Comment
Letter from Calcutta
Industry never came, but houses and neighbourhoods were destroyed
Is a $179 million Picasso cause for celebration?
The art market bubble continues to rise
Guggenheim Helsinki should not see the light of day
Moreau Kusunoki’s designs look nice, but the public shouldn’t have to pay
Editor’s Letter: Scuppered Plans
Public pressure can have a tangible impact on unpopular development proposals
Where is performance’s place in museum collections?
Museums are waking up to its potential, and its challenges
Baltic Diary: Making Art Work in Finland
Can Finland’s art scene survive in the face of declining public funding, lack of economic security, and oversupply of labour?
Is Culture Bigger Than Politics? The British Museum and Abu Dhabi
The ‘Museum for the World’ is a noble but dangerous ideal
Tate Britain: A Poisoned Chalice?
New director will need to boost visitor numbers and restore morale
Public art, private funds: can Oslo learn from Christian Ringnes’ sculpture park?
Changing Norwegian attitudes to privately-funded art
The fashion for film: large-scale projections are transforming museums
Theatrics at the Met and the V&A
Walking a Fine Line: London’s new sculpture trail
The Line is a great concept, but it’s not without teething problems
Send them back: Sir Hugh Lane’s Impressionist icons belong in Ireland, not London
And the National Gallery knows it
Cuba’s censorship of Tania Bruguera’s art makes her message more powerful
In a way, the disruption completes the performance
Editor’s Letter: Anniversary Years
Clusters of centenary exhibitions and publications may well bring new material to light. But what do they tell us about the way we think now?
Are Italy’s museum reforms enough to stop the rot?
Red tape, nepotism, funding shortages…The Italian museum system has long been in need of an overhaul
Have the SuicideGirls trumped Richard Prince?
An inventive 21st-century response to copyright infringement
Why does Palmyra matter?
There’s been global concern over the fate of Palmyra after ISIS seized the site. Why are its ancient ruins so significant?
Crossing paths: the chance meeting that spawned ‘River Crossings’
It all started in 1995 when a jet-lagged Stephen Hannock walked into the Met
Casting a Queen: Louis XIV’s forgotten wife
Too well behaved to be remembered: a rare bust of Marie-Thérèse offers a glimpse of the Sun King’s consort
Chris Burden’s final work takes flight
Evan Moffitt on the artist’s legacy and his final creation, ‘Ode to Santos Dumont’, at LACMA
Selling the collection to save the house: Russborough and Irish heritage
Ireland should be more concerned over the dispersal of its cultural heritage
Avert your Eyes: Censored Art Masterpieces
The Picasso painting censored by Fox 5 News is just the latest major artwork to be deemed indecent
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Does the art market need more regulation?
Recent art market commentary presents a new and unusual crisis: too much money