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Crumb once did an album cover for Janis Joplin's band Big Brother and the Holding Company, but he says he "doesn’t care much for modern rock’n’roll" Features

The reluctant comic-book hero

A major survey of R. Crumb’s countercultural cartoons opened in Paris last month, but he remains mystified by the attention (Crumb once did an album cover for Janis Joplin's band Big Brother and the Holding Company, but he says he "doesn’t care much for modern rock’n’roll") Published online: 16 May 2012
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British naval heritage at risk of being sold off

Artefacts from HMS Victory could be auctioned to pay for its excavation by US company

Published online: 16 May 2012

French supermarket boss wants to put contemporary art in a countryside landscape

Michel-Edouard Leclerc plans gallery for former convent and shop complex

Published online: 15 May 2012

Fire breaks out at Oslo's Astrup Fearnley Museum

The blaze on the new building's top floor was quickly put out Monday afternoon and no art or staff was in danger

Published online: 14 May 2012

London’s Olympic tower is “definitely art” says mayor

The spiralling ArcelorMittal Orbit may appear ungainly from a distance, but ascending the structure is an aesthetic experience

Published online: 11 May 2012

Send us your Polaroids

Project will document the “magical” film’s contribution to art and science

Published online: 10 May 2012

Schiele case could damage NY business, say dealers

Ruling in long-standing restitution battle may threaten defence that a purchase was made in good faith

Published online: 10 May 2012

Allianoi archaeologist awarded cultural heritage prize

Ahmet Yaras’s campaign to save Turkey's ancient Roman spa town from flooding is now in the running for one of six €10,000 “grand prizes”

Published online: 09 May 2012

No longer appropriate?

“Appropriating” other artists’ work without consent is still common, but savvier practitioners know that permission is far less painful. Breaching copyright is a serious business

Published online: 09 May 2012

Pinchuk’s Future Generation Prize extends deadline

Artists of any nationality aged up to 35 can apply to win the $100,000 award, funded by the Ukrainian collector’s foundation

Published online: 09 May 2012

Bucharest Biennale announces artists for 2012

“Investigative and informal approaches” dominate Scottish curator’s selection

Published online: 07 May 2012

Russia and US continue to discuss cultural stand-off

Senior officials aim to lift loans suspension after dispute over sacred Jewish books

Published online: 07 May 2012

The Scream’s secret history

The masterpiece was held in the vaults of a major US museum for 17 years

Published online: 05 May 2012

Objects in Met’s Egyptian wing temporarily removed

Some of the most fragile antiquities have been taken off display as a precaution against vibrations caused by drilling under the galleries

Published online: 01 May 2012

Peabody Essex to get all dressed up

Iris Apfel donates highlights of her wardrobe to help create textiles gallery

Published online: 01 May 2012

Astaire, the English aristocracy and an Irish castle

A touch of Hollywood glamour and stardust is sprinkled all over Lismore Castle in County Waterford in Ireland this month with the launch of The Heir and Astaire (until 10 June), a show by US artist TJ Wilcox devoted to vaudeville star Adele Astaire, sister of dancer Fred. The exhibition throws the >>>

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Video: The director of Art Brussels, Karen Renders

Karen Renders, the director of Art Brussels (19-22 April), on what makes the Belgian fair different.

In Search of Hirst’s Spots

Cristina Ruiz, our intrepid editor-at-large, completed Gagosian’s Damien Hirst Spot Challenge. She visited all 11 Gagosian galleries from Hong Kong to Beverly Hills “backpacker style”, and is now awaiting her prize—a signed Hirst spot print, with a dedication by the artist. Look back on her blog about her travels.

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1917, from Saturday, 26 May in Metz

metz. The spectre of World War I looms large over France. The Western front carved a great scar across the north-east of the country, and some of the war’s longest and most famous battles were fought on French territory, so its impact on every aspect of French life was huge. The Centre Pompidou...

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