Museums put oddball objects on show
21 May 2013 • Mark Westall
First Time Out project will display unusual treasures that curators have retrieved from their stores
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Derry gets its cultural kicks and a new start from local heroes
19 May 2013 • Mark Westall
All communities are reaping the benefit in the 2013 UK city of culture, as visitors pour in and a new generation of talent flourishes, with a little help from old hitmakers
Anish Kapoor in Berlin: ‘in short, Britain’s fucked’
18 May 2013 • Mark Westall
The doyen of British sculpture gives the Guardian an exclusive preview of his major new exhibition in the German capital
Peter Doig: a free spirit captured in Scottish National Gallery’s retrospective
1 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Strange and poetic figurative art of the Trinidad-based painter Peter Doig will be showcased in exhibition of 120 works
Mystery of missing art of Pauline Boty
28 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Boty was a central figure in Swinging London in the 1960s. As a new show aims to restore her forgotten reputation, the hunt for her lost paintings goes on
Andy Warhol lost then found: tender portrait of artist in 1981
25 April 2013 • Mark Westall
British photographer Steve Wood saw the truth about Warhol, writes Jonathan Jones
Two studies of family go head to head for BP Portrait award
23 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Only two works out of 1,969 have been shortlisted for the prestigious annual award judged at the National Portrait Gallery
Artists to hold own party conference to discuss cuts and education
14 April 2013 • Mark Westall
After day’s events come to a close at Scarborough Spa, there will be an all-night party, followed by breakfast on the beach
Daft Punk to launch new album … from Wee Waa agricultural show, Australia
11 April 2013 • Mark Westall
French duo’s hotly anticipated new album, Random Access Memories, will debut in farming community in New South Wales
Rare John Keats portrait comes to auction
10 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Miniature showing an unfamiliar view of the poet, probably painted from life, to go on sale next month
Portrait of Francis Bacon’s violent lover to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
8 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Francis Bacon’s powerful painting of Peter Lacy just months after his death will go up for auction on May 14
Madonna sells Fernand Léger painting to raise money for girls’ education
4 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s announces auction of Cubist work to support projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Tate removes Graham Ovenden prints after indecency conviction
4 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one of indecent assault at Truro crown court
British Museum snaps up historic scroll depicting birth of modern Japan
2 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Hand-painted scroll, which depicts arrival of US fleet in 1854, pokes fun at American etiquette during expedition to Japan
Mum, imam and Saddam: what daring young Iraqis are saying with tattoos
24 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Tattoo parlours are increasingly popular in Baghdad, despite opposition from traditionalists
Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley donate works for Labour auction
22 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Actor Sir Patrick Stewart and author Sarah Waters also offer prizes at party’s first annual arts dinner
David Hockney’s 23-year-old assistant dies after falling ill at artist’s home
18 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Dominic Elliott, who worked as driver and assistant for the artist, died in the early hours of Monday morning in hospital
Self-portrait bequeathed to National Trust is identified as lost Rembrandt
18 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Painting of artist, worth up to £20m, was thought to be later copy
David Bowie heads for No 1 and breaks V&A records
17 March 2013 • Mark Westall
The new album and his museum exhibition are both hits – and tour rumours are growing
Royal Academy stages retrospective of neglected US artist George Bellows
13 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Man praised as one of greatest American painters was more famous than friend Edward Hopper during his life
Ai Weiwei to release heavy metal album
11 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Chinese artist has written nine rock-tinged tracks for music debut hot on the heels of Gangnam-style video
Armory Show aims to raise the bar amid threat from younger rivals
7 March 2013 • Mark Westall
New York’s largest art fair celebrates 100th birthday, but success of competitors places Armory in something of an identity crisis
Berlin Wall’s most iconic paintings under threat from property developers
1 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Berlin’s most famous images, such as Brezhnev and Honecker’s kiss, are on part of the wall set to be demolished for luxury flats
Haringey council: Banksy mural belongs in our community
20 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Councillor writes to Arts Council to seek help in returning mural, which went missing before turning up for auction in the US