British Museum’s American Dream will touch on many of the themes in the turbulent presidential election
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Artist Roger Hiorns on course to bury Boeing 737 under Birmingham canalside
After filling a London council flat with crystals, the Turner prize-nominee is realising his next grand plan for 2017 – and he’s even bought the aeroplane
Continue Reading...World art market stalls for first time in years
Fall of 7% a function of slowing at cheaper end of market with record prices at top end continuing to make headlines
Continue Reading...Where is London’s latest secret art space? Better ask your GP
From Aleah Chapin’s super-sized greying nudes to Eduardo Paolozzi’s tender casts of his own hands, the art on show at the Royal College of General Practitioners is all flesh and blood and bones and sinew
Continue Reading...The magnificent Musée Rodin reopens in Paris – with a chocolate surprise
It was a ruin when he lived there, then nearly ruined by millions of trampling tourists after his death. Now the Musée Rodin has been playfully vamped up – and it’s even got a giant chocolate tribute to France’s most famous sculptor
Continue Reading...V&A brings Japanese craftsmanship back to life for gallery reopening
From 700-year-old swords and 19th-century ‘living doll’ to Hello Kitty cooker, army of conservators have painstaking revived museum collection
Continue Reading...Rarely seen painting of Wellington set for National Portrait Gallery exhibition
Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence was commissioned by society hostess Lady Jersey in 1829 and left unfinished following the artist’s death
Continue Reading...King John’s teeth and thumb bone to feature in Magna Carta exhibition
British Library to display royal relics in show commemorating 800-year anniversary of sealing of Magna Carta
Continue Reading...REVIEW: Wellcome Collection exhibition tracks murder from crime scene to courtroom
Glass jars of blow flies, dissecting table and doll’s house-size models on show in Forensics, at newly expanded museum
Continue Reading...V&A to buy Cardinal Wolsey’s tomb angel statues
Museum raises £5m for four bronze statues originally designed for tomb of Henry VIII’s disgraced former adviser
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