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An exquisite bag, possibly the oldest lady’s handbag in the world, is the unmissable centrepiece of ‘Court And Craft’ at the Courtauld Gallery, London
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The opening of the Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong, and key new publications and gallery displays at the V&A, will shine a spotlight on the decorative arts
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Hannah Höch, the German Renaissance, and Joana Vasconcelos – three very different, but equally enticing, exhibitions coming up in 2014
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Matisse’s cut-outs are extraordinary bursts of expression, and they are sure to be a major highlight when they go on display at the Tate Modern
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LACMA will showcase the overlooked local artists Helen Pashgian and John Altoon in 2014, while several commercial galleries in LA open new premises
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‘Discoveries’ at Two Temple Place, ‘El Greco’s Library’ at the Prado, and ‘Silent Partners’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum take on unlikely but fascinating subjects
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New biographies of Whistler and Piero della Francesca, and Mike Leigh’s biopic of J.M.W. Turner promise to show each artist in a new light next year
Rich Tea
‘Taste and Essence: Chinese and Western Historical Tea Pieces’ at the Macao Museum of Art looks at the rich history of tea-drinking in the East and West
Caring for Kenwood
Kenwood House has been sympathetically if subtly restored; but will it become a burden in the proposed English Heritage shake-up?
White Walled Cage
The reification of ‘revolutionary’ work by John Cage and the Fluxus artists at MoMA is unsettlingly contradictory. The artist is dead. Long live the artist!
National Treasure?
The Reith Lectures may have confirmed him as a national treasure, but Grayson Perry retains a sharp realist edge
Exotic Dangers
While Hurvin Anderson’s paintings tease out the complexities of relocation and displacement, Peter Doig’s risk sliding into exoticism
Digital Pathways
Now that so many visitors have smart phones, museums can use digital tools to encourage engagement well beyond the gallery walls
A Sentimental Lot
The Irish are a sentimental people, and the sale of Alfred Grey’s clumsy painting ‘The Emigrants’ Farewell’ at Adam’s last week just proves it
The Talented Mr Shrigley?
Absurdist, accessible and completely unmistakeable, Brand Shrigley is everywhere, and more power to him – within reason…
Zervos Redux
Elegant and expensive, the republication of the Zervos Picasso Catalogue by Cahiers d’Art is a strange throwback to a very different era
Moving the Museum
The Whitney Museum of American Art is moving downtown. Apollo was granted a sneak peek at the new Renzo Piano-designed home for American art
Open Book
The recent two-day symposium, ‘Art, Poetry and the Making of the Book’, brought together three veterans of British book-art with some new tricks
Do Come In
‘Immersive’ artwork such as Elmgreen & Dragset’s ‘Tomorrow’ at the V&A is touted as the 21st century’s spin on a gesamtkunstwerk, but has the hyperreal already become familiar?
Broken Engagement
Installation art is assumed to be inherently more engaging than other genres – so why are visitors so often left to watch from the wings?
Wellcome Questions
‘Foreign Bodies, Common Ground’ – the Wellcome Collection’s current exhibition – is refreshingly self-reflexive
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Kiefer at the RA, Veronese at the National Gallery, and Olafur Eliasson at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art promise to be wonderful exhibitions