One of the oldest missives to the New World, sent by Charles V to Hernán Cortés, had been missing for more than a century
Published online: 21 May 2013
Archaeologists denounce the “disgraceful” plundering of the city, built by emperor Hadrian
Published online: 21 May 2013
The online auction house is looking to take over a 3% stake, currently controlled by Redline Capital Management, the company that tried to take over Artnet last year
Published online: 20 May 2013
Foundation’s sales agent also worked for authentication board; foundation’s president rejects claim that decisions may have been made for financial gain
Published online: 17 May 2013
The Met’s Old Masters galleries reopen in rooms lost in the 1970s when the era of the blockbuster began
Published online: 16 May 2013
Art high on the list of items sought by new Libyan government
Published online: 16 May 2013
Curator’s interviews with performers could prove a “goldmine” for scholars, skirting the artist’s ban on documentation of his work
Published online: 16 May 2013
A touring exhibition recreates the CIA’s 1946 secret weapon that scandalised conservatives
Published online: 16 May 2013
Protests over the removal of museum director Barnabas Bencsik
Published online: 15 May 2013
Despite cuts to culture budgets, funding for national pavilions and collateral events is in line with 2011 or has even increased
Published online: 15 May 2013
Dealers and even the country’s culture minister oppose a 12% tax rise on the purchase of original works of art
Published online: 15 May 2013
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One of the art world's most distinguished and colourful characters has been caught on canvas. The Spanish artist Daniel Quintero has painted Sir Norman Rosenthal, the art historian and curator who made his mark as Exhibitions Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts in London from1977 to 2008. The >>>portrait, donated to the Ben Uri Museum & Gallery in North London, was painted in 1996. Rosenthal remains ubiquitous in the art world, and has co-curated "Empire State: New York Art Now" at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome (until 23 July).<<<
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Turner Prize nominee David Shrigley—a “verified” artist
David Shrigley, known for his comical cartoons, was one of four artists shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize. The Art Newspaper interviewed the artist at opening of his 2012 show at the Hayward Gallery in London, and he talked about how it feels to be accepted by the art world establishment.
Out with the thematic at Tate, in with the chronological
Director says of revised British art display: "It follows real time rather than art-historical time"
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Cristina Ruiz, our intrepid editor-at-large, completed Gagosian’s Damien Hirst Spot
Challenge. She visited all 11 Gagosian galleries from Hong Kong to Beverly Hills
“backpacker style” and has received her prize—a signed Hirst spot print, with a
dedication by the artist. Look back on her blog about her travels.
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Meret Oppenheim is best-known for her fur-lined tea cup. A Surrealist sculpture par excellence, the success of Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), 1936, haunted the artist for the rest of her life. When the work was created, Oppenheim was 23 years old and “not ready for all the attention”, says Heike...
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