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Detail of photograph of (left to right) Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Sonia Delaunay, and Jean (Hans) Arp in Grasse in 1942.

The modern artists who made the most of isolation

Sequestered in a French chateau in the 1940s, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Jean Arp, Sonia Delaunay and Alberto Magnelli joined forces to create the ‘Album Grasse’

21 Apr 2020
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The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) Athens.

The brief end to the long wait for the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens

After two decades of delays, the museum finally opened its doors at the end of February. Now, like so many others, it has had to shut again

19 Mar 2020

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A protest in Detroit on May 29, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Photo: Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images

Expressions of empathy are not enough – it’s time for US museums to act

Art museums that consider themselves places of reflection should be thinking harder about what they are for and what needs to change

Queen Mathilde of Belgium and King Philippe of Belgium visi the permanent collection of the Old Masters Museum, part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, on May 19, 2020 in Brussels, as the country eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Daina Le Lardic/Belga/AFP via Getty Images

How will museums bring us close to art in an era of social distancing?

As museums around the world prepare to reopen, many do so with a renewed sense of purpose

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