Education
Senior arts appointments nothing short of a French farce
A row over the appointment of a new head for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts is just the latest in a string of scandals over plum arts jobs
Art teachers caught in crossfire over university sexual-assault debate
Freedom of expression at centre of lawsuit claiming that professor’s advice was “harassment”
Artistic success in America means wearing the right old school tie
Despite paying lip service to diversity, New York’s major museums, galleries and university programmes are bound tightly together in a system that favours the privileged
Warhol to be studied in medical school
The initiative aims to help doctors improve their observation skills
Art Basel Miami Beach to be studied for Swiss sociology project
Collectors and dealers alike must prepare for questioning as art-money relationship comes under the microscope
Congress approves $100,000 for pilot digital project
Digital Promise non-profit will develop electronic education programmes
Sainsbury's wedding present to fund Japanese cultural studies in East Anglia
Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury sell major Modigliani
Professor David Harris, outgoing director of the Institute of Archaeology, London, discusses the work of one of the world’s leading research departments
“A world institute involved in world archaeology”
Oxford’s new Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art advocates for history by other means.
Bert Smith calls for scholars with broader interests who publish their material.
Interview with Khamliène Nhouyvanisvong, UNESCO's new Special Representative to Cambodia
He plans to develop learning centres, nominate new World Heritage sites, preservation of monuments, and protection of Angkor
V&A curtails access to its national collections of slides and books
National Slide Library transfer to Leicester to proceed in spite of protests
New school curriculum report: Leonardo for seven-year-olds?
A renewed emphasis on Western art is apparent