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Avast me hearty: much loved National Maritime Museum curator gets touching send off

Visitors to the museum's pirates exhibition may spot ongoing tributes from staffers

Art Basel Hong Kong diary: giant lobster invasion, Ferrari pile-up and knitwear with a difference

Plus: revolution on the dancefloor, Pacific Place invasion and despots with a difference

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London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery is feeding more than passions

The gallery in leafy south London suburb will begin hosting a farmer’s market this weekend

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Grayson Perry flips the bird at art world snobbery with Masked Singer appearance

The Turner prize winning potter stunned viewers and hosts of the popular TV show after revealing himself as the voice behind the kingfisher costume

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Back of the net: Eric Cantona and Ella Toone team up with top art world figures to kick off Manchester International Festival

Rose Wylie, Ryan Gander, Alvaro Barrington and Paul Pfeiffer are among the artists participating in the exhibition ‘Football City, Art United’

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Tracey Emin protégé gets first solo show

Bianca Raffaella’s flower paintings have been unveiled in London

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Poison protest painter gives French prez the chop

French president Emmanuel Macron was apparently not amused by artwork depicting him beheaded

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Mickalene Thomas is bringing the glam to motorsport

The artist’s wrap design for a McLaren racing car is set to turn heads on the track

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Frame is the name of the art game at Moco Museum star-studded soirée

Guests at UK artist Daniel Lismore's recent 40th birthday party were invited to come dressed as their favourite art movement

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Fancy an ‘ultra-exclusive’ visit to Norway's Kistefos Museum? That'll be $26,000, please

The museum, based outside Oslo, is offering a bespoke—and pricey—programme for art lovers

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Arte Povera giant Michelangelo Pistoletto is apparently up for the Nobel Peace Prize

According to his galleries, the Italian artist's nomination has been accepted by prize committee

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British Museum attacked by eldritch horrors... in new video game

The challenges of managing the British Museum reach new highs in ‘Tides of Annihilation’

Comment | Commercial galleries are the new rulers of the Indian art scene

Shows at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur and City Palace in Jaipur demonstrate fresh power dynamics in the sector

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Last year's assassination attempt on Donald Trump is re-created—in Braille

Blind artist Clarke Reynolds spells out the conversation between the then presidential nominee and his Secret Service agents

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Curator formerly known as Aaron Cezar wows as Prince

The director of the Delfina Foundation showed off his inner purple during Singapore's Art SG fair

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Parkinson’s charity sale presents cubed art by Rana Begum and George Shaw

Works by 118 artists, on show at Bonhams, will be sold in aid of the Cure3 initiative

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Activist Coco Fusco is using laughter to trump fear

The Cuban American artist has created a satirical newspaper lambasting the new US president

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Tom Hanks reverts to type for New York exhibition

Highlights from the Hollywood actor's 300-strong collection of typewriters will go on show in New York state

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The art of retail—artists take over Selfridges store in London

Shoppers can browse a range of works in a special Sarabande foundation pop-up called House of Bandits

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As part of a new campaign, David Hockney is encouraging the nation to get drawing

The artist's Draw! project is part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture

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En suite art? London exhibition opens in an Airbnb

East End show highlights the ‘commodification of the domestic’ say the organisers

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As Frida Kahlo works enter the public domain, look out for the fridge magnets

Works by authors and creators who died in 1954 are publicly accessible—depending on your jurisdiction

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The devil’s in the detail of Vatican's Jubilee 2025 mascot

'Luce' will welcome visitors to special events in the Holy See and Rome this year

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Frank Auerbach's son is busting myths about the late artist

The late artist was actually quite sociable and had stopped producing "thick" paintings decades ago, says his only child

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Drawing back the curtain: X-rated art makes waves in Miami

David Nolan Gallery showed a number of erotic works on paper in a secluded room at Art Basel Miami Beach

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When Paul McCarthy tried to buy Michael Jackson's house

The artist revealed at Art Basel Miami Beach that he hoped to snap up Neverland

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Taking the Mick? Rolling Stones singer Jagger is a judge on Caribbean art jury

New Mustique contemporary art show and prize feature paintings by 16 artists from the region