Diary
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
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
Can you feel the love tonight? Elton John's cosy family portrait captured by Catherine Opie
Picture featuring his sons, husband David and their dogs goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London
‘Haters will say this urn is mid’: US National Gallery of Art curator is Insta hit with Gen Z
Deputy head of sculpture's slang-heavy posts appeal to a new generation of art lovers
Frieze Los Angeles Diary: hockey hotties, roaming Rami and Simon sells
Plus: an art-filled flea market and a Serpentine celebration
Frieze Los Angeles Diary: Joe Cool, cold juice and hot desert art
Plus: a Beverly Hills bash and dollar-store delights
See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years
Adrian Searle has described writing for the paper as “an exhilarating ride”
David Beckham dutifully does the art rounds in Doha
Meanwhile film star Angelina Jolie also put in an appearance at Art Basel Qatar
Get your skates on: artist puts ice rink in Venice palazzo
Olaf Nicolai's "Eisfeld II" has taken up residence in an 18th-century banqueting hall
Sweet Jesus—Trump auctions off a Christ painting made in ten minutes
Work was created live by Vanessa Horabuena at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s eve bash
UK ministers get arty but who chose which works from the Government Art Collection?
Pieces by David Shrigley and Lubaina Himid grace the walls of government offices
Woman whose botched Jesus fresco became a viral sensation dies, aged 94
Cecilia Giménez Zueco’s reworking of Ecce Homo in her local church inspired memes and headlines
Arise Sir Tristram—V&A director is knighted in UK New Year Honours
National Trust chief Hilary McGrady is awarded a CBE while curator Ekow Eshun bags an OBE
And God Created Artists: Brigitte Bardot caught on canvas
The French actress, who has died aged 91, was immortalised by artists such as Andy Warhol and Gerald Laing
Want to win a €1m Picasso? Buy a €100 raffle ticket in painting prize draw
The draw is due to take place at Christie's Paris next April
Puzzled presidents bring festive cheer to the White House
Lego-style puzzle portraits of Donald Trump and George Washington are part of the Christmas decorations overseen by Melania
We are all in the gutter but Banksy’s Christmas kids are looking at the stars
The same work has appeared in west London and under the Centre Point tower in the city centre
Spirited art—Sharon Stone looks to the afterlife for her latest paintings
For her new Rogues Gallery series, the film star says she channelled spirits from across the centuries
We will always love you: museum dedicated to Dolly Parton to open in her Nashville hotel
The singer and actor’s life story will be told through the Dolly’s Life of Many Colours Museum
Art Basel Miami Beach Diary: love on the brain for Randy Andy, A$AP Rocky and a steamy Art Gaysel party
Plus: art award winners, women game-changers and more
Art Basel Miami Beach Diary: big feet, big muscles and big voices descend on Miami
Plus: women’s wrestling crushes it
Welcome to Richard Prince’s world: artist builds his own mini art city in upstate New York
The invitation-only compound of galleries houses his collection, plus a car bodyshop
Art Basel Miami Beach Diary: a pettable bronze piece, an un-buttoned up party and tarot in a grotto
Plus: data-driven sculptures delight hotel guests
No such thing as bad press: makers of lift used in Louvre theft launch ad campaign
Social media users have been left—largely—amused by the German company's tongue-in-cheek approach
Francis Bacon’s Paris pad honoured with plaque
The artist had “a very full existence” in the French capital during the 1970s
Look what she made them do: Taylor Swift fans descend on German museum
Swifties have been arriving in droves to catch a glimpse of Friedrich Heyser's Ophelia, which appears in a recent music video by the showgirl superstar
Frieze London diary: art historical speed dating and frozen faeces
Plus: Tracey Emin and Nicholas Cullinan get confessional and Kate Bush gets artists running up that hill
Frieze London diary: hair at the fair, art takes the streets and dreamers hit the sheets
Plus: the surprising benefits of reindeer pelts and where to take selfies with nudes in socks
Frieze London diary: a Mick Jagger meeting, a movie night and punk fair style
Plus: an artist generates intrigue with distinctive face tattoos
Frieze London diary: a boozy gallery bar, head-turning headlines and talking mice
Plus: artworks with ectoplasm





























