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‘Maybe Damien peaked’: Tracey Emin shares her thoughts on male artists over 40

In the latest episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, the UK artist discusses Hirst, royal visits and sacking off slim shady

Frieze London diary: Narnia comes to the fair, a new perspective on Mike Kelley, and Hew Locke’s Roman inspiration

Plus: VIP dinner doesn’t go down well with all the guests, and how tortoise sculptures are the object du jour

In pictures: meet Frieze London's p(art)y people

The sun—and the stars—came out yesterday morning at Regent’s Park for the Frieze London and Frieze Masters VIP preview. Familiar faces from the art world and beyond joined the throng for their art fix

Egyptian princess's sarcophagus brings star quality to Frieze Masters

The sarcophagus, described as the only royal Egyptian example to ever enter the art market, last sold in 2013 for $1m

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Artist Glenn Ligon blasts Janet Jackson over 'nasty' Kamala Harris comments

The pop star re-ignited a row over the presidential candidate's heritage

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Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo

Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move

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Barbed art critic Brian Sewell is back—in AI form

The late writer known for his poison pen will make an appearance in a new London magazine

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Subversive art hidden in plain sight in Times Square

Patrick Amadon slipped a message about Gaza into his New York billboard

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Monet is back in Vogue thanks to editor’s makeover

Edward Enninful is partnering with the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie to create prints inspired by the artist

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The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again in New York

Luna Luna, featuring a carousel by Keith Haring and David Hockney's enchanted forest, is travelling to The Shed

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Day of the dads: baby slings placed on London statues in push for improved paternity leave

A new campaign is calling for the UK prime minister to revise a policy that is currently “the worst in Europe”

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‘I’m encouraged by Marina Abramović’: FKA twigs takes over Sotheby’s

Auction house says it has ‘never presented a work of this kind in its 280-year history’

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Elizabeth II or Mrs Doubtfire? New statue of late queen goes viral

The controversial effigy by Anto Brennan shows the monarch with her corgis and husband

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'The power of a vagina': how Marina Abramović plans to keep Manchester rain free

The performance artist will stage a ritualistic piece reflecting the traditions of an ancient village

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Mystery on Downing Street: did PM really 'get rid' of No. 10's Thatcher portrait?

UK prime minister Keir Starmer reportedly finds the portrait of the late leader ‘unsettling’

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Loving La La land: Steve Martin to collaborate on show paying homage to Los Angeles

The Hauser & Wirth exhibition is set to embrace Hollywood comedy royalty

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Trump posing with my book is ‘comical’, says Andres Serrano

The artist on how the former president might not be in on the joke

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'Banksy woz ere': what's next for the street artist's menagerie?

London Zoo removes mural, but remains tight-lipped about plans to sell the piece

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Where is Salvator Mundi? In storage in Geneva—apparently

Could the long-lost work end up in a Saudi museum run by ex-British Museum chief?

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What if women ruled the world? The Art Newspaper takes part in summer celebration of Judy Chicago at the Serpentine

The London art world came out in force to celebrate the American visionary's exhibition “Revelations” and to enjoy a tech-powered interaction with her quest to create a world where power is equally shared

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Banksy’s London zoo: goat, monkey and elephant silhouettes fox the nation

Do the animal works reflect the state of the UK, the war in Gaza—or something else entirely?

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Sacré bleu! Drag queen tableau not all about Leonardo, exclaims Olympics chief

Conservative critics were angered by ‘Last Supper parody’, but art historians say the performance looks instead to a 17th-century Dutch work

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Kamala Harris’s stepdaughter is threading her own path

As her stepmother makes a bid for the White House, Ella Emhoff’s yarn paintings are already racking up endorsements in New York

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Making a splat: Museum of London reveals new name and bird-themed identity

The curious changes come as the institution prepares to open in a fresh location

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Dames Tracey Emin and Sonia Boyce contribute works to save cash-strapped Quench

The Margate project space has supported 68 artists in the past four years, but is now “on the brink” of closure

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Mio dio—tourist gets amorous with Bacchus statue in Florence

Art critic Vittorio Sgarbi says though that the act is ‘non-erotic’