News
Ministry admits 54 objects were stolen from the Egyptian Museum
The Sharjah Biennial is sensitive to the winds of change in the Arab world
“Percent for Art” comes under increasing attack
Curators, artists and critics brand the guerilla art collective’s actions “immature”
Court ruling on Chicago installation casts doubt over non-traditional art forms
Case claims right to free speech has been violated
Getty case may be tip of the iceberg
Report criticises how cuts were handled
Universities may have to charge maximum fees to offset cuts
Ministry admits 54 objects were stolen from the Egyptian Museum
Workers are desperately trying to excavate Mes Aynak before a Chinese mining company moves in
Artefacts will go back to Kabul after London exhibition
The Sharjah Biennial is sensitive to the winds of change in the Arab world
Market
Three members have been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment over the fakes
Sotheby’s 2008 sale “pushed boundaries of what is believable” says Christie’s boss
Carlo Maratta’s The Crucifixion of St Andrew pulled from an exhibition at Tefaf
Dealers believe new law will only drive trade underground
Recent hires give hint of ambition
private sales art market analysis, Georgina Adam
New York gallerist Paul Kasmin, the son of a dealer himself, tells us why he likes creating crowd stopping installations with artists
VAT increase on imports didn’t dent attendance at The European Fine Art Fair
It seemed there was something for everyone during New York art world’s busiest week
Works by Warhol continue to dominate salerooms
regional auctions Indonesia Viv Lawes
Books
After a gap of 20 years, a monumental series about the representation of black people in Western art is back on track
A catalogue of remarkable Islamic ceramics is refreshingly honest
A Venetian architect, and descendant of the longest serving Doge, considers the buildings that might have been
The lives and works of artists in noble city-states
The post-medieval collections of the Musée du Louvre
William Bouguereau’s work is evidence of the complexities of the Parisian art world
The life and works of Théodore Géricault
The sketchbooks of Max Beckmann
Merlyn Evans in his own right
Comment
The US may already have lost its lead, Georgina Adam
By assuming that the entire public is good enough to be in the museum, the Met could become a centre of human wisdom for everyone
Conservation
Questions are being raised about a protective coating applied to Ife sculptures
Tate Modern curator and leading artist head protests
The Georgian mansion’s music room is the next interior to be restored
Exhibitions
Margate, J.M.W. Turner’s favourite seaside resort, launches contemporary art gallery named in his honour
Fair devotes section to emerging women artists
… there are many collectors who might bid for them
Features
National Museum in Beijing looks to 18th-century Europe for its grand reopening
Authenticity issues have plagued her work, but a new catalogue aims to shed light on the Russian painter and theatre designer By Claudia Barbieri
Alberto Giacometti’s last surviving model, Paola Carola, on the sculptor’s enduring influence and how he changed her life
Nathalie Djurberg’s disturbing films set to the music of her partner Hans Berg take clay animation to a new level
Portraits of Lord Foster and Yohji Yamamoto fail to get under the skin of their subjects
A German film exposes how Islamic militants profit from antiquities trafficking
Museums
In Tokyo and Kyoto, Hasegawa Tohaku pulls in the crowds, as does Abe Lincoln in Washington, DC
Lacma in negotiations to acquire Christian Marclay's The Clock and project it in their courtyard
First US exhibition of Five Car Stud, artist’s hard-hitting depiction of a lynching
Musée Picasso director reveals the cost of borrowing
Foundation says workers are protected
Royal Armouries empty handed as Hampshire church auctions medieval relic
British Museum and Baghdad benefit
One head better than two in Manchester
Half of Calvert 22’s costs will be met by Russian bank
Great grandson fights to recover work by Cézanne and Van Gogh nationalised by the Bolsheviks
Museums set to get own subway stops by 2022
Cultural exchange turns into a débâcle as relations sour
New home planned for cultural institute
Málaga gives private collection a palatial home
Government ditches museum extension in favour of cultural quarter
New mayor promises extra money
Fundraising campaign launched to make welding school Wyspa’s permanent home
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