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Hottest Abe: wax statue of Lincoln loses its head amid US heat wave
The artist Sandy Williams IV’s wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial melted during the East Coast heat wave
Russian embassy takes offence at Vladimir Putin clown and rainbow picture
Russian officials in Switzerland say they are “outraged” by LGBTQ connection and “war criminal” label
Exhibitionsinterview
'Art world disillusionment led me to make art with memes': artist Cem A on his London exhibition
The man behind the infamous Instagram account @freeze_magazine shows his meme creations at the Barbican
Interview by Frank Wasser
The Year in Review 2019review
Ten memes that define the absurdity of the art world in 2019
From Maurizio Cattelan’s $120k banana to dedicated viral accounts, here are the images that tickled us this year