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Forum: Should UK museums reintroduce entrance charges?
As some UK museums face cuts of up to 40 per cent, Bill Ferris and Alistair Brown discuss whether they should consider charging entrance fees again.
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…
Centenary show proves Ben Uri Gallery deserves a permanent home in London
Too many masterpieces from this collection are stuck in storage
Kiki Kogelnik: Fly Me to the Moon
Modern Art Oxford presents the first solo exhibition in the UK of acclaimed Austrian artist Kiki Kogelnik (1935-1997). Working in…
Drawing the Curtain
Why paint a curtain? A look at the long tradition of depicting trompe l’oeil curtains in painting
How Edmund de Waal came to love the colour white
The artist is to curate a show about the colour at the Royal Academy
London Diary
London is now stuck in the August doldrums. I’d complain about it more if only I could muster the energy
Arguments Between Artists and Patrons
Does Jeff Koons own the concept of a balloon dog? And why did Lucian Freud turn Jerry Hall into a man?
Acquisitions of the Month: July 2015
Which major works have made it into public collections this month?
Jonathan Ruffer’s grand plans for Auckland Castle
He’s saved the castle’s Zurbarán paintings; now he wants to transform the town into a hub for Spanish art
Black & White: Interview with William Kentridge
For the South African artist William Kentridge, everything begins with printmaking
Ai Weiwei’s returned passport is a coup for the RA
What will the freedom to travel mean for his art?
London Diary
Thrilling and thoughtful work by an Angolan collective puts shows by Marc Quinn and Joseph Cornell in the shade
The Accademia in Venice is falling to pieces
I cannot remember seeing a museum building in such an appalling state
Muse Reviews
Announcing the Prix Pictet shortlist; Adam Buck at the Ashmolean museum; Impressionism comes to Philadelphia
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Delacroix and His Forgotten World: The Origins of Romantic Painting’, by Margaret MacNamidhe
Trashing contemporary art
Ever thought a piece of contemporary art was rubbish? You’re not alone
Duane Hanson
The Serpentine presents the work of late American sculptor Duane Hanson in his first survey show in London since 1997.…
Public Relations: Adam Buck’s Regency portrait miniatures
The height of his popularity was also the beginning of the end
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Developers won’t bring the arts to Vauxhall
Developers’ attempts to introduce art to an area can often be wretched. Will Vauxhall avoid this fate?