Acquisitions of the Month: July 2015
Which major works have made it into public collections this month?
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Van Gogh: The Birth of an Artist’, by Sjraar van Heugten
Art Outlook
Tate Britain appoints its next director; Ai Weiwei denied a six-month visa by UK government; Paolozzi’s London Underground murals relocate to Edinburgh; and the National Gallery makes an unusual painting purchase
Ai Weiwei denied UK visa for a criminal conviction he does not have
Ai Weiwei’s visit to Britain for the opening of his show at the Royal Academy will be brief. The British…
Gallery: Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy
Preview the works that will go on display at the Royal Academy this autumn
Art Outlook
York Art Gallery reintroduces entrance charges; Ai Weiwei gets his passport back; The Hermitage will open an outpost in Moscow; Baselitz and Richter throw their cultural weight around.
Highlights from the new Centre of Ceramic Art in York
Our picks from the impressive collection at the renovated York Art Gallery
Muse Reviews
Announcing the Prix Pictet shortlist; Adam Buck at the Ashmolean museum; Impressionism comes to Philadelphia
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Delacroix and His Forgotten World: The Origins of Romantic Painting’, by Margaret MacNamidhe
Art Outlook
Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport; Gerhard Richter threatens to pull loaned artworks from German museums; Douglas Gordon attacks theatre with axe
Introducing this year’s Prix Pictet contenders
The theme for the latest edition of the prestigious prize is ‘Disorder’
Muse Reviews
The many faces of Audrey Hepburn; Agnes Martin’s journey into white; Duane Hanson’s extraordinarily lifelike sculptures; and wonderful watercolours from the Fitzwilliam Museum
London Art Week Highlights
From Old Master portraits to 20th-century abstraction: there’s plenty on offer in the capital this week
Muse Reviews
Exhibition reviews and previews: Bill Viola at Auckland Castle; Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary; Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought’, by Dario Gamboni
Pablo Bronstein on Chatsworth, the Grand Tour and his love of delft
‘There’s an element of me that’s contrarian’
Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015: Shortlist
Six museums are in the running for this year’s £100,000 prize. Which would you choose?
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2015
A good month for women artists: works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Remington, and Anna Vallayer-Coster are acquired for major museums
Gallery: The Apollo Party
Apollo celebrated its 90th birthday last night, with a party in London attended by leading figures from the art world
Is a $179 million Picasso cause for celebration?
The art market bubble continues to rise
Muse Reviews
The fashion for copies at the Prada Foundation; Ravilious at the Dulwich Picture Gallery; and interview with Shirin Neshat, and more
Winning Guggenheim Helsinki design revealed
The jury praised the winning proposal as ‘deeply respectful of the site’. Do you agree?
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