Guggenheim Bilbao, part II

NEW YORK. Not content with having one of the most iconic buildings in the world, northern Spain may now be gaining a rival to its Frank Gehry-designed beacon. The Museo Guggenheim Bilbao is... >>>

From issue 207, November 2009. Published online 3 Nov 09 (Museums)

First reports from Sumatra earthquake

Over 150 sites of cultural and historic significance have been severly damaged >>>

From issue 207, November 2009. Published online 3 Nov 09 (News)

Signs of recovery at Haughtons’ New York fair

15 drop-outs but 21 newcomers for the fine art and antiques event >>>

From issue 207, November 2009. Published online 3 Nov 09 (Art Market)

Art London loses high-profile galleries

Visitor numbers down 10%, but lower-level sales still steady >>>

From issue 207, November 2009. Published online 3 Nov 09 (Art Market)

The artist as director

Sam Taylor-Wood takes a turn at conventional filmmaking with "Nowhere Boy" >>>

Web only. Published online 3 Nov 09 (Features)

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Web only. Published online 3 Nov 09 (News)

Lady Lloyd Webber backs new jewellery fund

Investors can borrow the gems “for special occasions” >>>

Web only. Published online 29 Oct 09 (Art Market)

Major fire damage being cleared at German castle

16th-century Schloss Ebelsbach destroyed >>>

Web only. Published online 29 Oct 09 (News)

President Medvedev speaks up for endangered architectural heritage

For the first time, a Russian leader addresses the issue >>>

Web only. Published online 29 Oct 09 (Conservation)

Zagreb’s first new museum in over a century opens in December

The Museum of Contemporary Art will show Croatian and international works >>>

Web only. Published online 29 Oct 09 (Museums)

Ulster Museum in Northern Ireland reopens with Sean Scully retrospective

After a three year closure and £17.2m refurbishment, more of its permanent collections are on show >>>

Web only. Published online 29 Oct 09 (Museums)

Munich fairs battle it out

Fine Art and Antiques fair and Munich Highlights compete for attention >>>

Web only. Published online 29 Oct 09 (Art Market)

Remembering Nancy Spero

A former curator of the National Gallery of Canada and close friend of the artist looks back on her life and work >>>

Web only. Published online 26 Oct 09 (Features)

2,000 works by Hélio Oiticica destroyed in fire

Works stored at Brazilian artist’s brother home >>>

Web only. Published online 21 Oct 09 (News)

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Giles Waterfield: Disposing of cultural artefacts in university collections (Opinion)

Waxing lyrical about Kate, Barack and Bernard

José-María Cano's "wax" works roll into London next week when an exhibition of the Madrid-born artist's arresting effigies open at the Riflemaker Dairy (9 November-5 December). Cano's reproductions of newspaper cuttings painted in heated wax have hit the headlines in Moscow, Madrid and Prague. "'The Wall Street 100', one hundred large paraffin wax portraits feature Kate Moss, Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Bernard Madoff and others...[with] each selected for their perceived level of global economic power," says the pr blurb. So all hail supermodel Ms Moss who, in the eyes of Cano, is evidently on a par with the most powerful man in the world.

Disposing of cultural artefacts in university collections

Is the deaccessioning debate the same when valuable art is not involved? >>>

Web only. Published online 21 Oct 09 (opinion)

British Museum to acquire major print collection

Moves to buy 7,250 mezzotints from Lennox-Boyd >>>

Web only. Published online 21 Oct 09 (Museums)

Increased visitors and sales for Lapada Art & Antiques Fair

New venue in London’s Berkeley Square proves a success >>>

Web only. Published online 21 Oct 09 (Art Market)

Eliasson to build bridge in Copenhagen

Artist wants pedestrians to come as close the the water as possible >>>

Web only. Published online 21 Oct 09 (News)

Spirits lifting

Frieze shows signs of confidence returning >>>

From Frieze daily edition, 17 Oct 09. Published online 17 Oct 09

Auction report: post-war and contemporary art

Charles Saatchi strikes gold >>>

From Frieze daily edition, 17 Oct 09. Published online 17 Oct 09

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