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Can we trust in museum trustees?
Trustees serve a vital purpose in the culture sector, but only if politicians avoid the temptation to meddle…
A London gallery has shut its doors in the name of art. Is that acceptable?
If you want to see Maria Eichhorn’s solo show at Chisenhale Gallery – you can’t. Believe it or not, it’s more than a gimmick
Big Lebowski pad acquired by LACMA
The LA museum has acquired its first home – what does this unusual architectural acquisition mean for the city?
One year on: an update from Nepal’s earthquake-damaged heritage sites
Restoration work will take years, and some monuments will never be rebuilt – but progress is being made
It’s easy to turn a blind eye to homelessness. Can art make people stop and listen?
Bekki Perriman’s project for Brighton Festival tells a different story about life on the streets
It would cost £15m to keep this Italian drawing in the UK. Here’s why it matters
Veronese’s preparatory sketch for Venice Triumphant (c. 1581) has a long history here
If you want to be mayor, you really ought to know more about London’s museums
Goldsmith and Khan clearly aren’t museum buffs – and that could be a real problem
Spotlight on Seattle, where Asian and Western art collide
The Association for Asian Studies chose Seattle for its annual conference this year, and with good reason
Palmyra’s legacy is everywhere – and ISIS could never have erased it
The city’s ancient ruins inspired buildings around the world, many of which are now heritage sites themselves
Very clever software, but not great art
The techno-connoisseurship involved in the ‘Next Rembrandt’ project is fun and interesting, so what’s the problem?
Drastic reform is the only way to save England’s churches
Good news, then, that the Chancellor is forming a task force to look into the issue
Forget digital recreations. Palmyra’s own future must come first
Syrian government forces have recaptured Palmyra from IS militants. What happens next is crucial
The legendary bookseller of Cairo
The death of Cairo’s self-styled ‘friend of researchers’ feels like another great loss at an already difficult time
In Moscow, art speaks truth to power…sometimes
Artists and museums in the Russian capital testify to the uneasy relationship between art and the state
Three cheers for Bob Rauschenberg!
The artist’s foundation is going to give away images of his work. We salute them
Can the UK government’s Culture White Paper live up to its own rhetoric?
DCMS’s updated mission statement for ‘Our Culture’ sounds promising, but is short on new commitments
Museums must engage in the Brexit debate – whether they like it or not
There is more than you might think at stake for arts and culture in this referendum
Listen up, Chancellor: we must not allow the Gillows collection to be mothballed
The Judges’ Lodgings Museum in Lancaster is threatened with imminent closure. It should be a source of not only civic but national pride
Does Renoir really suck at painting?
The Impressionist has had a hard time of things recently. Will a new film win round the haters?
Delacroix begat Renoir, who begat Matisse, who begat…
Is the current trend for exhibitions exploring artistic influence just an excuse for a lack of focus?
‘Many of those involved in the Easter Rising were art school kids’
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was in part a rebellion of artists – and Dublin museums and galleries are making that clear this year
Why Facebook’s art censorship has landed it in court
Censoring a 19th-century painting has come back to bite the social networking site
Are the cracks in our museum culture beginning to show?
UK museums are struggling to deal with the long-term effects of funding cuts and falling visitor numbers
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