Scholarly flair at the Städel Museum
The Frankfurt museum ends its bicentenary year with an impressive pairing of works from its permanent collections with ‘eminent guests’ from around the world
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: The Peck Shahnama’, by Marianna Shreve Simpson and Louise Marlow
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London this Frieze week: Sluice_ in black & white, a witty sculpture at Sunday, rare books at Frieze Masters + some artfully ruined jeans
Frieze Bites
Changing it up at PAD and Frieze Masters; Lee Ufan at Pace; Gutai, Zero and Kusama at Bonhams; Multiplied at Christie’s
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London this Frieze week: A breath of fresh air at the Courtauld; outsider art at Frieze Masters; and a princess at the Chiltern Firehouse
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London: star exhibits and media stars, crowds and crowdsourcing at the Frieze Masters preview last night
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London this week: Richter at Dominique Levy, Boetti at Luxembourg & Dayan, and Larry Gagosian sampling the local beer
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘The White Road: A Pilgrimage of Sorts’, by Edmund de Waal
Acquisitions of the Month: September 2015
Ivory medallions, Samuel Palmer’s lively letters and Maya Angelou’s birthday quilt have all found homes
UK Government extends export bar on rare Egyptian ‘Sekhemka’ statue for a second time
The UK government has extended its export bar on a valuable ancient Egyptian statue known as the Sekhemka, in an effort to…
The 10 Most Endangered Buildings in the UK
The Victorian Society has released a list of historic buildings that are most in need of our help this year
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Damascus Tiles: Mamluk and Ottoman Architectural Ceramics from Syria’, by Arthur Millner
Acquisitions of the Month: August 2015
Six of the most significant acquisitions to be announced by museums around the world
Celebrating the Apollo 40 Under 40 USA
Apollo celebrated its Apollo 40 Under 40 – and kicked off the new art season – with a party in London
Sara Friedlander
Vice-President and Head of Evening Sale, Post-War & Contemporary Art Department, Christie’s, New York
Could the antiquities trade do more to combat looting?
As the destruction of archaeological sites in Syria and Iraq continues, what can dealers of legal antiquities do to end the trade in illegally obtained artefacts, and the looting it encourages?