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Acquisitions of the Month: October 2015
William Kentridge’s gift to the George Eastman Museum; rare Picasso heads to Scotland; NGA Washington expands its photography holdings
The Metropolitan Museum wants to transform our view of Ancient Egypt
Middle Kingdom show ‘upends the view that Egyptian art is all the same’
A Tribute to Lisa Jardine
Lisa will be remembered for her scholarly work, but her real legacy will be the spaces she created for atraditional academics
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London this Frieze week: Sluice_ in black & white, a witty sculpture at Sunday, rare books at Frieze Masters + some artfully ruined jeans
Frieze Bites
Changing it up at PAD and Frieze Masters; Lee Ufan at Pace; Gutai, Zero and Kusama at Bonhams; Multiplied at Christie’s
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London this Frieze week: A breath of fresh air at the Courtauld; outsider art at Frieze Masters; and a princess at the Chiltern Firehouse
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London: star exhibits and media stars, crowds and crowdsourcing at the Frieze Masters preview last night
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London this week: Richter at Dominique Levy, Boetti at Luxembourg & Dayan, and Larry Gagosian sampling the local beer
Acquisitions of the Month: September 2015
Ivory medallions, Samuel Palmer’s lively letters and Maya Angelou’s birthday quilt have all found homes
UK Government extends export bar on rare Egyptian ‘Sekhemka’ statue for a second time
The UK government has extended its export bar on a valuable ancient Egyptian statue known as the Sekhemka, in an effort to…
German art historian Hartwig Fischer named British Museum director
The appointment will come as a surprise to many people in the UK
Art critic Brian Sewell has died aged 84
Sewell, who worked at the Evening Standard for 30 years, was one of Britain’s most famous and acerbic critics
Museum Trips: Five works of art broken by clumsy gallery-goers
In Taiwan this week a young boy stumbled into a 17th-century painting and broke it. He’s not the first…
Antiquities minister calls on Egyptians to buy back the Sekhemka statue
Mamdouh Eldamaty has spoken out about the controversial sale of an ancient Egyptian statue in the UK
Isis destroys ancient temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra
Syria’s head of antiquities reported the news on Sunday
Pompeii in progress? Conservation efforts continue at the ancient site
We take a look at some of the latest triumphs and setbacks
New German Cultural Heritage Law Draws Protest from Artists and Collectors
Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz are among those taking a stand
Public helps Tate identify mystery landmarks in John Piper photographs
Recognise any of these?
How Edmund de Waal came to love the colour white
The artist is to curate a show about the colour at the Royal Academy
UK government extends export bar on £16 million Sekhemka statue
Will anyone step forward to buy the work for the nation?
The Gardner Museum Theft 25 Years On
The FBI may know who stole them, but the location of 13 masterpieces remains a mystery
Art Outlook
All-out strike at the National Gallery; Gulf Labor in Venice; €80million for cultural projects in Italy; and a new Global CEO for Bonhams
Italy’s ‘super directors’ – the winners and losers
20 new museum directors have been appointed as part of Dario Franceschini’s overhaul of Italy’s cultural sector