A Painter’s Progress: A Portrait of Lucian Freud, by David Dawson
The NPG and Art Basel Asia get new directors; an ancient city is unearthed in Turkey; Turner's house to be restored; and Labour comes under fire
Jorge Coll and Nicolás Cortés celebrate 10 years of Coll & Cortés
Some fascinating exhibitions in the UK, Europe and USA are closing in early January. Last chance...
YES: Lee Rosenbaum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s post-Bilbao misadventures in trying to plant its flag on foreign soil demonstrate why such forays are almost always doomed to failure: there’s a disconnect between what each side hopes to get from these international alliances. What’s more, there can be critical differences about how such plans should […]
The Winchester Bible in New York; tapestries at the Getty; and war photography at Tate
'Paul Durand-Ruel: Memoirs of the First Impressionist Art Dealer (1831–1922)', by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel
Nine stolen artworks recovered in LA; India and Pakistan share a pavilion in Venice; and a young-looking 'Mona Lisa' in Singapore
Has the Heritage Lottery Fund been a golden ticket for British heritage over the last two decades, or has it invested unwisely?
Tapestries in the Prado, the Getty and the Met; Deller's take on Warhol and Morris; and immersive works by both Pipilotti Rist and Moholy-Nagy