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Syrian archaeologist killed by Isis in Palmyra; Italy appoints 20 new museum directors; collector and philanthropist Melva Bucksbaum dies

20 Aug 2015
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Palmyra archaeologist killed by Isis militants

Khaled al-Asaad served as director of antiquities of Palmyra for 40 years

20 Aug 2015
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New directors announced for 20 of Italy’s top museums

Introducing the Magnificent Twenty…

18 Aug 2015
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Honolulu Art Museum sues collector; Germany’s proposed heritage law draws more fire; UK seeks to save its ‘Sekhemka’ statue

13 Aug 2015
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Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London

The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

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The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

What was on the mind of Indian artists between the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975 and the secret nuclear tests of 1998? The Barbican presents some clues

Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology

The Getty shows that European rulers wanting to start a war or send an embassy had the movements of the sun, moon and the stars to reckon with as well

Thomas Schütte

MoMA’s retrospective of the German artist best known for his grotesque sculptures takes us into more unfamiliar territory

Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit

Tate Modern celebrates the full scope of the career of an artist who took a childlike view of creativity

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Crafting value in Venice

The Homo Faber art fair featured a bounty of contemporary crafts, but were the finer details in danger of getting lost with so much on display?

The many faces of Mary Magdalene

From penitent saint to salacious sinner, the biblical figure has worn a number of different guises in art through the ages

Is Labour’s arts policy a case of warm words, no cold hard cash?

The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, spoke of the importance of the arts at Labour Party Conference, but the sector needs more than good vibes