News
The contemporary gallery is in crisis with a deficit that has ballooned from £100,000 to £1m in a year
Critics include Whitney Biennial curator Francesco Bonami who says Italy "deserves Sgarbi" because of its antipathy towards contemporary art
Roberto Cecchi named as the new secretary general for heritage as nine high-ranking superintendents retire
International response begins
Contemporary artists create sculptures for Moscow’s mega retail park
Portraits to be collected for Red Square museum
Deficit has ballooned from £100,000 to £1m in a year
Shock contemporary art appointment
Loan of relic caught up in international political tensions
First step to upgrading national collection
Flemish work found in church
A year of no duty on estates might mean less art is donated to museums
Group sentenced for flooding market with more than 100 fake works
Senate rejects offer of E15m from local businessman Hans Wall
City council to slash its subsidy for Centquatre in the 19th arrondissement, prompting the resignation of its co-directors
Market
Former judge urges artists to go to court over original contracts before June auction
Stricter procedures follow in wake of “cols rouges” arrests
While China is on the up, says new research of auctions and dealers
Big spending was the order of the day as wallets opened and prices soared in the salerooms
American International Fair deemed a success, despite slimmed down VIP events and tough discounting
Brafa stays ahead of the game with international focus
Fairs in Puerto Rico, The Netherlands and Italy nurture a local collecting base while cultivating an international outlook
Art and antiques fair builds on last year’s success of attracting high-spending collectors with a new section devoted to works on paper
Books
This definitive work also provides a fascinating survey of Viennese baroque court culture
The catalogue raisonné of Heinrich Friedrich Füger
The life and work of virtuoso goldsmith David Altenstetter
Swords, guns and armour were frequently used as an outlet for artistic impulses
A controversial analysis of the dissenting group praised for their revival of medieval piety, but also accused of anti-Semitism
John Singer Sargent’s seascapes and sea-side paintings
The story of the highly influential Düsseldorf School of Photography
The story of the highly influential Düsseldorf School of Photography
A confident, powerfully written and thoughtful novel
A hugely expanded dictionary of sculptors in Britain from the 17th to the 19th centuries
Comment
Museum leaders need real plans, not just buzzwords
It was a misfortune for the Polaroid Collection to fall into the hands of a crook. To sell it off would look like carelessness
The lack of ambition and drive in London is pushing culture and creativity back to the margins
Conservation
European Union “green” guidelines create new conundrums for museums and artists
Energy companies donate $1m hydro plant to support preservation efforts of Philippine rice terraces
Courtyard of the Doge’s Palace restored
Fondation Beyeler visitors to observe restoration of Matisse
Exhibitions
Features
Some museums have lined up to authenticate “amazing” find of lifetime plaster casts, but the leading experts refuse to comment
Where did the purported plasters come from?
With 80,000 abandoned homes and pervasive disarray, the city provides rich pickings for creative projects on the cheap By Andrew Goldstein
The American artist on her “odd and lonely” childhood, other people’s texts and why she’s returned to painting By Louisa Buck
Naked and vulnerable in front of the camera, discussing the end of art dealing and memories of a silent star
Hirst puts a skull in the bin, psycho squirrels are must haves, hanging Christine Keeler and crazy canine canvases
Documentaries featuring Ilya Kabakov, Magritte, the Rijksmuseum and London’s National Gallery show in Canada
Museums
Museums criticised for failing to collect China’s young Chinese artists during the boom
Original plan for Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie may now be realised
Directors gather at the Treasury for crisis meeting as government grants and earned income under pressure
Balance tips back in the artist’s favour in Büchel case
Italian minister asks for restitution of the Fano Athlete
The Palm Springs home of the late philanthropist and diplomat will be turned into a museum and conference centre, with presidential-level security
Louvre ordains new department
Louvre set to lend Da Vinci to Milan
State museums under increasing pressure to return sacred art and buildings
Ruined Gérôme now on view
Isabel Carlos, the new director of the Centro de Arte Moderna, on revitalising the Gulbenkian’s modern art museum
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