News
Museum directors meet as thaw in relations means historic works can be loaned without strict agreements
Three charged as Philippines government seeks paintings once owned by wife of former president
Johannesburg space wins legal battle over controversial portrait of President Zuma, and artist’s notoriety attracts new collectors
Artists, writers and this newspaper leapt to the gallery’s defence
Curator argues artists’ law can place “moral rights” above historical accuracy
After a pause, US video artist hopes to finish his cathedral commission this year
National commission to deal with claims is impractical, says US government, unlike in Europe
Professional groups lobby to redraft bill that would allow use of works where the author cannot be traced
Art Fund says sculpture not property of east London local authority
Curator argues artists’ law can place “moral rights” above historical accuracy
The Asia Pacific Triennial pulls in Papua New Guinea and West Asia
Art Market
With the US fiscal cliff looming, the fair benefits as the wealthy put their funds into art
Carl Larsson’s work, missing from Swedish museum since 1988, surfaces at Bukowskis
New swathe of online art businesses hope to replicate success of fashion industry
Identifying forgeries being sold on websites is not enough to tackle the problem
Twelve sales in three days make the season a sprint rather than a stroll—but works by Batoni and Carracci are worth slowing down to see
Beijing Poly and China Guardian hold first sales in Hong Kong as battle for the mainland market heats up
Impeccable provenance at Christie’s, a bidding war at Sotheby’s, but most lots bought in at MacDougall’s
Books
The essential role of water, the views of a 16th-century theorist and the paintings of a pre-eminent local artist are all part of the picture
The Shi’ite shrines, relics and monuments in the Middle East and India
Beastly tales in the 13th-century Kitab Na’t al-Hayawan
But are August Strindberg’s misogynistic tendencies overlooked in this biography?
This magnificent visual record of the work of the German artist, who was virtually unknown before the 1960s, is matched by its scholarly text
The Counter-Reformation was more concerned about the orthodoxy of texts than the images on which they were based
An assessment of John Berger and a collection of his drawings
Shezad Dawood’s multimedia works reveal hidden worlds
Comment
The growing numbers of the super-rich should keep the auction houses happy in 2013, but there are tougher times ahead for some
Conservation
Government contemplates tearing down buildings damaged during terrorist attack in Oslo
Diaries
Exhibitions
Northern Irish city’s programme addresses its troubled history as it joins European Capitals of Culture, Marseilles and Kosice
The first exhibition to focus on the Swiss artist’s unrealised sculptural compositions
The Royal Academy hosts the first exhibition to focus on the bold and influential portraits of the French painter
New technology and growing middle class consumption opened up his works and those of his contemporaries to new markets
A new permanent display in reopened galleries explores the spiritual beliefs of the Americas
Features
A round-up of some of the major stories that filled the pages of The Art Newspaper last year
The artist challenges historical narratives in his Islamic-inspired show at the Louvre this month
Focus
LA teaching is still top for next generation of artists
Rivals claim to be unconcerned as non-specialist dealers come to the fore in a once exclusive field
A number of galleries are making the move in search of the right area
Brian and Eva Sweeney will put their collection on public view in El Segundo
Artist-run and not-for-profit spaces form a Los Angeles counter-culture that is less obsessed with sales
Los Angeles is losing its reputation for being too quick to demolish
Media
The author’s new novel attacks the regulars at Art Basel Miami Beach, but a film documenting his time in the city reveals the man in white’s appeal
Museums
Gulf state reveals plan to build a Smithsonian-style network of museums, and send its treasures abroad
As a second chief executive resigns after being suspended, the Royal Armouries needs serious firepower at the helm
Museum calls time on East End pub to open restaurant
Cost of repairs and depreciation was £203,000
Fourfold increase in value of indemnified art borrowed—and nearly all of it returned safely
Newcastle council’s leader says UK government is to blame if museums suffer
International team of artists and designers to create park dedicated to author of Master and Margarita
The Georgian and former Ukrainian heads of state agree about Uncle Joe
Constructivist-style bus garage transformed into high-tech Jewish museum in Moscow
Hong Kong’s maritime museum to reopen on a pier in Victoria Harbour this month
Fourfold increase in value of indemnified art borrowed—and nearly all of it returned safely
Obituary
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