NewsCathedral of Notre Dame
Laser scan may one day aid Notre Dame’s restorers
A 2010-12 effort to map every inch of the cathedral could help the post-fire reconstruction
NewsReview
A lifelong dedication to Gothic architecture: Peter Howell on A.W.N. Pugin
The final instalment in the collected letters of a revivalist pioneer
ArchiveVictoria & Albert Museum
The UK arts minister on creativity without cash, and the Victoria and Albert Museum’s splendid exhibition of late medieval art
Excellence? Access? Go to “Gothic”
ArchiveExhibitions
Gothic: art for England, 1400-1547, Victoria & Albert Museum
300 objects illustrating all facets of medieval life
ArchiveBooks
A rich harvest for medieval art enthusiasts that includes the V&A’s exhibition catalogue, a study of stained glass, and a survey of folk art
A Medieval Renaissance for art of the Middle Ages
ArchiveExhibitions
One of the few remaining German private collections of Gothic and Renaissance sculpture contains some magnificent pieces but provides little insight into its history
The exhibition disappoints and leaves the collector’s passion concealed
ArchiveNational Trust
National Trust finds rare Gothic altarpiece in stables
Seven hundred year-old painting was dismissed as nineteenth-century
ArchiveRestitution
Italian town begs the Cleveland Museum for their cross back, per favore
Illegally sold in the 1960s, it was bought by the US museum in good faith but the Italians would like it returned