Culture Musing the muse When Lucien Freud’s painting Benefits Supervisor Sleeping was sold last week for £17.2m arts columns nationwide began murmuring about capitalism, commodity culture and – crucially –… By Grace Shortland
Busting a skank A twenty tonne lion has provoked heated debate in Scotland and prompted the resignation of the curator Richard Calvocoressi.… By Grace Shortland
In the Doherty In the words of new director Roger Wright this year’s proms promise to “juxtapose the familiar and the unfamiliar”.… By Grace Shortland
Farewell Angus Fairhurst The premature death of the artist plus the rest of the news from the arts world By Grace Shortland
Disney the ecowarrior Lost artworks by Disney animators have been restored to America after being discovered in Chibo University, Japan. The works,… By Grace Shortland