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Brief letters: Paintings kept safe | The red king | A heart-stopping euphemism | Uses for olive oil | Useless tools

A psychedelic sea of lurid reds and a clunking monarch butterfly cannot save this superficially observed and carelessly executed bland banality

Why does it look like he’s emerging from a hell portal?

Photo London 2024 returns to Somerset House bringing together over 120 exhibitors worldwide. With so much to see, we have put together a round-up of highlights during the fair and around the city

Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art, at the Arcola in London, tackles freedom of expression – with particular focus on Gaza, writes Brian Logan

After the grand debut of the Portals in New York and Dublin, people began flashing their privates and displaying Swastikas during the live 24/7 video feed. The post “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”: New Yorkers’ Rude Behavior Gets Dublin Portal Shut Down first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Italian artist, who has gained fame by poking fun at the art world, opened his first solo gallery show in over two decades, now with a more serious edge

The National Gallery of Australia has rebuffed demands from mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition.

Markings include public executions and a sailing ship chiselled into door in 1790s by bored English soldiers

For New York Design Week 2024, Egg Collective is back with the fourth iteration of its exhibition series, Designing Women, focusing on trailblazing modernist Eileen Gray (on view until 14 June)

It’s a vast show and a deeply rewarding one