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The Keeper’s House at the Royal Academy has opened, boasting tasteful dining rooms, a geisha-girl bar and a secret garden…

A new Titian is a rare thing indeed; and it certainly looks good enough to be true

‘Maybe it’s perfectly legitimate that they are here because Bob Dylan painted them…’ Why are musicians so popular with major art galleries?

Curators are not ‘pirates who’ve taken over the ship’ and Waldemar Januszczak should know it

Six shortlisted artists have cooked up their plans for London’s Fourth Plinth

Sketches made at the same time as Sunset at Montmajour (1888) reveal Van Gogh’s struggle to portray the landscape in the right light

TEDxAlbertopolis promised to dispel the myth that science and art are divided. They clearly aren’t and arguably never have been

A new set of interactive digital displays has been unveiled at Tate Modern that seeks to create a ‘digital community within the building’

British Pop art is experiencing something of a resurgence in the UK. What makes it so appealing?

Nostalgic exhibitions of 1980s fashion and subculture at the ICA and V&A are proof that the show is over

The ‘Larrikins’, counter-culture and psychedelic Smartiples: an alternative look at Australian art in London

The sale of Sir Albert Richardson’s collection is a loss for the nation that could and should have been averted

It may be a publicity stunt, but the V&A’s controversial acquisition of the ‘Liberator’ 3D printed gun says a lot about our ambivalent relationship to new technologies

The proliferation of ‘mega spaces’ in London looks set to continue, and it leaves too many smaller galleries struggling to keep their footing

The view from Richmond Hill has changed little since Turner brought landscape out from the background of British painting

Peter Crack on why a picture is worth a thousand words…

‘Les aventures de la vérité’ is a good opportunity squandered at the hands of Bernard-Henri Lévy

Arthur Hobhouse and Patrick Barstow of New Artists (NA) abandon the gallery in favour of a smallpox-ridden catacomb

Should we have a relaxed attitude to deaccession? James Bradburne and David Ekserdjian debate the topic in Apollo’s September issue

If the north of England is to redefine itself as a cultural hub, its funders can’t afford to have second thoughts

Barry Humphries pays tribute to Lewis Morley, ‘one of the finest photographers of his age’ and a personal friend