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Small but perfectly formed
Examples of Dutch micro-carving on show at the Rijksmuseum are full of astounding detail
Do the prices at auction muddy our interpretation of art?
In May, a painting by Basquiat sold at auction for $110.5m. But when does money overtake other judgements?
In search of the Rose+Croix artists
The Guggenheim explores French mystical symbolism – and looks beyond the famous figure of Joséphin Péladan
Public sculpture in the UK is about to become more visible
Art UK, which last year launched a digital catalogue of every oil painting in public ownership, has embarked on an equivalent project for sculpture
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
From Brian Sewell to Justin Bieber, the best of last week’s tittle-tattle from the art world
Bill Viola breathes fresh life into the Renaissance
A thrilling opportunity to see Bill Viola’s work alongside the Renaissance art that inspired it
MoMA puts on a model exhibition about Frank Lloyd Wright
This revelatory show matches Frank Lloyd Wright’s work to his personality and his designs to his ambitions
What has Kassel’s Documenta learned from Athens?
The Kassel leg of Documenta 14 has just opened, but will it fare batter than its much-criticised Athens counterpart?
A new home for post-war Italian art
Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu talk about sharing their collection at their new art space, Magazzino
Why your sports shoes could be worth a fortune
A pair of self-lacing trainers has sold at auction for more than $50,000 dollars. Could you be standing on a fortune?
Gathering dust at the Whitechapel Gallery
With its abstract qualities and unsettling symbolic significance, dust emerged as a key theme in 20th-century photography
The museum building that expresses the tragedy of Cologne
Peter Zumthor’s Kolumba is a poignant monument for a city devastated by wartime bombing
How David Jones resisted the modern world
A new biography reveals an artist who, falling out of step with contemporary life, created an imaginative world of his own through art
The Louvre goes to the movies (again)
Wonder Woman now works at the Louvre… but will her curatorial credentials spare her bad reviews?
The National Gallery of Ireland enters a new era
The National Gallery of Ireland’s six-year-long refurbishment gives its Old Masters and Irish paintings a chance to shine
Mid-century Harlem through the eyes of Alice Neel
The portraits she created in and around Spanish Harlem are vivid snapshots of New York life and community
The historic Roman tapestries that travelled to New York
The remarkable Barberini tapestries at the Cathedral of St John the Divine are packed with surprising and beautiful details
Mythical beasts in Mesopotamia
What do sculpted animals in Mesopotamian art tell us about the relationship between gods and men?
As visceral a painting as you will ever encounter…
Max Beckmann’s ‘Bird’s Hell’, a terrifying vision of cruelty painted after he fled Nazi Germany, is to be sold at auction for the first time
The disturbing dreams of Michael Armitage
Armitage’s paintings combine African politics and western art history – and will make you see both in a different light
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Tracey Emin gets bored of her peers; artists and salad; and Pamela Anderson’s favourite museum
A shining example of silver scholarship
One of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe gets the attention it deserves in a new book
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