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Mirza’s cultural politics book pulped after row over Tate cover image

A new book by Munira Mirza, the culture adviser to the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has been withdrawn because of a legal problem over a Tate image on its cover. The Politics of Culture: the Case for Universalism examines how policymakers address social exclusion. The £50 hardback, which... >>>

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Published online 1 Feb 12 (Books)

Man Ray and Lee Miller: l’amour fou

The intertwined lives, careers and works of two of surrealism’s greatest artists >>>

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From issue 230, December 2011.
Published online 13 Dec 11 (Books)

Bringing art discourse to the deaf

A dictionary of contemporary art terms in sign language is launched in New York >>>

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Published online 19 Oct 11 (Books)

Collecting outside of the box

The amazing and flamboyant career of the US collector, Norton Simon >>>

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From issue 226, July-August 2011.
Published online 25 Jul 11 (Books)

What are museums for?

Three highly contrasting views reflecting current debates and controversies in policy and practice >>>

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From issue 224, May 2011.
Published online 24 May 11 (Books)

What the lives of the wives tell us about the art of their men

The influence of Camille Monet and Effie Gray compared and contrasted >>>

From issue 222, March 2011.
Published online 21 Mar 11 (Books)

Steve Martin takes on the art world

The acclaimed comedian, actor, and musician examines the Zeitgeist of New York's art scene in his newest novel An Object of Beauty >>>

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Published online 24 Nov 10 (Books)

Vermeer—from young painter to master

Two exhibition catalogues demonstrate their increasing importance to scholarship, but with different approaches >>>

From issue 216, September 2010.
Published online 23 Sep 10 (Books)

So much more than the “Father of Pop”

That Richard Hamilton has such a relatively low profile is surely scandalous >>>

From issue 215, July-August 2010.
Published online 11 Aug 10 (Books)

Need a last-minute Christmas present?

Luminaries of the art world reveal their choices of “the best art book I read this year” >>>

From issue 230, December 2011.
Published online 20 Dec 11 (Books)

Cultural Klondike exposed

Dubai aimed to rival Abu Dhabi as a cultural centre: this is why it did not happen >>>

From issue 229, November 2011.
Published online 14 Nov 11 (Books)

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A very English modernism

Finding the avant-garde in the countryside, while downplaying the influence of refugees from fascism >>>

From issue 226, July-August 2011.
Published online 10 Aug 11 (Books)

Awakening the Sleeping Beauty

The vital and multifaceted endeavours of the aesthetic movement are brought to light as never before >>>

From issue 225, June 2011.
Published online 22 Jun 11 (Books)

Shedding light on darkness

After a gap of 20 years, a monumental series about the representation of black people in Western art is back on track >>>

From issue 223, April 2010.
Published online 17 Apr 11 (Books)

An epic artist’s book

Anselm Kiefer releases a new publication and series of works reinterpreting the myth of Jason and the Argonauts >>>

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Published online 22 Feb 11 (Books)

Astronomical sex

Two books explore how bodies were understood and sex was depicted in the Renaissance >>>

From issue 217, October 2010.
Published online 12 Nov 10 (Books)

The pins and chains of Victorian social history

A first-rate, scholarly account of the period told through an in-depth study of its jewellery >>>

From issue 215, July-August 2010.
Published online 25 Aug 10 (Books)

Saviour of the Habsburgs, richly rewarded

Soldier and collector Prince Eugene of Savoy’s role in the rise of the Austro-Hungarian empire >>>

From issue 214, June 2010.
Published online 29 Jun 10 (Books)

Drawing us in: the joys of draughtsmanship

Three exhibition catalogues of Italian Renaissance art demonstrate the unique intimacy of pen or pencil on paper >>>

From issue 213, May 2010.
Published online 6 May 10 (Books)

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