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British artist Jake Chapman makes a mockery of Prince Harry's memoir

"Spare prick at a royal wedding" series remakes the front cover of the headline-hitting book

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Crunch time: the day Roald Dahl spoke to Francis Bacon about the threat of censorship

“There must be no changes to an artist’s original work when he is dead for any reason whatsoever,” Bacon said

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Vermeer reality TV show brings back to life painter's missing masterpieces

A hit in The Netherlands, "The New Vermeer" challenges artists to recreate works from a wide variety of materials—including Lego

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Pestle or dildo? Six-inch wooden implement may be a Roman sex toy, say academics

Artefact may “be the first known sex object from the Roman Empire” according to new research

Frieze Los Angeles Diary: Art dealer action figures, Lionel Richie says hello and Tyler the Creator brings his bodyguards

Plus: legendary Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn's home and a famous Frank Lloyd Wright house open up to art

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The camera adds ten pounds, but the canvas? Slimline Boris Johnson portrait receives mixed reviews

Richard Stone’s painting, unveiled at London’s Carlton Club, has shaved off a few pounds from the UK's former prime minister

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Go Tintin: drawing of Belgian boy detective fetches more than €2m at auction

Work sets the world record for the most valuable original black and white drawing by illustrator Hergé

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The curious case of Madonna and the missing Old Master

Mayor of Amiens in France asks pop star to loan work believed to be by Jérôme-Martin Langlois, spotted in a photograph of her home

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Queer eye: Donatello is reviewed through an LGBTQ+ prism

“The queer sculptor who stunned 15th-century Florence explodes again after six centuries,” writes art critic Jonathan Jones of the V&A exhibition

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Red-faced Marina Abramović mistakes work of art for furniture

The piece by Anne Imhof is currently on show at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam

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Do you want to be the girl with the pearl earring in Vermeer’s masterpiece?

Fans encouraged to send versions of the famous 17th-century painting for 'My Girl with a Pearl' initiative at The Mauritshuis

Gossip from Miami Art Week: a Q&A with Anna Delvey, an edible sofa and a ready-to-ride artist

Plus, felted fast food, football graffiti and appearances from Doja Cat, Jared Leto and Leonardo Di Caprio

Gossip from Miami Art Week: rapper Jadakiss performs in a synagogue and Pace gallery boss Marc Glimcher is the karaoke king

Plus, a pop-up casino in Art Basel Miami Beach, a drone-delivered birthday message, and a Joe/Joan Jonas mix up

Gossip from Art Basel Miami Beach: Kelis serves Milkshake, Madonna reprises Sex, and gymnast turns art on its head

Plus, bare-chested violinist wows audience at Museum of Graffiti party and an arty car takes off at El Espacio 23