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Acquisition of the Year

The four bronze angels commissioned for the tomb of Cardinal Wolsey are reunited at last at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Beyond Modigliani – alternative histories of modern Italian art in New York

Uncovering some of the period’s forgotten stars

23 Nov 2015
Rakewell

The Rake’s Progress: A Week in Gossip

Eddie Peake dresses up for Victoria Beckham; David Cameron pops into Pace; and the taste of Tinder CEO Sean Rad

22 Nov 2015

Finally, an Alec Soth show in London

This major solo show reveals just how much Soth’s frank stare pervades his photographs

21 Nov 2015

Apollo Awards 2015: Acquisitions of the Year Shortlist

The most significant artworks and artefacts to enter museum collections in the last 12 months

Apollo Awards 2015: Book of the Year Shortlist

Recognising the recent art publications that have contributed significantly to their field

Apollo Awards 2015: Exhibition of the Year Shortlist

Recognising the most revelatory and influential exhibitions of the past year

‘We have one heritage.’ Syria’s chief of antiquities calls on Europe for help

‘The dangers surrounding the Syrian archaeological heritage are growing beyond our capabilities’

18 Nov 2015

Solitary Soul: Interview with Lee Ufan

‘My painting is a game, with the canvas as my opponent’

16 Nov 2015

Creating a new architecture: Ödön Lechner in Hungary

Almost every great city seems to have produced one or perhaps two architects who escape the constraints of history: in Budapest it was Lechner

13 Nov 2015

Victoria Beckham and the ‘Artist to the Stars’

Victoria Beckham champions street art. Just like every other celebrity under the sun…

11 Nov 2015

Paris’s celebration of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is long overdue

A memorable exhibition at the Grand Palais tells the story of a remarkable artist and independent woman

10 Nov 2015

Touring the coast in central London: ‘One and All’ at Somerset House

A contemporary art show in the capital marks 50 years of the National Trust’s work on the coast

9 Nov 2015

Virtual Florence: A Church Goes Digital

Reconstructing the lost Florentine church of San Pier Maggiore

Giacometti: Rebel artist and lifelong mother’s boy

‘It is impossible to paint a portrait’, claimed Giacometti, but that didn’t stop him trying whenever he went home to his family

3 Nov 2015

Letter from Belfast

‘Belfast is like East Berlin after the Wall came down’ – William Cook on the changing face of a divided city

2 Nov 2015

Preview: Asian Art In London

Highlights from this year’s city-wide event: from painted scrolls to Chinese jade

29 Oct 2015

Lawrence Weiner adds a note of anxiety at Blenheim Palace

Can contemporary art operate critically within such surroundings?

22 Oct 2015

Just who is Britain’s Greatest Living Artist?

Don’t Ask the Critics…

22 Oct 2015

Making Africa

The world as we know it is in transformation – politically, economically, socially, culturally and technologically. Anyone wanting to know…

Guggenheim Bilbao
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Ashmolean proves Venetian art was about more than just colour

Vasari was wrong: the Venetians could draw after all

21 Oct 2015

Design for Eternity

From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, artists from the ancient Americas created…

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Curators’ Pick: 7 Highlights from Asia in Amsterdam

Paintings, jewellery, textiles, and a sweetmeats set…highlights from the Rijksmuseum’s latest show

Frieze Bites

Seen and liked in London: star exhibits and media stars, crowds and crowdsourcing at the Frieze Masters preview last night

14 Oct 2015