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How to look at Mexican Old Masters
The painters of New Spain have been misunderstood for centuries, but their work seems to be entering the mainstream at last
The exhibitions not to miss in Istanbul
With the Istanbul Biennial comes a host of exciting satellite exhibitions around the city
John Ashbery: poet and artist
He’ll be remembered as a wordsmith, but Ashbery was also a brilliant art critic, collector, and artist with a gift for seeing
Dinosaurs, dioramas, and the strange world of natural history
Paleoart and dioramas are designed to depict prehistory and the natural world – but what they really reveal are our own hopes and fears
Acquisitions of the month: August 2017
This month’s acquisitions include a major collection of African art, a treasure from Queen Victoria’s personal collection, and a beautiful 18th-century landscape
Sir David Tang (1954–2017)
Tang was well known as an entrepreneur, a socialite, and a columnist; he was also a leading art collector and patron of the arts
The contemporary vision of Collezione Maramotti
In the decade since it opened, the collection has emerged as a frontrunner among Italy’s contemporary cultural foundations
The many lives of André Malraux
Collector, dealer, novelist, art historian, culture minister, conservationist – André Malraux’s influence still looms large
Riding the wave: Plymouth’s burgeoning art scene
The city’s cultural ambitions are growing in the run-up to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage
A potted history of studio ceramics
Studio potters continue to push the boundaries of their medium in Britain
Narrating the past, collecting for the future
For Inti Ligabue collecting tribal and oceanic art is a way of telling stories about the cultures the objects come from
Inside India’s first Partition Museum
Millions were displaced and hundreds of thousands killed in the Partition of India. Seventy years on, a new museum addresses the tragedy
Over Venice? Here are the best biennials to visit this autumn
There are plenty of events opening in the coming months, from Bamako’s photography festival to the sprawling, ‘borderless’ BienalSur
D.H. Lawrence among the Etruscans
Is D.H. Lawrence’s account of the archaeological sites of Etruria still relevant today?
Fed up of the Fringe? Then escape to a museum
Edinburgh’s museums and galleries provide respite from the onslaught of the Fringe
Acquisitions of the month: July 2017
This month’s acquisitions include a rare portrait by Richard Wilson, the Edward Hopper archive and an exceptional group of drawings
Harold M. Williams (1928–2017)
The founding president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust has died at the age of 89
Shining a light on France’s disused quarries
Once, they provided the stones that built Paris. Now, the disused quarries of Saint-Maximin are being transformed into venues for art
Acquisitions of the month: June 2017
A huge collection of Diane Arbus photographs heads for Ontario, and the Getty finally gets its Parmigianino
Anish Kapoor causes a stir in New York
New York’s Public Art Fund celebrates its 40th birthday with commissions by Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor
Eight art events to get to this summer
Highlights include a Jean Dubuffet retrospective in Amsterdam and a Mexican Old Master in New York
The luxury of feathers
An exhibition at the Getty will examine artistic exchange in the ancient Americas – and a time when feathers were more valuable than gold
In search of the Rose+Croix artists
The Guggenheim explores French mystical symbolism – and looks beyond the famous figure of Joséphin Péladan
Find the time to look longer and harder at art
Art demands close attention. The new ‘Slow Art Workshops’ provide unique opportunities to study and even handle objects of great beauty
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