How the French Rothschilds turned their private passions into public gifts
A monumental new study argues that ‘the patronage of the French Rothschild family is a European history of taste’
Taking notes with Alec Soth
Soth’s photographs in ‘Sleeping by the Mississippi’ are beautiful and intriguing, but the stories behind them bring them to life
Howard Hodgkin’s collection comes to auction
The painter amassed a huge variety of bold and fascinating artworks over the years – many of which are soon to be sold at Sotheby’s
The art market in the Forum
A new exhibition at the Bucerius Art Forum in Hamburg looks at how the market for art changed in 17th-century Holland
How the French Rothschilds turned their private passions into public gifts
A monumental new study argues that ‘the patronage of the French Rothschild family is a European history of taste’
Norway’s top art prize brings the focus back home
The four artists shortlisted for this year’s Lorck Schive Kunstpris all find ways of challenging local artistic traditions
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October 2017
• An interview with Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
• The reopening of the Freer Gallery of Art
• Tove Jansson’s adventures beyond Moominland
• The status of sound art in museums
Plus: Cézanne’s portraits, Zeitz MOCAA, and Nathalie Du Pasquier
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From success to succession at contemporary galleries
Contemporary galleries have long relied on a personal way of conducting business. Can such a model survive?
‘I wanted to do something I have never done before’
Nathalie Du Pasquier talks about trying something different at the Camden Arts Centre, and the difference between art and design
The Foundling Museum brings Joseph Highmore out of the shadows
Joseph Highmore has often been overshadowed by his contemporary William Hogarth, but his morality tales are just as engaging
‘Anyone who is interested in the Renaissance should be interested in medals’
It may be a small and specialist market, but it is still possible to find exquisite portrait medals at affordable prices
Debates in America had a powerful impact on black British artists
‘Soul of a Nation’ is the most significant contribution to debates around black art to date
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Inside India’s first Partition Museum
Millions were displaced and hundreds of thousands killed in the Partition of India. Seventy years on, a new museum addresses the tragedy
Dinosaurs, dioramas, and the strange world of natural history
Paleoart and dioramas are designed to depict prehistory and the natural world – but what they really reveal are our own hopes and fears
Why museums need their own ethics departments
Ethical questions about art arise on a seemingly weekly basis. It’s time for museums to invest in sustained, open-ended research
Alina Szapocznikow: Human Landscapes
Hepworth Wakefield
Discover the work of one of the most important yet overlooked artists of the 20th century
21 Oct 2017 - 28 Jan 2018
Paul Rego: The Boy Who Loved the Sea and Other Stories
Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
Rego’s almost unparalleled skill for storytelling is evident in this exhibition, which includes examples of the artist’s most iconic and most recent works
21 Oct 2017 - 7 Jan 2018
Nalini Malani: The Rebellion of the Dead
Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Centre Pompidou, in collaboration with the Castello di Rivoli, presents Nalini Malani’s first retrospective in France and Italy
18 Oct 2017 - 8 Jan 2018
Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters & Bellboys
Courtauld Gallery, London
The first major exhibition of Chaïm Soutine’s work in the UK for 35 years focuses on his outstanding portraits
19 Oct 2017 - 21 Jan 2018
40 Under 40 Asia Pacific
The most inspirational young people in the Asia Pacific art world
Aleppo: what remains?
The historic city has suffered major damage, but the worst unkindness we could offer it now is to write it off as ‘destroyed’