News
New immigration rules exclude young, gifted artists from beyond the European Union
The chairman of the artist’s catalogue raisonné committee dismisses controversial drawings as “pastiches” in UK bankruptcy hearing
Only 29 paintings and no art museum, but it will be the UK’s City of Culture in 2013
Treasury crackdown inadvertently hits conservation, says association
Shunned since the Wall fell, art of the GDR is digitally rehabilitated
Authorities accused of manipulating rent and property valuations to evict cultural organisations
Where the superstorm hit New York’s art world the hardest, and how it is recovering
Disillusioned with art collecting, Taco Inn owner César Cervantes plans to restore Luis Barragán’s neglected urban landscape
Art Market
The spotlight on how much corporation tax is paid by UK companies is turning towards art dealers
Hong Kong galleries form new group in attempt to lure Chinese collectors
New York’s auctioneers try to preserve consignors’ anonymity as demand for openness grows
Collectors are passing on works before a tax law expires, but recipients are the losers if they want to sell
Confirmation of the planned museums reassured Western dealers at this small but choice and well-attended fair
Volumes could fetch millions as Duke prepares to sell rare, high-quality examples of illuminated work
Post-war and contemporary sales overtake Impressionist and Modern as market revisits highs of 2006
Books
Recommended reads, old and new, from the great and the good of the art world
A new book shows that Bonington’s talent extended well beyond his paintings
A defence of Victorian painting overstates its case
A new book considers the theological dimensions of the artist’s paintings
After 50 years, an excellent translation of the definitive study of the short-lived movement
A sculptor who was prolific but uneven
Comment
Critics, curators and collectors who have complained recently about how the super-rich are ruining the art market should know better
Critics, curators and collectors who have complained recently about how the super-rich are ruining the art market should know better
No amount of historical understanding can replace aesthetic judgement. As the Weimar exhibition shows, only a few of the artists active during the GDR years would have prospered outside the microcosm of the regime
Conservation
University of Oslo building project could be damaging recently restored paintings
Conservators restore hidden figures discovered during cleaning of 17th-century nude
Museum reinstates lost areas of late drawing
Diaries
Features
With new party leaders, observers wonder whether censorship or liberalisation is on the agenda.
Elio Grazioli remembers a single-minded man
Luke Fowler’s film carries a powerful message about the importance of educating the working class
Broadcaster targets 8% audience share
Museums
A satellite sparkles where a coal mine once stood, but not everyone is impressed in France
Louvre and Guggenheim lift the veil on their collecting so far for Saadiyat Island museums
Royal Academy adopts plan B to unite its two buildings, which should cost half the previous scheme
Collection goes on tour while city’s museum of modern art builds a supersized extension
Vienna’s art and design museum’s artist-designed galleries to be renewed, starting with “1900”, but Donald Judd’s room will stay put
City launches network of kunsthallen but planned high-rise art centre is savaged by prominent critics
Shanghai power couple open first of two art museums, combining traditional and Modern Chinese art
Major French works go on display in Shanghai
Obituary
One of the few Italian women to achieve fame in architecture, not least for turning a train station into the Musée d’Orsay
TAN2
The love affair between the art world and luxury brands has dominated the decade, but the romance may be cooling
Building brand loyalty applies just as much to culture as it does to clothes, according to Nick O’Flaherty
Picasso was way ahead of the likes of Damien Hirst in making himself into a brand
Major fair organisers are having to go to increasing lengths to pamper their wealthy visitors, says Melanie Gerlis
A rough guide to the biggest brands on the planet that are forging connections with the art world
Art Basel Miami Beach moves forward by reaching back to the earliest days of Modernism with new galleries focusing on the early 20th century
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