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Tottenham talent: Lee Alexander McQueen’s foundation launches north London art hub

Sarabande Foundation’s new space features artist studios as well as a cafe and an education space

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Pop star Jay Chou’s Matisse dream comes true with $20m purchase

The Taiwanese musician has fulfilled a long-held ambition to own a work by the French artist, buying a painting at Sotheby’s New York

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Nicholas Cullinan portrait goes up at his former employer, London's National Portrait Gallery

Elizabeth Peyton's painting of Cullinan, now the director of the British Museum, is now on permanent display at the gallery

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London Library, a favourite haunt of the art and literary crowds, celebrates its 185th birthday

The historic lending library has an extensive collection, including a large selection of art books

Art Basel Diary: Kanye's Greek goddess, a wheelie good read and the ultimate plunge pool

Plus The Art Newspaper dives with the ducklings and art critics just got fluffier

Across Art Basel, the art world celebrates David Hockney

Multiple galleries at the fair have brought works by the late British artist whose market was “booming when we lost him”

Art Basel Diary: mouse in the house, Kanye at Unlimited, and Cattelan's banana gets supersized

Plus: P•P•O•W's stand stays hydrated and Katharine Grosse's fabulous football

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Influential art world figure Joe Hage moves from the shadows to take top billing

The founder of Heni art services is behind a major Barbara Hepworth show at London's Courtauld Gallery

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Jarvis Cocker’s ‘hodge podge’: Pulp frontman to curate art exhibition

The English musician will co-organise a show at the UK's Hepworth Wakefield next year

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Hole in one: artist-designed mini golf course heads to London

British artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley will design the ninth hole on this summer's putt-putt course in Battersea

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Mexican film-makers to co-host Serpentine Summer Party

Co-host Salma Hayek Pinault may be best known to the art world for her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Frida Kahlo

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Fashion figure Jordan Roth wows in collage at the Venice Biennale

Having just taken on the Met Gala as a "living sculpture", the multi-disciplinary artist came to Venice later in the week for a compelling performance

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How sweet it is: chocolate Russell Crowe at the Malta Pavilion

A chocolate gladiator features in Valletta-based artist Charlie Cauchi's film and accompanying installation in the Arsenale

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Alvaro Barrington takes a road trip to the Venice Biennale

The artist's contribution to In Minor Keys includes a decked out truck driven from London to Venice

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‘She had a fresh, informed eye’: mural depicting late Venice Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh displayed in lagoon city

Derrick Adams’ piece features “beams of gold signifying the brilliance and reach” of the curator’s influence

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Spice up your life: Tate channels 90s glam at The Groucho Club

Vogue alumni Edward Enniful will curate Tate Britain's autumn blockbuster 'The 90s: Art and Fashion'

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Stealing the show: Mona Lisa heist inspires Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

English composer is busy working on a production inspired by one of the most audacious thefts in art history

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From technology to Gen Z collectors, Adrian Cheng shares the key trends in Hong Kong’s art scene

A leading figure in Hong Kong’s art world, championing artists, events and venues, Adrian Cheng tells us what is on the agenda during Art Basel

Goldfish on cars and ceramic flowers: artists take over the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong

Art in Resonance, an annual programme of site-specific commissions in the luxury hotels, invites artists to develop new works at scale

In partnership with The Peninsula Hong Kong

Exhibitions to see during Art Basel Hong Kong

From woven photographs by the late Dinh Q. Lê to a survey of 21st century Chinese art

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Damien Hirst offers his hot take on art dealers

Speaking on a podcast, the artist likened art galleries to estate agents

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Frida Fever rises again: Netflix planning Kahlo and Diego Rivera drama

The streaming giant’s forthcoming series is based on a recent biographical novel

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Towering cost: Tracey Emin hit with £160,000 bill to fix Margate flats

The artist, who owns four properties in the Margate Brutalist block, has been told to pay £160,000 bill to replace cladding

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Innocent mistake? Italy's prime minister appears as a cherub in Rome church

A double of Georgia Meloni was spotted in the chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina