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Phallic-shaped sculpture erected in Reykjavik
“Little mer-sausage”, part of the Icelandic capital’s Cycle festival of music and art, has divided opinion
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Artists invited to respond to current events as public news bureau opens in Liverpool
The Rapid Response Unit aims to challenge the fake news culture and give people a say in breaking stories
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Kurt Schwitters’s Merz Barn in Lake District up for sale
Chinese collector may step in to save the barn, after Arts Council rejects funding bid
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Ragnar Kjartansson’s new work will see popular Italian song being played repeatedly for five weeks
The durational performance will take place at National Museum of Cardiff next year
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Portrait believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots discovered beneath 16th-century painting
Figure found using X-ray photography during research by National Galleries of Scotland and the Courtauld
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Tracey Emin’s bed joined by Turner’s turbulent seascapes in Margate
New show at Turner Contemporary brings together artists who both once lived in seaside town
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Marco Miehling wins inaugural ACS Studio Prize
Non-profit Artists’ Collection Society takes on high UK studio rental costs with £6,000 award to London-based artist
NewsBiennials & festivals
Human rights at the heart of Gothenburg biennial
Swedish festival looks at orthodoxy’s chains from mixed race asylum seekers to a film about a plan to set up a separatist gay community in California in 1970
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Shortlist for Artes Mundi 8—the largest art prize in the UK—announced
Artists in the running for the £40,000 prize include Trevor Paglen and Otobong Nkanga
NewsBiennials & festivals
Five works to see at the Lofoten Islands International Art Festival
The remote fishing village of Henningsvær hosts this year's edition of the peripatetic event
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British art comes under the spotlight at Cheltenham Literature Festival
Martin Parr and David Mach will be among speakers at the prestigious event
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Northern exposure: artists explore theme of alienation for Nordic biennial
Geographic, political and social alienation all part of mix in event's ninth edition
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Julia Stoschek Collection celebrates 10 years with generation spanning video show
Exhibition curated by Ed Atkins includes work by Bruce Nauman, Jordan Wolfson and Lucy Raven
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What Malevich and Judd had in common
Exhibition at Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich reunites the artists' works for first time since 1994
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Another barn storm over Schwitters
The site of the artist’s last great project is once again under threat
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Fake news! Photographers’ project explores the media in the post-truth era
Fake Newsroom reimagines the 1980s Newsroom project by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel