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[Film](/keywords/film)
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#### A new documentary asks how King Charles was hoodwinked by forged paintings
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The film examines the scandal of fakes lent by James Stunt to a royal residence, including works supposedly by Monet, Salvador DalĂ and Picasso
[Georgina Adam](/authors/georgina-adam)about 1 hour ago
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[Art market](/keywords/art-market)
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#### Sotheby's to sell art belonging to Brazil's Lady of the Resistance
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The journalist and collector Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, who established the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, was exiled after speaking out against Brazil's military dictatorship
[Anna Brady](/authors/anna-brady)about 2 hours ago
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[Books](/keywords/books)
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#### Japan is opening its eyes to women photographersâand to the female gaze
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Denied recognition and even credit for their work until recent times, Japanâs women photographers are challenging and subverting traditional assumptions about the female body
[Lisa Movius](/authors/lisa-movius)about 1 hour ago
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[Books](/keywords/books)
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#### On a San Francisco roof, an artistâs work is birthed by the night sky
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Ala Ebtekarâs new cyanotypes for Arion Press were exposed using moon and starlight during a partial lunar eclipse
[Bess Lovejoy](/authors/bess-lovejoy)about 4 hours ago
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[US politics](/keywords/us-politics)
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#### Trump appoints deputy secretary of US Labor Department to lead museum-funding agency marked for elimination
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Keith Sonderling, the new acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, plans to steer the agency to âpromote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of countryâ
[Benjamin Sutton](/authors/benjamin-sutton)about 16 hours ago
20 March 2025[
#### ICA Boston launches $100,000 award for women artists, with Sarah Sze winning inaugural edition
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[Torey Akers](/authors/torey-akers)
20 March 2025[
#### A new destination for contemporary art takes shape in Guayaquil, Ecuador
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[Libbi Ponce](/authors/libbi-ponce)
20 March 2025[
#### Bigger is not better and free admission costs institutions less, museum report finds
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[Helen Stoilas](/authors/helen-stoilas)
20 March 2025[
#### Longing for home: sacred drum among first objects restituted to the US by the Netherlands
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[Senay Boztas](/authors/senay-boztas)
Art market
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#### Record for Indian painting at auction smashed by $13.7m M.F. Husain
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The work sold at Christieâs New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave
[Kabir Jhala](/authors/kabir-jhala)1 day ago
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#### New York art adviser Lisa Schiff sentenced to prison for fraud
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Once a high-profile adviser to elite art collectors, Schiff will spend 30 months in prison
[Carlie Porterfield](/authors/carlie-porterfield)1 day ago
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#### SĂŁo Paulo's newest gallery knows you must âburn cash to support great artistsâ
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Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, founded by two former Mendes Wood DM employees and a seasoned collector, opens this week with a 20-strong roster and a clear vision for success
[Kabir Jhala](/authors/kabir-jhala)
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#### London's oldest art fair celebrates its 40th anniversary
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The London Original Print Fair launched in 1985 when the concept of art fairs was in its infancy. Its director of 38 years, Helen Rosslyn, reflects on its longevity
[Anna Brady](/authors/anna-brady)
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#### Art collector James Stunt found not guilty of money-laundering
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The entrepreneur was accused along with four others, who were found guilty
[Georgina Adam](/authors/georgina-adam)
21 March 2025[
#### Sotheby's to sell art belonging to Brazil's Lady of the Resistance
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[Anna Brady](/authors/anna-brady)
19 March 2025[
#### The ten most expensive Vincent van Gogh paintings
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a blog by [Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
17 March 2025[
#### Art market salary satisfaction declines amid âredundancies and reduced revenueâ, new survey finds
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[Anna Brady](/authors/anna-brady)
17 March 2025[
#### As collector strategies shift, prints are experiencing new levels of popularity
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[J. Cabelle Ahn](/authors/j-cabelle-ahn)
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Museums & Heritage
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[Museums](/keywords/museums)
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#### Bigger is not better and free admission costs institutions less, museum report finds
](/2025/03/20/remuseum-report-finds-museum-expansions-cause-problems-free-admission-pays-off)
Remuseumâs second report concludes that admission fees are raising few funds and keeping out potential visitorsâand expansions are often not worth the money
[Helen Stoilas](/authors/helen-stoilas)about 20 hours ago
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](/2025/03/20/the-missiles-will-not-erase-his-mark-on-our-hearts-palestinian-artist-killed-in-israeli-strikes)
[Israel-Hamas war](/keywords/israel-hamas-war-2023)
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#### 'The missiles will not erase his mark on our hearts': Palestinian artist killed in Israeli strikes
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Dorgham Quraiqi, was working with the UK charity Hope and Play, when the remains of his house were bombed
[Sarvy Geranpayeh](/authors/sarvy-geranpayeh) and [Hadani Ditmars](/authors/hadani-ditmars)about 21 hours ago
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[Museums & Heritage](/keywords/museums-and-heritage)
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#### A new destination for contemporary art takes shape in Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Construction on the Eacheve Foundationâs new complex broke ground in January and is on track to be completed in time for an opening in autumn 2025
[Libbi Ponce](/authors/libbi-ponce)about 18 hours ago
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](/2025/03/20/institute-contemporary-art-boston-award-women-artists-sarah-sze)
[Awards](/keywords/awards)
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#### ICA Boston launches $100,000 award for women artists, with Sarah Sze winning inaugural edition
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The new Meraki Artist Prize is funded by Fotene Demoulas, whose family owns the Market Basket supermarket chain
[Torey Akers](/authors/torey-akers)about 16 hours ago
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[Museums & Heritage](/keywords/museums-and-heritage)
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#### Longing for home: sacred drum among first objects restituted to the US by the Netherlands
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The 350-year-old artifact is one of seven objects returned to the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Native American tribe
[Senay Boztas](/authors/senay-boztas)about 20 hours ago
20 March 2025[
#### London Museum receives ÂŁ20m cash boost and Roman artefact trove from Bloomberg
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[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
20 March 2025[
#### Revealed: British Museumâs visitor figures hit ten-year high
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[Lee Cheshire](/authors/lee-cheshire)
19 March 2025[
#### How a Portuguese entrepreneur turned an 18th-century palace into a private museum
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[José da Silva](/authors/jose-da-silva)
19 March 2025[
#### âWe will not be a traditional institutionâ: Foto Arsenal Wien takes up the mantle of Viennaâs radical art roots
](/2025/03/19/foto-arsenal-wien-viennas-radical-art-roots)
[Tom Seymour](/authors/tom-seymour)
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Exhibitions
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#### Massachusetts museum presents an artist's intimate portrait of a dying glacier
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Ohan Breidingâs experimental film and photography, on view at Mass Moca, pay homage to the disappearing RhĂŽne Glacier in Switzerland
[Barbara Reina](/authors/barbara-reina)
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#### Esteemed private collection of Roman marbles is starting its North American tour
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Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal
[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
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#### âA time travelling conversation about life and artâ: the botanical collages of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton
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The exhibition opening at Bath's No.1 Royal Crescent, which pairs works by the 18th-century collagist and the contemporary artist, is part of a series of shows attempting to draw new audiences to the gallery
[Anna Brady](/authors/anna-brady)
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#### Gillian Wearing and Michael Landyâs joint exhibition shows the artistic power of love
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The artist coupleâs show in Naples, Italy, also taps into the cityâs religious heritage
[Louisa Buck](/authors/louisa-buck)
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#### Louise Giovanelli: âBecause of the curtains and tinsel, people think I grew up with working menâs clubsâ
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The UK painterâs first major museum show, at the Hepworth Wakefield, offers recognition of a talent whose ambiguous works can shift between the humdrum of the ordinary and the ecstasy of revelation
[Matthew Holman](/authors/matthew-holman)
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#### New York gallery for Visionary art offers an inner journey in time for the vernal equinox
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[Vittoria Benzine](/authors/vittoria-benzine)
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#### As Tate marks Turnerâs 250th birthday, his visions of a wild world still elevate, soothe and harrow the soul
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[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
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#### Rare 15th-century manuscript is star of exhibition at ChĂąteau de Chantilly in France
](/2025/03/11/rare-15th-century-manuscript-is-star-of-exhibition-at-chateau-de-chantilly)
[Hannah McGivern](/authors/hannah-mcgivern)
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#### Anne Imhofâs largest US project to date is a Shakespearean ode of doom and optimism
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[Osman Can Yerebakan](/authors/osman-can-yerebakan)
Opinion
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](/2025/03/20/works-of-art-are-living-thingsso-should-we-let-them-die)
[Opinion](/keywords/opinion)
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#### Comment | Works of art are living thingsâso should we let them die?
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The costâfinancially and environmentallyâof preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look after them
[John-Paul Stonard](/authors/john-paul-stonard)1 day ago
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](/2025/03/12/balanchine-is-modern-master-whose-impact-on-contemporary-art-should-not-be-overlooked)
[Opinion](/keywords/opinion)
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#### Comment | Balanchine is Modern master whose impact on contemporary art should not be overlooked
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The choreographerâs formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to contemporary performance art
[Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke)
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](/2025/03/10/the-uk-is-attempting-to-pry-open-a-notorious-data-backdoorheres-why-thats-alarming-for-artists)
[Opinion](/keywords/opinion)
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#### Comment | The UK is attempting to pry open a notorious data âbackdoorââhere's why that's alarming for artists
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Emma Shapiro on the UK government's secret order to break end-to-end encryption and allow access to all citizensâ Apple iCloud data
[Emma Shapiro](/authors/emma-shapiro)
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](/2025/03/04/the-government-needs-to-cancel-the-british-councils-debt)
[Comment](/keywords/comment)
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#### Tristram Hunt: 'The government needs to cancel the British Councilâs debt'
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The V&A director on the dangers of the cash-strapped cultural organisation disappearing
[Tristram Hunt](/authors/tristram-hunt)
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[Opinion](/keywords/opinion)
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#### Comment | Five years after opening, Cromwell Place looks more like a V&A piggybacker than a market disruptor
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The London commercial gallery initially had big ambitions, but is now having more success feeding off the nearby Victoria & Albert Museum
[Melanie Gerlis](/authors/melanie-gerlis)
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#### A descendant of people trafficked aboard the slave ship Clotilda on learning from historyâs unsung heroes
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[Jeremy Ellis](/authors/jeremy-ellis)
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#### A quantum era is coming. What does this mean for art?
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[Bettina Kames](/authors/bettina-kames)
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#### Comment | Plunging sales see shine come off luxury goods at auction
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[Melanie Gerlis](/authors/melanie-gerlis)
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#### The art fair dilemma as in-crowd VIP collectors reduce fair attendance
](/2024/12/31/the-art-fair-dilemma-as-in-crowd-vip-collectors-reduce-fair-attendance)
[Melanie Gerlis](/authors/melanie-gerlis)
Technology
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News, background and analysis on the latest tech developmentsâartificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platformsâand how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.
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[Technology](/keywords/technology)news
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#### Did AI just authenticate a version of one of Rubensâs most famous works?
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A Swiss company has examined a version of Rubensâs âThe Bath of Dianaâ, which was long thought to be a copy, and believes it could be authenticâthe leading authority on the artist takes a different view
[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
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[Technology](/keywords/technology)news
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#### Marina AbramoviÄ in her element: performance artist announces new NFT drop designed to create a âbridgeâ to young generation
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The artistâs first NFT collection since 2022 is inspired by different aspects of her life and work
[Louis Jebb](/authors/louis-jebb)
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[Instaâ gratification](/keywords/insta-gratification)blog
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#### RedNote and TikTok: what is social media like in the Chinese art world?
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Killer algorithms, a huge influencer culture and the 'sweet spot' of RedNote
[Aimee Dawson](/authors/aimee-dawson)
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](/2025/03/11/the-eu-is-aiding-artists-in-tackling-social-media-moderation-issues)
[Technology](/keywords/technology)analysis
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#### Here's how the EU is aiding artists in tackling social media moderation issues
](/2025/03/11/the-eu-is-aiding-artists-in-tackling-social-media-moderation-issues)
Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression
[Emma Shapiro](/authors/emma-shapiro)
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](/2025/03/10/refik-anadol-launches-ai-tribute-to-frank-gehry-at-guggenheim-bilbao)
[Technology](/keywords/technology)news
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#### An architectâs dream: Refik Anadol launches AI tribute to Frank Gehry at Guggenheim Bilbao
](/2025/03/10/refik-anadol-launches-ai-tribute-to-frank-gehry-at-guggenheim-bilbao)
The media artist presents âLiving Architecture: Gehryâ, generated from a new large architecture model containing visual data from the LA-based architectâs 65 years in practice
[Louis Jebb](/authors/louis-jebb)
[Technology](/keywords/technology)feature
1 day ago[
#### How a new online database is bringing an African focus to restitution cases
](/2025/03/20/how-a-new-online-database-is-bringing-an-african-focus-to-restitution-cases)
[Gameli Hamelo](/authors/gameli-hamelo)
[Conservation](/keywords/conservation) feature
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#### How technologies applied in Florence are revolutionising fresco conservation
](/2025/03/18/how-technologies-applied-in-florence-are-revolutionising-fresco-conservation)
[Kimberly Hatfield](/authors/kimberly-hatfield)
[Technology](/keywords/technology)news
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#### UK government AI drive spreads optimismâbut copyright thorn remains
](/2025/03/11/uk-government-ai-drive-spreads-optimismbut-copyright-thorn-remains)
[Riah Pryor](/authors/riah-pryor)
[Opinion](/keywords/opinion)comment
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#### Comment | The UK is attempting to pry open a notorious data âbackdoorââhere's why that's alarming for artists
](/2025/03/10/the-uk-is-attempting-to-pry-open-a-notorious-data-backdoorheres-why-thats-alarming-for-artists)
[Emma Shapiro](/authors/emma-shapiro)
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Book Club
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#### âHe could be grotesquely, wildly intemperateâ: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes
](/2025/03/11/he-could-be-grotesquely-wildly-intemperate-biographer-blake-gopnik-tells-us-about-the-great-collector-albert-c-barnes)
A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks at what made him tick
[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
[
](/2025/03/11/an-experts-guide-to-vanessa-bell-five-must-read-books-on-the-bloomsbury-group-artist)
[Book Club](/keywords/book-club)
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#### An expertâs guide to Vanessa Bell: five must-read books on the Bloomsbury Group artist
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All you ever wanted to know about Bell, from a comprehensive biography to a controversial memoir by her daughterâselected by Charlestonâs head of collections Darren Clarke
[José da Silva](/authors/jose-da-silva)
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](/2025/03/11/tacita-dean-on-why-she-spent-a-night-in-a-museum-with-cy-twomblys-art)
[Book Club](/keywords/book-club)
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#### Tacita Dean on why she has made a book about her night in a museum with Cy Twomblyâs art
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The British artist has published a new book of detailed photographs of her heroâs work
[Dale Berning Sawa](/authors/dale-berning-sawa)
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](/2025/03/11/march-book-bag-from-a-compilation-of-artist-love-stories-to-a-polemic-questioning-morality-in-art)
[Book Club](/keywords/book-club)
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#### March Book Bag: from a compilation of artist love stories to a polemic questioning morality in art
](/2025/03/11/march-book-bag-from-a-compilation-of-artist-love-stories-to-a-polemic-questioning-morality-in-art)
Our round-up of the latest art publications
[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
4 February 2025[
#### âI thought I would be trampled to deathâ: travelling with Gilbert & George to put on a show in 1990s Beijing
](/2025/02/04/travelling-with-gilbert-george-to-put-on-a-show-in-1990s-beijing)
[José da Silva](/authors/jose-da-silva)
4 February 2025[
#### February Book Bag: from a history of MÄori art to T.J. Clarkâs essays on politics and art
](/2025/02/04/february-book-bag-from-a-history-of-maori-art-to-tj-clarks-essays-on-politics-and-art)
[Gareth Harris](/authors/gareth-harris)
4 February 2025[
#### An expertâs guide to Anselm Kiefer: five must-read books on the German artist
](/2025/02/04/an-experts-guide-to-anselm-kiefer-five-must-read-books-on-the-german-artist)
[José da Silva](/authors/jose-da-silva)
4 February 2025[
#### Don McCullin on swapping war zones for museums and why his âprinting days are overâ
](/2025/02/04/don-mccullin-on-swapping-war-zones-for-museums)
[Philippa Kelly](/authors/philippa-kelly)
Books
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[
](/2025/03/11/review-utterly-positive-dangerously-irrelevant-book-chief-executive-arts-council-england)
[Books](/keywords/books)
[
#### Review | âAn utterly positive and dangerously irrelevantâ book written by the chief executive of Arts Council England
](/2025/03/11/review-utterly-positive-dangerously-irrelevant-book-chief-executive-arts-council-england)
This journey through the UKâs publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis
[Robert Hewison](/authors/robert-hewison)
[
](/2025/03/11/a-new-monograph-places-the-writing-painting-and-archive-photographs-of-aubrey-williams-in-thrilling-conversation)
[Books](/keywords/books)
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#### A new monograph places the writing, painting and archive photographs of Aubrey Williams in thrilling conversation
](/2025/03/11/a-new-monograph-places-the-writing-painting-and-archive-photographs-of-aubrey-williams-in-thrilling-conversation)
The publication about the Guyanese-born artist includes diary entries and several works that have been photographed for the first time
[Jelena Sofronijevic](/authors/jelena-sofronijevic)
[
](/2025/02/24/new-book-william-butterfield-master-high-victorian-gothic-architecture)
[Books](/keywords/books)
[
#### New book celebrates William Butterfield, a master of High Victorian Gothic architecture
](/2025/02/24/new-book-william-butterfield-master-high-victorian-gothic-architecture)
Nicholas Olsbergâs publication offers a learned analysis of the architectâs work, which includes Oxfordâs Keble College and central Londonâs All Saints church
[Peter Howell](/authors/peter-howell)
[
](/2025/01/24/new-book-explores-the-intimate-art-of-drawing)
[Book Review](/keywords/book-review)
[
#### A new volume explores the intimate art of drawing, as seen through a wider lens
](/2025/01/24/new-book-explores-the-intimate-art-of-drawing)
This âalternativeâ history navigates the medium through artists on the margins, as well as established practitioners
[Keith Miller](/authors/keith-miller)
[
](/2024/12/03/beetlejuice-and-beyond-the-origins-of-tim-burtons-world-of-gothic-romance-and-its-enduring-influence)
[Books](/keywords/books)
[
#### Beetlejuice and beyond: the origins of Tim Burtonâs world of gothic romance and its enduring influence
](/2024/12/03/beetlejuice-and-beyond-the-origins-of-tim-burtons-world-of-gothic-romance-and-its-enduring-influence)
Catalogue accompanying exhibition at Londonâs Design Museum explores the US film-makerâs unique aesthetic
[Tom Seymour](/authors/tom-seymour)
21 March 2025[
#### Japan is opening its eyes to women photographersâand to the female gaze
](/2025/03/21/japan-is-opening-its-eyes-to-women-photographersand-to-the-female-gaze)
[Lisa Movius](/authors/lisa-movius)
14 March 2025[
#### Biography of Peter Gregory reveals a modest âbusinessmanâ who was a driving force in art publishing
](/2025/03/14/biography-of-peter-gregory-reveals-a-modest-businessman-who-was-a-driving-force-in-art-publishing)
[David Trigg](/authors/david-trigg)
21 February 2025[
#### This new volume reveals the under-explored art of 18th-century cut and paste
](/2025/02/21/a-volume-reveals-the-under-explored-art-of-18th-century-cut-and-paste)
[Emma Barker](/authors/emma-barker)
20 February 2025[
#### Why newly appointed museum directors fail, and how to avoid it: Kaywin Feldmanâs new book on leadership
](/2025/02/20/why-newly-appointed-museum-directors-fail-and-how-to-avoid-it-kaywin-feldmans-new-book-on-leadership)
[Julia Halperin](/authors/julia-halperin)
[Read all](/keywords/books)
Diary
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[Read all](/keywords/diary)
[
](/2025/03/21/londons-dulwich-picture-gallery-is-feeding-more-than-passions)
[Diary](/keywords/diary)
[
#### Londonâs Dulwich Picture Gallery is feeding more than passions
](/2025/03/21/londons-dulwich-picture-gallery-is-feeding-more-than-passions)
The gallery in leafy south London suburb will begin hosting a farmerâs market this weekend
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)about 1 hour ago
[
](/2025/03/17/grayson-perry-kingfisher-the-masked-singer)
[Diary](/keywords/diary)
[
#### Grayson Perry flips the bird at art world snobbery with Masked Singer appearance
](/2025/03/17/grayson-perry-kingfisher-the-masked-singer)
The Turner prize winning potter stunned viewers and hosts of the popular TV show after revealing himself as the voice behind the kingfisher costume
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
[
](/2025/03/12/eric-cantona-and-ella-toone-team-up-with-top-art-world-figures-to-kick-off-manchester-international-festival)
[Diary](/keywords/diary)
[
#### Back of the net: Eric Cantona and Ella Toone team up with top art world figures to kick off Manchester International Festival
](/2025/03/12/eric-cantona-and-ella-toone-team-up-with-top-art-world-figures-to-kick-off-manchester-international-festival)
Rose Wylie, Ryan Gander, Alvaro Barrington and Paul Pfeiffer are among the artists participating in the exhibition âFootball City, Art Unitedâ
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
[
](/2025/03/11/tracey-emin-protege-gets-first-solo-show)
[Diary](/keywords/diary)
[
#### Tracey Emin protégé gets first solo show
](/2025/03/11/tracey-emin-protege-gets-first-solo-show)
Bianca Raffaellaâs flower paintings have been unveiled in London
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
[
](/2025/03/06/mickalene-thomas-is-bringing-the-glam-to-motorsport)
[Diary](/keywords/diary)
[
#### Mickalene Thomas is bringing the glam to motorsport
](/2025/03/06/mickalene-thomas-is-bringing-the-glam-to-motorsport)
The artistâs wrap design for a McLaren racing car is set to turn heads on the track
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
7 March 2025[
#### Poison protest painter gives French prez the chop
](/2025/03/07/poison-protest-painter-gives-french-prez-the-chop)
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
28 February 2025[
#### Frame is the name of the art game at Moco Museum star-studded soirée
](/2025/02/28/frame-is-the-name-of-the-art-game-at-moco-museum-star-studded-soiree)
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
26 February 2025[
#### Fancy an âultra-exclusiveâ visit to Norway's Kistefos Museum? That'll be $26,000, please
](/2025/02/26/fancy-an-ultra-exclusive-visit-to-norways-kistefos-museum-thatll-be-26000-please)
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
26 February 2025[
#### Arte Povera giant Michelangelo Pistoletto is apparently up for the Nobel Peace Prize
](/2025/02/26/arte-povera-giant-michelangelo-pistoletto-is-apparently-up-for-the-nobel-peace-prize)
[The Art Newspaper](/authors/the-art-newspaper)
[Read all](/keywords/diary)
The Week in Art
---------------
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
[Listen to more episodes](/series/the-week-in-art)
[
](/2025/03/07/australia-venice-biennale-pavilion-controversial-ai-auction-aelizabeth-catlett-washington-podcast)
[The Week in Art](/keywords/the-week-in-art)
[
#### Censorship and Australiaâs Venice Biennale pavilion, a controversial AI auction, and Elizabeth Catlett in Washingtonâpodcast
](/2025/03/07/australia-venice-biennale-pavilion-controversial-ai-auction-aelizabeth-catlett-washington-podcast)
What might the fallout be after Creative Australiaâs unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabiâs project? Plus, AI art beyond this weekâs open letter and a chat about Catlettâs terracotta sculpture âTiredâ
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack), [Julia Michalska](/authors/julia-michalska) and [Alexander Morrison](/authors/alexander-morrison)
14 March 2025[
#### The big art world slowdown, Dutch culture funding crisis, Bruegelâs Hunters in the Snowâpodcast
](/2025/03/14/big-art-slowdown-dutch-culture funding-crisis-bruegel-hunters-in-the-snow-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack), [Julia Michalska](/authors/julia-michalska) and [Alexander Morrison](/authors/alexander-morrison)
28 February 2025[
#### Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraineâs art world three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modernâpodcast
](/2025/02/28/leigh-bowery-tate-modern-ukraine-art-world-three-years-on-max-beckmann-gothic-modern-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack), [Julia Michalska](/authors/julia-michalska) and [Alexander Morrison](/authors/alexander-morrison)
21 February 2025[
#### Geeâs Bend quiltmakers, âdegenerateâ art in Paris, and Mel Bochner rememberedâpodcast
](/2025/02/21/gees-bend-quiltmakers-degenerate-art-paris-mel-bochner-remembered-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack), [Julia Michalska](/authors/julia-michalska) and [Alexander Morrison](/authors/alexander-morrison)
14 February 2025[
#### Anselm Kiefer, Hoor al Qasimi on the Sharjah Biennial, a Picasso Blue Period mysteryâpodcast
](/2025/02/14/anselm-kiefer-hoor-al-qasimi-sharjah-picasso-blue-period-mystery-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack), [Julia Michalska](/authors/julia-michalska) and [Alexander Morrison](/authors/alexander-morrison)
7 February 2025[
#### Trump tariffs and Zona Maco in Mexico, India Art Fair, and American photography at the Rijksmuseumâpodcast
](/2025/02/07/trump-tariffs-zona-maco-mexico-india-art-fair-american-photography-rijksmuseum-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack), [Julia Michalska](/authors/julia-michalska) and [Alexander Morrison](/authors/alexander-morrison)
A brush with... podcast
-----------------------
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
[Listen to more episodes](/keywords/a-brush-withpodcast)
[
](/2025/02/26/a-brush-with-renee-green)
[
#### A brush with⊠RenĂ©e Green â podcast
](/2025/02/26/a-brush-with-renee-green)
RenĂ©e, known for her installations, video pieces and texts, reflects on the nature of ideas, on subjectivity and perception, and on memoryâpersonal and collective
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack)
Sponsored by Bloomberg Connects
19 February 2025[
#### A brush with⊠Somaya Critchlow â podcast
](/2025/02/19/a-brush-with-somaya-critchlow)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack)
12 February 2025[
#### A brush with⊠Thomas Ruff â podcast
](/2025/02/12/a-brush-with-thomas-ruff-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack)
5 February 2025[
#### A brush with⊠Linder â podcast
](/2025/02/05/a-brush-with-linder-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack)
11 December 2024[
#### A brush with⊠Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset â podcast
](/2024/12/11/a-brush-with-michael-elmgreen-and-ingar-dragset-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack)
4 December 2024[
#### A brush with⊠Hank Willis Thomas â podcast
](/2024/12/04/a-brush-with-hank-willis-thomas-podcast)
Hosted by [Ben Luke](/authors/ben-luke). Produced by [David Clack](/authors/david-clack)
Obituaries
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[Read all](/keywords/obituaries)
[
](/2025/03/14/remembering-rosalind-savill-the-porcelain-expert-who-transformed-the-wallace-collection)
[Obituary](/keywords/obituary)
[
#### Remembering Rosalind Savill, the porcelain expert who transformed the Wallace Collection
](/2025/03/14/remembering-rosalind-savill-the-porcelain-expert-who-transformed-the-wallace-collection)
During her 19-year tenure as its director, she turned a sedate institution into a vibrant tribute to the culture of 18th-century France
[Lisa White](/authors/lisa-white)
[
](/2025/03/03/jack-vettriano-popular-neo-realist-painter-obituary)
[Obituaries](/keywords/obituaries)
[
#### Jack Vettriano, immensely popular artist whose market success reflected 'an appetite for the glamorous', has died, aged 73
](/2025/03/03/jack-vettriano-popular-neo-realist-painter-obituary)
The sale of âThe Singing Butlerâ at Sothebyâs in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect
[Louis Jebb](/authors/louis-jebb)
[
](/2025/02/18/serge-lasvignes-former-president-of-centre-pompidou-has-died-aged-70)
[Museums & Heritage](/keywords/museums-and-heritage)
[
#### Serge Lasvignes, former president of Centre Pompidou, has died aged 70
](/2025/02/18/serge-lasvignes-former-president-of-centre-pompidou-has-died-aged-70)
The Centre Pompidou extended its international reach during Lasvignes's tenure
[Stéphane Renault](/authors/stephane-renault)
[
](/2025/02/15/mel-bochner-conceptual-artist-obituary)
[Obituaries](/keywords/obituaries)
[
#### Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84
](/2025/02/15/mel-bochner-conceptual-artist-obituary)
Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language
[Benjamin Sutton](/authors/benjamin-sutton)
[
](/2025/02/13/remembering-pioneering-australian-indigenous-artist-whose-meticulous-paintings-captured-hidden-power)
[Artists](/keywords/artists)
[
#### Remembering John Mawurndjul AM (Balang Nakurulk), the Australian Indigenous artist whose meticulous bark paintings captured a hidden power
](/2025/02/13/remembering-pioneering-australian-indigenous-artist-whose-meticulous-paintings-captured-hidden-power)
The painter was also a keen supporter of women artists
[Elizabeth Fortescue](/authors/elizabeth-fortescue)
[
#### Remembering Jean-Claude Saintilus, Haitian artist and member of the Atis Rezistans collective, who has died, aged 64
](/2025/03/07/remembering-jean-claude-saintilus)
[Simon Bainbridge](/authors/simon-bainbridge)
[
#### Walter Robinson, sharp-eyed painter and critic, has died, aged 74
](/2025/02/10/walter-robinson-painter-critic-obituary)
[Gabriella Angeleti](/authors/gabriella-angeleti)
[
#### Remembering Leonid Bazhanov, larger-than-life curator who pushed Russian contemporary art in new directions
](/2025/02/04/remembering-leonid-bazhanov-curator-pushed-russian-contemporary-art-new-directions)
[Sophia Kishkovsky](/authors/sophia-kishkovsky)
[
#### Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, pathbreaking Native American artist, has died, aged 85
](/2025/01/28/jaune-quick-to-see-smith-native-american-artist-obituary)
[Benjamin Sutton](/authors/benjamin-sutton)
Adventures with Van Gogh
------------------------
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
[Read all](/adventures-with-van-gogh)
[
](/2025/03/14/van-goghs-postman-the-pathbreaking-portrait-exhibition-opens-shortly-in-boston-then-heads-to-amsterdam)
[Adventures with Van Gogh](/keywords/adventures-with-van-gogh)
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#### Youâve got mail: pathbreaking exhibition on Van Goghâs postman opens shortly in Boston, then heads to Amsterdam
](/2025/03/14/van-goghs-postman-the-pathbreaking-portrait-exhibition-opens-shortly-in-boston-then-heads-to-amsterdam)
While painting Joseph Roulin and his wife and children, Vincent wrote in great excitement: âIâve done the portraits of an entire familyâ
[Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
19 March 2025[
#### The ten most expensive Vincent van Gogh paintings
](/2025/03/19/the-ten-most-expensive-van-gogh-paintings)
a blog by [Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
7 March 2025[
#### The Kiefer-Van Gogh exhibition comes to Amsterdam and London, with fresh works inspired by the German artistâs pilgrimage 60 years ago
](/2025/03/07/the-kiefer-van-gogh-exhibition-comes-to-amsterdam-and-london-with-fresh-works-inspired-by-the-german-artists-pilgrimage-60-years-ago)
[Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
28 February 2025[
#### A Van Gogh drawingâwith what is almost certainly the artist's fingerprintâgoes to auction at Sotheby's
](/2025/02/28/a-van-gogh-drawingwith-what-is-almost-certainly-the-artists-fingerprintgoes-to-auction-at-sothebys)
[Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
21 February 2025[
#### Could this Van Gogh have come from Nazi Germany?
](/2025/02/21/could-this-van-gogh-have-come-from-nazi-germany)
[Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
14 February 2025[
#### Van Goghâs hospital painting comes to London, returning for the first time in a hundred years
](/2025/02/14/van-goghs-hospital-painting-comes-to-london-returning-for-the-first-time-in-a-hundred-years)
[Martin Bailey](/authors/martin-bailey)
[Read all](/adventures-with-van-gogh)