The rise in art protests: how the gallery became a new battleground
An exhibit by controversial artist Dana Schultz, accused of profiting from black pain, has led to anger, the latest in an increasingly long line of art world protests
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‘We found it rolled up in a tube’: Alice Cooper discovers Warhol classic after 40 years
The rock star Alice Cooper has found an Andy Warhol masterpiece that could be worth millions “rolled up in a tube” in a storage locker.
Three men charged over Damien Hirst counterfeits.
Fake ‘limited-edition’ Hirst prints were sold online to dozens of buyers by a New York group that included a man previously imprisoned for a similar scheme
London exhibition puts US on show as postwar creative superpower
British Museum’s American Dream will touch on many of the themes in the turbulent presidential election
Artist makes statement about gun violence in skies above American cities
Australian CJ Hendry’s artwork, an image of a T-shirt in the shape of pistol, was flown over Orlando, Chicago and New York following Sunday’s mass shooting
Warhol demonised Nixon. Heartfield took on Hitler. Where is Trump’s artistic mauling?
The best political art is always viciously negative. And the monsterly qualities of Donald Trump are crying out for some hard-hitting mockery. So where are the likes of Chuck Close and Jeff Koons?
Georgia O’Keeffe flower painting sells for record-breaking $44.4m
Final bid for Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 more than doubles the previous highest price paid for a work of art by a woman
The dark arts of Los Angeles
This autumn, galleries and museums across the Californian city will celebrate its historic art scene. Just don’t expect rainbows