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Europe remembers Waterloo; Outsider artist Nek Chand dies; Art Basel opens its doors; and Anish Kapoor’s ‘vagina’ sculpture is vandalised at Versailles
10 celebrities who claim to be artists
Meet the musicians, actors and politicians who dabble in the arts
Major fire at the Basilique Saint-Donatien in Nantes
Video from the scene suggests serious damage to the building
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Attempted terrorist attack at Karnak; chaos on the Cooper Union board; Sleeping Beauty found in Ethiopian tomb; and the new Garage Museum
Haunting photographs of Palmyra go on display at the Smithsonian
A rare funerary bust is accompanied by 19th-century photographs from the site
Is Culture Bigger Than Politics? The British Museum and Abu Dhabi
The ‘Museum for the World’ is a noble but dangerous ideal
Art Outlook
British Museum highlights could be sent to Abu Dhabi; Iranian artist imprisoned for ‘insulting the Supreme Leader’; MoMA staff stage protests
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
The Magnificent 20: these Italian museums have been granted financial autonomy
These 20 Italian museums will appoint new directors this year and will be granted financial autonomy, as part of the…
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
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2015
Barbra Streisand donates to LACMA; the Met and the NGA pay homage to Aaron Douglas; SNPG celebrates the Scottish Colourist F. C. B. Cadell
Have the SuicideGirls trumped Richard Prince?
An inventive 21st-century response to copyright infringement
Art Outlook
Fighting continues in Palmyra; Tania Bruguera is detained in Havana; Richard Prince raids Instagram
Fit for a Sun King: the Latona Fountain reopens at Versailles
Turtles, lizards and frog-men on Louis XIV’s famous fountain get a spectacular makeover
Art Outlook
Fears for Palmyra as Islamic State militants seize neighbouring town; Anne Pasternak takes over at the Brooklyn Museum; Abramovic and Jay Z have a very public spat
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
London Diary
Hockney’s psychedelic new creations at Annely Juda; Thomas Struth’s exceptional photographs at Marian Goodman; and Andre Kertesz at James Hyman
Art Outlook
Chris Burden dies aged 69; the Royal Academy gets a redesign; architects crash the Turner Prize
Highlights from ‘Inca: Conquests of the Andes’ in Dallas
The Inca Empire exerted extraordinary influence over Andean culture; but the region’s art was constantly changing
Tretyakov Gallery searched in Moscow art smuggling investigation
We asked Russian art expert James Butterwick for comment
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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?