The hidden David Parr House in Cambridge; the Waddesdon Bequest; and the verdict from Venice
Art15 returns for a third year with a new director and a strong focus on international art
The Inca Empire exerted extraordinary influence over Andean culture; but the region’s art was constantly changing
$179.4 million goes a long way
Yale institutions launch a Critique of Reason; a ‘fake’ in the Dulwich Picture Gallery; and a preview of Spring Masters New York
Your chance to win ‘A Rothschild Renaissance: Treasures from the Waddesdon Bequest’, by Dora Thornton
What have politicians promised; how are artists getting involved; and is anything likely to improve for the culture sector?
Pop art for Chicago; a Duchamp archive for Stockholm; and a Dreamhouse for the Dia Art Foundation
Our pick of the Venice Biennale; highlights from the Pompidou pop-up in Málaga; and the Jewish Museum’s celebration of TV
Some of the best of the national pavilions, collateral events and satellite shows across the city
Can television be art? Warhol, Lichtenstein and Dalí certainly thought so
Is the restoration of Chartres Cathedral a tragedy, or a worthy improvement?
Inside the new Whitney; great, gaudy gothic at Strawberry Hill; how Poussin found God; Carol Bove’s optional conceptualism; Digby Warde-Aldam tours London
Yet another UK museum director departs; New York goes wild for the Whitney; and the Guggenheim has designs on Helsinki…
Your chance to win ‘My dear BB: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark 1925–1959’
Modern and contemporary works steal the show this year
Sultans, surveillance, and a gallery full of empty frames
IS demolishes the ancient city of Nimrud; Günter Grass dies aged 87; art trumps privacy in US court ruling; and don’t mention the Elgin Marbles
Riotous Romans in Paris; the difficulty of Defining Beauty; getting back into Tracey Emin’s Bed
British Museum bids farewell to Neil MacGregor; MFA Boston names its next director; plus, should there be a time limit on restitution claims?
Christian Rosa’s ‘slacker abstraction’; Goya’s witches and old women; and John Skoog’s tribute to Hollywood’s golden age
Tate Britain director and RA curator head for Europe; LACMA teams up with Hyundai; the UK’s fight to keep an ancient Egyptian statue continues; plus our favourite April Fools
Your chance to win ‘On Being An Artist’, by Michael Craig-Martin
Poussin’s religious paintings are in the spotlight at the Louvre this Spring
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
Art and the Election
What have politicians promised; how are artists getting involved; and is anything likely to improve for the culture sector?