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Sotheby’s earnings plummet by 88 per cent in first half of year
Plus: open letter criticises Chinese interference in French museums, and Las Vegas is to get an art museum
‘I know exactly what I am looking for’ – Helen Hamlyn on collecting with purpose
The philanthropist’s pursuits range from collecting Asian art to restoring ruined buildings
The Italian wines that look as good as they taste
A series of artist-designed bottles produced by an innovative Tuscan winery wouldn’t be out of place in a gallery
The week in art news – the Met hires its first head of provenance
Plus: Denver Art Museum returns 11 more artefacts to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and some Damien Hirst sculptures may be more recently made than they seem
A New Look at Van Eyck: Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
The Louvre has restored the Van Eyck masterpiece for the first time since it entered the museum in 1800
Alfredo Boulton: Looking at Venezuela (1928–1978)
The Getty Center makes a case for the critic and photographer’s important role in the development of art history in his home country
Inside a very forward-looking home in Rome
At Casa Balla, Futurism was definitely a family affair for Giacomo Balla and his daughters Lucia and Elice
Why Laurie Anderson is still looking at the world sideways
The performance artist has struck an uneasy balance between fact and fiction in her work for more than five decades
Finnish lines – a new look for the Ateneum in Helsinki
Finland’s most important art museum has been completely rehung just as questions of culture and national identity are on everyone’s mind
Vermeer’s very strange way of looking at things
The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
‘You have to look into the past to move forward’ – an interview with Zineb Sedira
The French-Algerian artist explains her fascination with the activism of the 1960s and why, for her, the personal really is political
First-class results in Cambridge
A new library at Magdalene College and a dining hall at Homerton make the most of modern craftsmanship
Sculpture from the scrapyard and Simone Leigh’s first museum survey – contemporary art highlights in 2023
Exhibitions to look forward to include some major retrospectives and shows that pick up where the Venice Biennale left off
The major art anniversaries to look out for in 2023
Joshua Reynolds, Sarah Bernhardt and Pablo Picasso are all being celebrated in anniversary events this year
The first billion-dollar auction? Plus ça change…
The sale of masterpieces at Christie’s shattered records – but has it really changed the art market?
What can we learn from looking at doubles?
An exhibition examining ‘doubles’ in modern art at National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. ends up a little out of focus
Wolfgang Tillmans: To Look Without Fear
MoMA presents the first US survey of the photographer’s intimate portraits of contemporary life
Progress report – the Huntington reckons with its past and looks to the future
The Gilded Age institution renowned for its Eurocentric holdings is re-evaluating its history and winning over a wider audience
‘You look for your own art history’ – an interview with Isaac Julien
The artist tells Apollo how his new film for the Barnes Foundation weaves together restitution debates with the history of the Harlem Renaissance
A closer look at William Kent’s gilded ceilings at Houghton Hall
With a new book dedicated to William Kent’s Houghton Hall ceilings, Apollo takes a closer look at the depiction of Venus in the Green Velvet Drawing Room
The art of making stone look good enough to eat
Rocks that resemble food may not be appetising exactly, but they can certainly be a feast for the eyes
Arty books and films to look out for in 2022
From a caper about the pensioner who swiped a Goya to the memoir of a curator who came in from the cold – the must-see movies and a first reading list for art lovers
The major art anniversaries to look out for in 2022
The year ahead brings significant anniversaries and, consequently, blockbuster exhibitions for Lucian Freud, Piet Mondrian and Rosa Bonheur
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