The artist is to curate a show about the colour at the Royal Academy
Will anyone step forward to buy the work for the nation?
The FBI may know who stole them, but the location of 13 masterpieces remains a mystery
All-out strike at the National Gallery; Gulf Labor in Venice; €80million for cultural projects in Italy; and a new Global CEO for Bonhams
The headline winners are the Uffizi and the Colosseum
Which major works have made it into public collections this month?
Your chance to win ‘Van Gogh: The Birth of an Artist’, by Sjraar van Heugten
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’s visit to Britain for the opening of his show at the Royal Academy will be brief. The British…
Preview the works that will go on display at the Royal Academy this autumn
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.
Our picks from the impressive collection at the renovated York Art Gallery
Announcing the Prix Pictet shortlist; Adam Buck at the Ashmolean museum; Impressionism comes to Philadelphia
Your chance to win ‘Delacroix and His Forgotten World: The Origins of Romantic Painting’, by Margaret MacNamidhe
Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport; Gerhard Richter threatens to pull loaned artworks from German museums; Douglas Gordon attacks theatre with axe
Ever thought a piece of contemporary art was rubbish? You’re not alone
The theme for the latest edition of the prestigious prize is ‘Disorder’
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
From Old Master portraits to 20th-century abstraction: there’s plenty on offer in the capital this week
Exhibition reviews and previews: Bill Viola at Auckland Castle; Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary; Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy
Your chance to win ‘Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought’, by Dario Gamboni
‘There’s an element of me that’s contrarian’
Six museums are in the running for this year’s £100,000 prize. Which would you choose?
A good month for women artists: works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Remington, and Anna Vallayer-Coster are acquired for major museums
December 2024
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This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
Trashing contemporary art
Ever thought a piece of contemporary art was rubbish? You’re not alone