The ‘Rethinking Guernica’ website allows us to scrutinise Picasso’s anti-war masterpiece in greater detail than ever
The fine art (of sorts) of Euro 2020 football kits
The Italians have opted for a ‘Renaissance design’ – although the floral patterning looks more William Morris than Michelangelo
The week in art news – staff accuse Barbican Centre of being institutionally racist
Plus: the Met returns two Benin Bronzes, Donald Judd’s office in Marfa severely damaged in fire, and more stories
Michael Ayrton was a maker of minotaurs – and is himself a forgotten giant
The British artist’s scope and influence have long been neglected – but at the centenary of his birth, will a pair of exhibitions turn the tide?
The frozen dinners of Daniel Spoerri
The Swiss artist’s tableaux of tables capture the joys of dining in good company
2 Tone was never just about the music – as this show in Coventry makes clear
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
The clay’s the thing – Ceramic: Art and Civilisation, reviewed
Paul Greenhalgh’s ambitious survey takes us from the ancient Greeks to Picasso and beyond
For Kurdish artists in Turkey, simply making work is a political act
Works produced in prison by the artist Fatos Irwen speak to the increasingly repressive climate for Kurds in Turkey
In the studio with… Chantal Joffe
The painter offers a glimpse of her canalside studio in London, where she works alone save for her portrait sitters – and a stuffed toy camel on wheels
Scents and sensibility: why smell counts in art
The visual arts have often toyed with odours and smells, however challenging they are to represent
The week in art news – frustrated Belgian experts issue their own restitution guidelines
Plus: The Whitney has voluntarily recognised a union and Hobby Lobby is suing Dirk Obbink over alleged papyrus theft
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