Gino D’Acampo: The Michaelangelo row is ridiculous – in Italy, we celebrate the body

Celebrity chef and TV presenter Gino D’Acampo addresses the furore over a Florida school’s visit to see Michaelangelo’s statue of David

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British art duo Gilbert and George hailed as ‘timeless and prescient’ at opening of their new London museum

The Gilbert & George Centre is a permanent venue for their work opening to the public on 1 April

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Picasso 50 years on: Greatest artist of the 20th century, or cancel-worthy misogynist?

Half a century since Picasso’s death, does the great artist’s misogyny now endanger his legacy? Alastair Smart explores why this is no straightforward set of anniversary celebrations

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‘Sexual attraction is the start of all art’: Gilbert and George on over half a century of life, love and art together

As they open their own museum in Spitalfields, Gilbert and George talk to Geordie Greig about Rishi Sunak, the royals, being ‘weird’ and why they only depict men in their work

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New Paris exhibition reveals importance of Claude Monet’s forgotten older brother

Leon Monet is the subject of a new exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris

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Housing contractors had ‘no idea’ they’d demolished mural by Banksy: ‘We were gutted’

‘It made me feel sick realising it was a Banksy,’ local contractor said

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‘She is most likely a he’: New art exhibition challenges gender of 16th-century Massys painting ‘An Old Woman’

Also known as ‘The Ugly Duchess’, Massys’ painting has historically been considered a depiction of a woman with a bone disease

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Phyllida Barlow death: Celebrated British sculptor dies aged 78

Barlow is survived by ‘a British art dynasty’

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Pakistan’s ‘Aurat March’ sets up art installation playing catcalls to highlight street sexual harassment

‘I literally had flashbacks’

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Could the Getty museum save the £50m Portrait of Omai at 11th hour?

Exclusive: There are just 24 hours to hammer out a deal if the historic painting is to be saved for Britain

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