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‘My idea of heaven’: Madonna sings praises of artists’ paradise Margate

Star says seaside town ‘inhabited by creativity’ and shares love for a local restaurant after dropping in Tracey Emin

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Robert Crumb review – sexual deviancy elevated to an art form

Though they were created for comic books, the artist’s horny and hilarious drawings of his own neuroses, and of glamazons in thigh-high boots, are unnervingly powerful on gallery walls

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Don McCullin review – shattered stone heads and severed limbs echo the horrors he saw in war

The feted photographer’s latest exhibition starts with images of ancient scultures depicting devotion and violence, before moving to war pictures and brooding Somerset landscapes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

‘Do you want to say I’m dated?’ Artist Anne Imhof on her S&M Venice shocker – and the show that earned a mauling

She was the art world’s hottest ticket after her confrontational goths-and-dobermans show at the Venice Biennale. But did she get too cosy with the worlds of fashion and advertising?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

“Symphony No 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the symphony”: Philip Glass pulls premiere at the new Trump-approved Kennedy Center

President has recently changed name of cultural venue

MusicRadar · Jan 28

Madonna surprises locals as she's spotted at art show in Margate

The Queen of Pop, 67, ‘stunned’ onlookers in Kent as she joined the public during the grassroots Off Season event

Evening Standard · Jan 28

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei returns to China after 10 years in exile

The artist, who left Beijing in 2015, has clashed with Chinese authorities over his politically engaged work

The Independent UK · Jan 28

Rad Hatter Approaches 40 Years of Bringing Hands-On Creativity and Restoring the Inner Child at Events Worldwide

Rad Hatter positions itself as a catalyst for invigorating corporate events, trade shows, festivals, bar mitzvahs, children's parties, cruises, school events, branded activations, and private gatherings alike.

International Business Times · Jan 27

Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing review – if everything’s on wheels, why doesn’t this show go anywhere?

Lima made her name with surreal encounters meant to free you from mundane everyday thinking. It’s rather a lot to ask of a key-grabbing hand, a dancing parasol and some melting ice

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27

How artist Gordon Parks' foundation keeps his legacy growing, even as it searches for new funding

Civil rights photographer and artist Gordon Parks' legacy continues to grow, even as the 20th anniversary of his death approaches

The Independent UK · Jan 27