Innovation and potential are not merely the preserve of the younger generation – as these artists are proving
An exhibition of Eric Gill’s art in Ditchling raises questions about how far we can separate art from life. Should biography shape our understanding of an artist’s work?
Remembering the pioneering performance artist Vito Acconci, who died in April aged 77
Funding cuts are a danger, but it’s the more insidious changes to the structure and attitude of public sector that we should really worry about
Was it concrete or Communism that caused modernist sculptor Peter Laszlo Peri’s slide into obscurity?
Four Confederate monuments are to be removed from the streets of New Orleans, but their painful legacy endures
New York’s famous ‘Charging Bull’ statue has company – and despite all the controversy, the new arrival has every right to be there
It tanked in 1967, but the band’s debut album, produced by Andy Warhol, was still the best pop cultural achievement of its decade
For 300 years, the Plantin-Moretus family in Antwerp ran one of Europe’s most important printing presses
Weeks after Eran Neuman took up the directorship, he left. What’s going on at the Israel Museum?
The Garden Bridge Trust should be pursued for the public money it has wasted
Where do the two remaining French presidential candidates stand on culture?
Where is the line between antique firearms suitable for inclusion in historic collections, and weapons requiring a licence?
The definition of ‘Islamic’ at Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art lacks nuance, but so do our wider conversations about Islam
No. 1 Poultry is now Britain’s youngest listed building, but it was once the site of a remarkable struggle between the developer and conservationists
It takes all manner of skills and qualities to run a top institution – or at least to do it well.
The future of the historic craft will only be secure if contemporary artists and audiences understand it better
The Metropolitan Museum is finally showing Native art in its American galleries. This is important, but only as a reflection on museums themselves
How sceptical should we be of the move towards a more transparent approach to cultural heritage?
One of the holiest sites in Christianity has reopened in time for Easter
Now is the moment for those who lament the passing of connoisseurship to work together to encourage its revival
This year Documenta will be split between Kassel and Athens. Is this ‘crisis tourism’ or will it spotlight the city’s overlooked contemporary art scene?
Rather than seeing replicas as knock-offs, we should think of them like maps or models
A huge Egyptian statue has been unearthed in a Cairo suburb. Will the global attention it has received lead to further discoveries at the neglected site?
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
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Is this a golden age for older artists?
Innovation and potential are not merely the preserve of the younger generation – as these artists are proving