News
Fun and Games: 15th annual Serpentine Pavilion revealed
The Serpentine unveils plans for its summer pavilion
The Met brings out the best surprise at Asia Week New York
The Met steals the show at Asia Week New York
Can Iraq’s Antiquities be Saved?
What is the extent of the damage in Iraq and is enough being done by the international community?
Art Outlook: 19 March
Terror at the Bardo Museum; Syria recovers looted artefacts; Gabriele Finaldi joins the National Gallery; and a new CEO for Sotheby’s
Terror attack at Tunisia’s Bardo Museum
Nineteen people are reported dead and more injured in an attack on the Tunis museum
Fire at the Battersea Arts Centre
The north side of the grade II listed building has been destroyed in a major blaze
Art Outlook: 12 March
Austria to keep a prized Klimt; Gerhard Richter says art is too expensive; and are things looking up for the Warburg Institute?
Islamic State militants take bulldozers to the ancient city of Nimrud
The assault on Iraq’s history is another front in ISIL’s war
Art Outlook: 5 March
This week’s art news, including cultural destruction in Iraq, arrests in Spain, and controversy over London’s proposed Garden Bridge
The Catlin Art Prize Shortlist 2015
Which of these eight recent graduates should take home the £5,000 prize?
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2015
From the first printed bibles to contemporary Inuit sculpture and astrophotography…
Art Outlook: 26 February
Art news: English Heritage to split in two; Romania’s silence over Brancusi statue sale; Cézanne sketches discovered at the Barnes Foundation
Art Outlook: 19 February
Sheila Girling dies aged 90; Centre Pompidou plans pop-ups; Musée Maillol closes unexpectedly, and the Whitworth reopens…
The Whitworth reopens
Great art, thoughtful curation and a snazzy café: Manchester’s £15 million redevelopment project is a great success
Art Outlook: 12 February
A Leonardo is seized from a vault in Switzerland; artists condemn Tania Bruguera’s detention in Cuba; and a Gauguin sells for $300 million
Art Outlook: 5 February
Walter Liedtke killed in train crash; National Gallery staff strike over privatisation plans; two bronzes attributed to Michelangelo
Walter Liedtke: 1945–2015
The curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was killed in the Metro-North Valhalla train crash on Tuesday
Fitzwilliam Museum attributes two bronzes to Michelangelo
David Ekserdjian discusses the recent announcement
Acquisitions of the Month: January
New year, new acquistions: from Jérôme Bonaparte’s chandelier to an entire country cottage
Art Outlook: 29 January
Sponsorship, strikes and self-censorship in London’s top museums; the Smithsonian’s international expansion; Tutankhamun’s broken beard
Art Outlook: 22 January
Gabriele Finaldi is tipped as the next National Gallery director; Italy recovers looted antiquities; and Luc Tuymans is found to be in breach of copyright
Gallery: ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary
A selection of self-portraits from Turner Contemporary’s latest show
What’s inside the Amphipolis Tomb?
And what does it mean for our understanding of Graeco-Roman art?
Regional museums are in crisis. Can they survive?
Key speakers debated the issue at a Courtauld event this week