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£10 million raised to keep Van Dyck’s last self-portrait in the UK
Sandy Nairne, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, explains its significance
Museums Association director Mark Taylor steps down after 23 years
We asked him to sum up the challenges and opportunities facing the sector today
Warhol’s Amiga Computer Artworks Uncovered After 30 Years
The works, which were created by Warhol in 1985, were trapped on obsolete floppy disks
Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2014: Shortlist Announced
The Art Fund Museum of the Year 2014 shortlist has been announced
Art Outlook: 24 April
‘Slipstream’, Steve McQueen and sex in art… Some of the stories that have caught our eye this week
Art Outlook: 17 April
Flip Art, cut-outs, egg hunts and battle ships… some of the stories that have caught our eye this week
Gerry Judah’s First World War memorial for St Paul’s Cathedral
Judah’s sculptures remember all those affected by war throughout the last century
Art Outlook: 10 April
Big sales have been made and announced this week, and a few high-profile figures have come under fire
Easter Egg Hunt: The Third Imperial Fabergé Easter Egg has resurfaced
Last seen in public in 1902, the extraordinary egg can be found at Wartski in London for four days only
Audio Arts archive published on Tate website
Audio cassette magazine Audio Arts has been made digitally available to the public on the Tate website
Remembering Alan Davie: 1920–2014
Every visit to Alan was an experience to savour. His home and studio was full of colour
Heirlooms from Northumberland Collection to be sold at Sotheby’s
The Duke of Northumberland to sell £15 million of his private art collection to cover the costs of flood damage
‘Olympicopolis’ proposed for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Boris Johnson and Prince Harry visit the Olympic Park ahead of its opening tomorrow
Art Outlook: 3 April
This week Austria refuses the Essl collection, a stolen Bonnard and Gauguin are found, G.U.L.F protests at the Guggenheim and Katy Perry starts an art collection.
Looking Ahead: Anselm Kiefer’s retrospective at the Royal Academy
Kiefer’s first UK retrospective is a major coup for the RA
Flipping Out: Saltz and Simchowitz clash over the art market
Flipping art is a controversial practice: it was only a matter of time before it resulted in a public spat
The last dance? Scandal surrounds the NGA’s allegedly stolen Shiva statue
The National Gallery of Australia has removed a Shiva statue from public view and may return it to India
More art discovered in Cornelius Gurlitt’s home
Gurlitt’s extraordinary cache of art, much of which is being investigated as possible Nazi loot, is bigger than we thought – again
Grayson Perry wins 25th Critics’ Circle Annual Award
Grayson Perry is the first visual artist to receive the honour. He must be getting used to making that claim.
Art Outlook: 28 March
Announcements from the Venice Biennale, Manifesta 10 and Documenta, plus other art world stories from the past week
14-18 NOW announces First World War Centenary Commissions
This morning, UK Culture Secretary Maria Miller introduced a new series of commemorative arts commissions
Designs of the Year 2014
Highlights from the upcoming ‘Designs of the Year 2014’ exhibition at the Design Museum, London
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Handle with Care: Chinese ‘Chicken Cup’ fetches $36 million at auction
Tiny, fragile, and immensely valuable: the Meiyintang ‘Chicken Cup’ broke auction records at Sotheby’s yesterday