NewsVincent Van Gogh
Revealed: Van Gogh's failed attempt at art dealing
New book argues that artist bought Japanese prints “not for pleasure but to deal in them”
NewsObituaries
‘Believing is seeing’: Tom Wolfe on Modern art
The novelist and journalist was also an outspoken art critic
NewsFrieze New York
The best new books to buy at the Frieze bookstore
For those looking for something a little more pocket-sized to take home from the fair
Podcast
Podcast episode 24: Mural-gazing with the Dalai Lama, plus Michael Rakowitz
We speak to Thomas Laird about his new book on the murals of Tibet and to Michael Rakowitz about his fourth plinth commission unveiled next week
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Kindred collage spirits John Stezaker and Georgie Hopton talk the dark side of the art form
NewsPhotography
Richard Avedon Foundation releases growing list of more than 200 ‘errors’ in unauthorised biography
Publisher’s lawyer says the foundation has provided “no evidence” and that memoir is a “subjective genre”
NewsArt market
Author Don Thompson takes issue with 'the last Leonardo' tagline and casts 2018 market predictions
$450m Salvator Mundi sale too late to be included in new book, The Orange Balloon Dog, but would have filled several chapters, economist says
NewsPacific Standard Time
Antena Los Ángeles: the secret engine behind Pacific Standard Time's bilingual outreach
The collective is helping art venues access a Spanish-speaking audience with translation services
NewsExhibitions
Richard Avedon and James Baldwin's book on American identity revisited
A New York gallery show and new publication draw fresh attention to little known collaboration between the fashion photographer and African-American writer
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Bibliophiles rejoice: New York Art Book Fair returns this weekend
Hundreds of exhibitors are due to take part and a slew of events are planned
Review
An imitation, not a copy: Richard Shiff on what Bridget Riley learned from Georges Seurat
Riley had a formative encounter with the Pointillist's work early in her career
ReviewRobert Rauschenberg
The hell of modern media: on Robert Rauschenberg's Dante series
A new book on the drawings synthesises a range of information, but leaves certain questions unanswered
ReviewGerhard Richter
Protean- rich: on the Gerhard Richter catalogue raisonné
The latest volume reveals Gerhard Richter’s variable but not always successful styles
Review
Lime, sand and animal hair: on 18th-century British interiors
There was an extraordinary flowering of stucco decoration in the period at hand
ReviewExhibitions
Visions of 18th-century France: how the Goncourt brothers taught America about Rococo
A focused show in Washington, DC, looks at why US collectors had a passion for French painting
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Art critic Michael Fried’s new poems dwell on past love, childhood—and his predilection for high Modernism
The poet draws parallels between making sculpture and writing verse
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First renowned, then overlooked, now rediscovered: on Edme Bouchardon
The artist worked with obsessional care, but only now is his versatility being recognised
Review
Towering triumph: on the scholarly resurrection of Joseph de Levis
The Renaissance bronze-founder has been brought back to life by scholarly research
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A panoply of plastic poses: on Emma Hamilton
A new book explores her extraordinary personal and social transformations
Review
The parrot point of view: on Edward Lear's natural history studies
Such works were the basis of his later landscapes
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The Donald Trump style of art history
The greatest works of Western art vindicate the US president’s ideas of democracy, according to his senior director for strategic assessments
ReviewExhibitions
Vermeer and the masters of genre painting
The Dutch painter and his contemporaries could not resist the temptation to improve one another's compositions
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Banking and benevolence: on the Rothschild family
A century and a half of generosity is recorded in a wide-ranging history of the family
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Circumstantial evidence clinches the case: how careful archaeology corrects misunderstandings
A new book will undoubtedly change the way we talk and think about Early Cycladic objects
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A bottomless repository of culture: on illuminated Medieval manuscripts
There are remarkable riches to be mined from a group of new books
Review
Dissatisfactions and aspirations in pen and ink
A multifaceted artist’s monumental engagements with drawing
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Worth the detour: on the National Gallery's lesser-known Renaissance masterpieces
Works from Bologna and Ferrara are the subject of a comprehensive new catalogue
Review
Nudity, high living, intense emotion, danger, tragedy and erotic allure
A new book looks at Roman choices of mythological subjects
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Let perception be your guide: how to see the Rococo
A virtual reality tour of an 18th-century German abbey
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The connoisseurs’ preserve needs expansion
The study of carpets has changed little since the 19th century and new approaches are needed
Review
Life at the high end: what it is like to work at an auction house
Memoirs by Charles Hindlip and Simon de Pury, and a history of Christie’s, shed light from above
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The whole world in wood and copper
Prints were the main source of visual (mis)information for three centuries
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The persistent disbeliever: on Donald Judd's writings
A new book of his collected essays reveals the ferocity with which he questioned almost everything
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The comprehensive corpus on Peter Paul Rubens
Two new titles are added to the peerless catalogue of Rubens’s work
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Oedipal susceptibilities: on rivalry and friendship among artists
Skilfully interwoven stories cast new light on the artistic and personal dynamics behind some of the greatest works of Modern art
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Did he influence Dürer or Dürer him? On Jacopo de’ Barbari
As an artist, Jacopo de’ Barbari became almost invisible
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The devil is always lurking: on Hieronymous Bosch
A survey of the best books that have come out of Hieronymus Bosch’s quincentenary
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Instrumental versus ideal art
Art for art’s sake, or for the sake of socioeconomic benefits? Two writers reach very different conclusions
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Very varied, inquisitive, lively and wide-ranging
On the eve of his 100th birthday, James Ackerman shows no signs of slowing down in this collection of essays
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Influential then, forgotten since, remembered again: on Nino Costa
The influential “Etruscan” painter and Risorgimento patriot deserves our recognition
ReviewExhibitions
Root of an unfocus: how Merce Cunningham developed common time into an artistic strategy
With John Cage and others, the choreographer invented a new way of thinking about movement
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Beautifully and thoughtfully presented: on the Nicolas Poussin catalogue raisonné
The first volume of a long-awaited work of scholarship
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The Howards under scrutiny
Science is the key to the story of the 16th-century aristocratic tombs in a Suffolk parish church
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Credence and credulity: on Islamic art and the supernatural
This small book is ground-breaking, bringing to light Islamic beliefs and superstitions
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Life is changed, not ended: how the Medieval English dealt with death
Not everyone could afford their own mortuary churches or chapels