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Huge week for artists.

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We can't stop talking about...
Emphasis on pain
Paintings  
Emphasis on pain
Archibald winner Vincent Namatjira painted mining millionaire Gina Rinehart. She wasn't happy – and it's led to the funnest news cycle in weeks.
Art hated  
Gina's not the only one though. Enclosed within: seven other famous subjects who hated their portraits.
Style dated  
King Charles, meanwhile, unveiled his royal portrait this week. It's extremely red? One star from our art critic!
Eat this
Salad days
Salad days
Save your herb stalks and asparagus ends! They can be used to make a dressing in this green goddess salad.
Extremely online
Extremely online
It’s 2024 and every restaurant is a chain now, every club is members-only, and every shop is an atelier. At least it’s the year of the hot rodent boyfriend and the hot mum! Dads, meanwhile, are getting doulas and eldest daughters are fighting back. Maybe we should just be single forever? Can we even afford a wedding???

Good reads: the golden age of the Village Voice; in defence of the floater friend; and a stunning endorsement of on-screen smoking. Barron Trump has stans! And two other extremely cursed sentences. Here are chats with the filmmaker, popstar, and author of the moment. Finally, an obituary for Slim Shady and a tribute to Alice Munro, master of the short story.
The funniest things on the internet
Steen Raskopoulos shows us his tabs
Steen Raskopoulos shows us his tabs
The comedian and actor promises he's not a spy, but he will train your algorithm to show you only the funniest things.
Top of the list
An album – plum job  
Billie Eilish is back! She's still weird as hell, cold as ice, and at the top of her game. Hit Me Hard and Soft is out now.
Billie Eilish is back! She's still weird as hell, cold as ice, and at the top of her game. Hit Me Hard and Soft is out now.
A show – just peachy  
Also returning: Bridgerton, for its third deliriously steamy season which sees the beloved Nicola Coughlan take centre stage. On Netflix.
Also returning: Bridgerton, for its third deliriously steamy season which sees the beloved Nicola Coughlan take centre stage. On Netflix.
A film – going bananas  
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – in cinemas now – marks the 10th film in a franchise which began in the 60s. But how the heck are these simians still swinging? We investigate.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – in cinemas now – marks the 10th film in a franchise which began in the 60s. But how the heck are these simians still swinging? We investigate.
A review – bitter fruits  
Francis Ford Coppola's sci-fi epic Megalopolis has finally premiered at Cannes after 40 years in the making and months of drama and speculation. Reviews are split – but our critic thought it was megabloated and megaboring.
Francis Ford Coppola's sci-fi epic Megalopolis has finally premiered at Cannes after 40 years in the making and months of drama and speculation. Reviews are split – but our critic thought it was megabloated and megaboring.
This week's weirdest story
Irish goodbye
Irish goodbye
An artist set up a video portal between Dublin and New York. Things went downhill – and it was shut down within a week.
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