The loss of 17 masterpieces is a disaster for the Italian museum sector
The retirement of co-director Julia Peyton-Jones comes at a time when the Serpentine and other London institutions are at a turning point
Al Faqi’s trial for alleged destruction in Timbuktu is a humanitarian issue: the art is incidental
The long lost Charter of the Society of Artists has been found in a box of ‘Artists’ Memorabilia’
Artists, curators, collectors and dealers are flocking to it. Who should you be watching?
The Palazzo Strozzi’s ‘Divine Beauty’ exhibition presents a complex and engaging vision of modern sacred art
Could a little controversy be a good thing?
James Turrell’s light show at Houghton Hall is the perfect example of how event art can be truly illuminating
A ‘six-footer’ version of Constable’s The Lock has come to market for the first time in 160 years. But who will want to take this monumental painting home?
Art constructed in nature must be subordinate to it
A look at the legal issues underpinning the story of Anish Kapoor’s vandalised ‘Dirty Corner’
Rachel Whiteread’s ‘House’ would never work as a Chinese knock-off
The sudden sacking of Nicolas Bourriaud suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the art world
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?
Can a small museum in a Suffolk market town become a major centre for the study of the artist’s work?
‘The days of museums hoarding information are over.’
The Chinese dissident artist has made it to the UK. Is it time now to let his art do the talking?
Bang on trend? Music and audio are filling gallery spaces across the globe
The complicated truth behind optimistic media reports
Arts minister George Brandis criticised for moving $105m of the country’s arts funding into government control
The MP for North Islington is that rare thing at Westminster, a politician who is actually interested in the arts
The enduring intellectual influence of Francis Haskell, the ‘historian’s art historian’ who reshaped the whole discipline.
Does Moscow now have its Tate Modern, in the new Garage Museum of Contemporary Art?
Banning the import of antiques will not help the otherwise commendable effort to save the elephants
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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It is hard to overstate the gravity of the Castelvecchio thefts
The loss of 17 masterpieces is a disaster for the Italian museum sector