News
Leading scholar believes that the 16-year-old artist features in a Lievens painting
Concerns over collections as National Trust for Scotland closes three properties
Government plans to punch route through middle of 300-year-old estate
The city council aims to provide access for the disabled—but refuses to contribute to the €5m cost
Reports of tentative signs of rallying confidence, and sales, but still hard to call
Tourist tat or authentic folk art?
Concerns over collections as National Trust for Scotland closes three properties
Surprise decision as Duchess of Cornwall is patron of the project
Government plans to punch route through middle of 300-year-old estate
Government says no to proposed encroachment into Palais de Tokyo
“Stolen”items put under microscope
Civil and ecclesiastical courts to decide if the works should be transferred from Catalonia to Aragon
International waters do not override sovereign rights
Discreet approaches have been made to dealers who represent black, Hispanic, Asian and women artists
Artists in the Biennale’s biggest edition travel deep into the city with winning effect
Surprise decision as Duchess of Cornwall is patron of the project
Chinese authorities act against the artist
Work has ground to a halt on the Firstsite project in Colchester
Discreet approaches have been made to dealers who represent black, Hispanic, Asian and women artists
Market
A new willingness to deaccession brought some success, but overall picture is of caution in the teeth of the recession
Paintings from the museum boosted Sotheby’s 4 June sale
Despite state subsidies and heavy promotion, not everyone is feeling the benefit
Brothers raise cash with a few pictures from their extensive collection
Art and antiques collaboration targets Moscow’s elite
A new willingness to deaccession brought some success, but overall picture is of caution in the teeth of the recession
Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst
Like everywhere else, region takes a hit
Buyers at main fair look for reliable, bankable work, while Design Miami/Basel benefits from new location
Number of galleries doubles in five years; building booked for another five
Mixed response from dealers as “modernised” Grosvenor House hit by defections to Master Paintings Week
Books
The feminist reclamation of the absurdist movement
A welcome addition to the literature on Paula Modersohn-Becker
The works amassed by Hermann Goering, Hitler’s deputy
A valuable reference book based on The Grove Dictionary of Art
A monumental double monograph on Simon and Isaack Luttichuys
The life and many achievements of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham’s “Renaissance man”
This history of the obelisk delves into the European fascination with these giant monuments to the Egyptian pharaohs and gods
Comment
Deaccessioning rules have a strange interpretation of what constitutes the public interest
Do we want to lose another national treasure and another worldwide resource?
The Obamas' actions have evinced an ability to transform the bully pulpit into a poetic perch
No one needs western-style “fine art” with some orientalist flourishes
Conservation
Conservators in Berlin piece together the Tell Halaf fragments over 60 years after they were damaged by Allied bombs
The initiative aims to train a new generation of specialists to replace leading experts who will soon retire
The government will spend E175m to modernise the structure
Urgent work on the foundation begins this summer
Who will look after historic houses and fragile museum objects, specialists ask?
The case for conservation
The initiative aims to train a new generation of specialists to replace leading experts who will soon retire
Features
Most major institutions are still run by white people, are supported by them, and tailor their exhibitions to suit them
Older and more experienced dealers offer their younger colleagues advice on how to weather the bad times
The US artist reveals what he hopes to communicate to the public through his work
Miuccia Prada on conceptual fakes, Italy’s cultural backwardness and what she plans to do with her own arts centre
Le New Museum de Brooklyn sur le Bowery?
The brothers resolve an ongoing dispute with their colleague
A recent programme on Channel 4 followed seven different projects over four years to find out
Museums
Although it was covered by British government indemnity, the painting’s value remains unclaimed since its 1988 theft
Battle to save contemporary museum
Former payroll manager investigated
Sotheby’s sells works as joint claimant with museum and donator’s siblings
“Any mistakes would be catastrophic, because the reputation of the Louvre is involved”
Greek industrialist joins painting and sculpture committee
Gemeentemuseum begins work on unrivalled collection
Loan of Guerrero works extended
600,000 visitors expected each year to view 250 works by the Belgian surrealist
Unesco intergovernmental committee is now seeking “a mutually satisfactory resolution to the issue”
Gemeentemuseum begins work on unrivalled collection
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