News
US museums promise to be more open about lack of provenance, but are new rules too flexible?
As the top galleries branch out, the middle tier is being squeezed
The artist has been filming for the commission over the past five years, capturing images of Seattle area
Sharp-eyed curators spot that sketch is an artist’s original, rather than a copy
Rise in restitution claims expected after launch of online German auction catalogues for 1930-45
First New York retrospective will prove there’s more to “blackballed” artist than “Love”
The Prince of Liechtenstein is making another attempt to take his Coello portrait from the UK to Austria
Looted items missing and museums still closed in Baghdad
The Chinese artist is creating a work for this summer’s Emscherkunst art festival, held in the Ruhr region in western Germany
“Technoviking” alleges breach of privacy
Appeal expected after guilty verdicts over museum that never was
Art Market
Ponzi-scheme case highlights vulnerability of those looking for a quick return on art
Christie’s Education joins the push to prepare postgraduates for work in the commercial art world
The success of the recent round of evening sales in London reflects the ever-improving health of the market
New owner’s decision to move Manhattan fair pays off as critics call for museums to accept self-taught artists in their collections
Major dealers are opening spaces, but getting business isn’t always easy
How Art Stage Singapore and India Art Fair faced the challenge from Hong Kong
Sotheby’s to sell contents of Mark Birley’s house
Books
The many issues—the market, law, conservation, originality, reproduction and simulacra—bearing on the meaning of “authentic”
A?wealth of data illustrates the cost of art, liberality and splendour in Italy
As the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’s death approaches, his works are still providing scholars with fascinating avenues of research
Details of the textiles owned by Henry VIII reveal so much more than the splendour of his dress
A heavyweight volume exploring Magnum Photos goes in between the contact sheets to celebrate a dying technique
A comprehensive history of collecting from the Tudors to the present
The art historian’s collected writings include an illuminating essay drawn from his dazzling, lengthy lectures
This valuable handbook assesses the benefits for artists—and the pitfalls for patrons who try to interfere
Comment
There are many more collections of rare Arabic manuscripts in Mali besides those feared destroyed in Timbuktu
A prestigious new course promises to teach graduates the skills needed in the art trade—but it’s not cheap
The new (and only) management plan for the city is fatally flawed, dodging the issues of cruise ships, the need to limit tourist numbers, and sea level rise
Conservation
Most of Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts survived the coup, but their future is far from secure
Building that has become an expression of national pride to undergo a €100m restoration lasting ten years—but funding is still to be found
Grant will enable US museum to treat previously untouched paintings by Hogarth of society couple
Diaries
Features
As the art book trade falters, what does the future hold for publishers and what are the survival strategies that could help them get through 2013?
One of the most dramatic artists to emerge from Africa in the past decade discusses the arts of immersion, identity, politics and collage
Paola Antonelli on a show opening this month about the diversity and pervasiveness of design in the virtual and physical worlds
Focus
While an artist’s popularity can wax and wane, there are very few genuine rediscoveries
Is the cult of contemporary banishing older art to the Dark Ages?
The dynamic Research Forum gets minds to cross specialisations
Museum experts help vet the Tefaf Maastricht fair strictly
A more realistic but still ethical approach is needed. By Kate Fitz Gibbon
A story of ten approaches to acquiring art
An alphabetical list of the participating galleries and a floorplan of the fair
Media
We pick the best from Fifa, the world’s biggest festival of its kind, taking place in Montreal this month
Museums
President Hollande gives special dispensation for Manet’s work to travel to Venice
Paris museum is on a mission to collect Latin American art—and a show of colonial-era paintings is the overture
The restored Rijksmuseum will present an object-rich narrative on a grand scale
Conservative and anti-gay campaigns hit museums
Scottish city wants to lift travel ban so world tour of Burrell Collection can raise its profile and funds
Acquiring the Wellby collection of silver is a coup for the Ashmolean, but also presents a challenge
Support for bill that promises remedy for museums’ copyright headache
Obituary
Forsaking a career in banking, he became an expert on French decorative art, and as surveyor of The Queen’s works of art he was responsible for numerous discoveries
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