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Antoni Tàpies in his studio

Antoni Tàpies, 1923-2012

Antoni Tàpies, the Spanish abstract painter, died on Monday in Barcelona, aged 88, after a long illness. Tàpies started painting as a teenager, when he was recovering from tuberculosis. While studying for a law degree, to please his father, the artist attended drawing classes at the Academia... >>>

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Uruguay gets its first biennale

The event is timed to take place during São Paulo’s international exhibition >>>

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Published online 6 Feb 12 (News)

Italian football club sponsors Old Masters show

An exhibition of works from the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein is backed by a premier league team, but funding amounts have not been revealed >>>

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Published online 31 Jan 12 (News)

Homophobic attack in New Delhi gallery

Assault on gay artist sparks fears of a new fundamentalist campaign >>>

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Published online 26 Jan 12 (News)

Anyone for tennis?

The German artist Tobias Rehberger plans to build a tennis court in London's Hyde Park and has invited Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to play on it >>>

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Published online 18 Jan 12 (News)

Authorities in bid to save derelict Van Gogh house

The plan is to restore the property and open it to visitors >>>

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Published online 12 Jan 12 (News)

Knoedler forgery scandal grows

The gallery is being sued over an allegedly fake Pollock, sold for $17m in 2007 >>>

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From issue 231, January 2012.
Published online 9 Jan 12 (News)

Online readers’ verdict: our top stories in 2011

The Art Newspaper breaks down the top five most popular articles on our website >>>

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Published online 5 Jan 12 (News)

Historic house in danger of losing its marbles

Outcry over English Heritage’s “disgraceful” support for potential sale of significant collection of classical sculptures >>>

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Published online 30 Dec 11 (News)

Mike Kelley, 1954-2012

The 57-year-old Los Angeles artist was found dead in his home of an apparent suicide >>>

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Photography trade associations weigh in on Cariou versus Prince case

Representatives of image licensing giants Corbis and Getty file friend-of-court-briefs in favour of Cariou >>>

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Contemporary art show in Saudi Arabia could herald a new movement

But young artists like those included in "We Need to Talk" still face obstacles and government bureaucracy >>>

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Published online 30 Jan 12 (News)

Portugal celebrates its history—on a budget

Guimarães, one of this year’s European Capitals of Culture, should serve as a model for future events in cash-strapped countries >>>

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Published online 24 Jan 12 (News)

New prize for art that creates social change

Pistoletto and Zegna foundations present €25,000 award at Serpentine Gallery >>>

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Published online 12 Jan 12 (News)

A market divided

Top quality works are keeping the numbers up, but there are uncertain times ahead >>>

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Published online 9 Jan 12 (News)

Berggruen builds collection for Los Angeles

The German collector shelves plans to build a Berlin museum in favour of long-term loans to the US >>>

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Published online 5 Jan 12 (News)

Italy allows Unesco into Pompeii

The Roman city risks joining the World Heritage in Danger list >>>

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Published online 4 Jan 12 (News)

Arab protesters put their art on the streets

Artists have used the walls of Cairo, Damascus and Tripoli to document the uprisings >>>

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Published online 30 Dec 11 (News)

European Union proposes world's largest ever cultural funding programme

THE €1. 8bn allocated for culture comes at a time of worsening economic crisis across the Eurozone >>>

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