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The lost decades: why the past is back to stay

Collectors in search of the new are buying up work that hasn’t been seen for years

Published online: 14 June 2013

 
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Why some pictures go for more than others

All other things being equal, a grouse sells for more than a duck, roses beat lupins and everyone loves a pretty woman

Published online: 14 June 2013

When art fought the Cold War

A touring exhibition recreates the CIA’s 1946 secret weapon that scandalised conservatives

Published online: 16 May 2013

No sex please, we’re Russian?

Questions over theatrical release for Peter Greenaway’s dizzying, dazzling—and sexually explicit—new film

Published online: 08 May 2013

To salvage and sell?

The issue of what is done with damaged art raises questions about valuation and the transparency of the art market

Published online: 04 April 2013

Artist interview: Wangechi Mutu and her warrior women

One of the most dramatic artists to emerge from Africa in the past decade discusses the arts of immersion, identity, politics and collage

Published online: 19 March 2013