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Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize 2024Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize 2024
Plus: man eats banana, curators announced for Venice Biennale 2026, and founder & director resigns over Palestine protests
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The week in art news: Miami art week begins, Turner Prize 2024 winner announced, radioactive sculpture park and more…

The week in art news: Miami art week begins, Turner Prize 2024 winner announced, radioactive sculpture park and more…

Plus: smash and grab raid hits museum, New York autumn sales, artist's letters up for sale, and Nan Goldin shocks Germans
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The week in art news: Groucho Club shuts down, UK artists earnings drop 40%, Goldsmiths CCA gives in to protestors and more…

The week in art news: Groucho Club shuts down, UK artists earnings drop 40%, Goldsmiths CCA gives in to protestors and more…

A photograph of a nude woman holding her baby and wearing a fake moustache.A photograph of a nude woman holding her baby and wearing a fake moustache.
Plus: Rijksmuseum Rembrandt re-do, Champagne Supernova at the NPG, Ken Burns on da Vinci, art investment fraud, stolen paintings, and awards – all in this week’s art news roundup
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The week in art news: Controversy in Germany, permanent home for ‘ugly’ Kane sculpture, ‘unconventional’ portrait of motherhood celebrated and more…

The week in art news: Controversy in Germany, permanent home for ‘ugly’ Kane sculpture, ‘unconventional’ portrait of motherhood celebrated and more…

Tributes paid to Sarah Cunningham, 31Tributes paid to Sarah Cunningham, 31
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The week in art news: tributes paid to Sarah Cunningham, art heist damages Warhols, New Zealand’s most controversial sculpture removed and more…

The week in art news: tributes paid to Sarah Cunningham, art heist damages Warhols, New Zealand’s most controversial sculpture removed and more…

A bronze coloured heap of a shit on a desk, in the background is the dome of the Capitol.A bronze coloured heap of a shit on a desk, in the background is the dome of the Capitol.
Plus: free tickets for under 25s thanks to artist donation, billionaire collector cleared of collusion, the Japanese photographer collaborating with Kanye West and literally shitty sculptures – all in this week's art news roundup
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This week in art news: artists condemn AI scraping, fair price for Frieze, Maurizio Cattelan’s banana for sale and more…

This week in art news: artists condemn AI scraping, fair price for Frieze, Maurizio Cattelan’s banana for sale and more…

Pro-Palestine protestors drop a 'Free Palestine' banner in the Grand Palais during Art Basel Paris, 2024.Pro-Palestine protestors drop a 'Free Palestine' banner in the Grand Palais during Art Basel Paris, 2024.
Paris fairs, Palestine protests, security measures, Catholic ceramics, guilty pleas, no more galleries, art awards, colouring in borders, and eviction updates – all in this week's art news roundup
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This week in art news: Art Basel Paris sets high bar, Robbie Williams sells ceramics, Lisa Schiff guilty and more…

This week in art news: Art Basel Paris sets high bar, Robbie Williams sells ceramics, Lisa Schiff guilty and more…

Art fair updates, no rest for le wicked, $10M drunk mistakes, brat autumn, provocative sculptures, android artists, web3 revival – all in this week's art news round-up
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The week in art news: Nan Goldin arrested, Art Basel Paris kicks off, ‘drunk’ artist signed away estate, computer art pioneer dies…

The week in art news: Nan Goldin arrested, Art Basel Paris kicks off, ‘drunk’ artist signed away estate, computer art pioneer dies…

Vandalism vindicated, trash to treasure, and from treasure to trash, trademarks rejected, fakes found, secret sales and art world updates – all in this week's art news round-up
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The week in art news: Frieze week kicks off, Just Stop Oil activists acquitted, $50 trash is $200,000 treasure, beer can artwork binned and more…

The week in art news: Frieze week kicks off, Just Stop Oil activists acquitted, $50 trash is $200,000 treasure, beer can artwork binned and more…

Activists jailed, art souped, slop served, performances cancelled, statues condemned, collectors collapse, emissions cut, and memes cancelled – all in this week's art news round-up
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The week in art news: junk painting is genuine Picasso, Just Stop Oil soupers jailed, Evening Standard serves up Brian Sewell AI slop and more…

The week in art news: junk painting is genuine Picasso, Just Stop Oil soupers jailed, Evening Standard serves up Brian Sewell AI slop and more…

Art attacks, explosive chaos, sculptures slammed, art investigated, auction updates, garbage gold, immersive environments, AI art and ones to watch – all in this week's art news roundup
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The week in art news: Ai Weiwei vase smashed, chaos at Cai Guo-Qiang firework display, Oscar Wilde’s heir slams new sculpture and more…

The week in art news: Ai Weiwei vase smashed, chaos at Cai Guo-Qiang firework display, Oscar Wilde’s heir slams new sculpture and more…

A painting of the head of a duckA painting of the head of a duck
Get down to The Artist Room for Victor Boullet's exhibition and poster launch
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You’re invited: Victor Boullet poster launch

You’re invited: Victor Boullet poster launch

Supreme Court case thrown out, beloved New York gallery closes its doors, British Museum director addresses controversies and more...
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The week in art news: Arthur Jafa joins Sprüth Magers, controversial funding for British Museum, Frieze Sculpture opens and more…

The week in art news: Arthur Jafa joins Sprüth Magers, controversial funding for British Museum, Frieze Sculpture opens and more…

A video of Rebecca Horn wearing a mask of pencils and rubbing her face on paper.A video of Rebecca Horn wearing a mask of pencils and rubbing her face on paper.
London Museum gets cash boost as costs spiral, sensational BBC report into Birmingham council collection, and major cash prizes for art award winners announced – all in this week’s art news roundup
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The week in art news: Rebecca Horn dies, 4,000 petition Labour to fund arts, MoMA director quits after 30 years and more…

The week in art news: Rebecca Horn dies, 4,000 petition Labour to fund arts, MoMA director quits after 30 years and more…

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