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Tate Britain appoints its next director; Ai Weiwei denied a six-month visa by UK government; Paolozzi’s London Underground murals relocate to Edinburgh; and the National Gallery makes an unusual painting purchase

30 Jul 2015

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Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport; Gerhard Richter threatens to pull loaned artworks from German museums; Douglas Gordon attacks theatre with axe

16 Jul 2015

Living with art: a look at Los Angeles’ domestic gallery spaces

Why rent a gallery when you can use your own apartment?

15 Jul 2015

Who’s in the running to lead Italy’s top museums? A look at the shortlists

Culture minister Dario Franceschini has 20 very big decisions to make

14 Jul 2015

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British Museum highlights could be sent to Abu Dhabi; Iranian artist imprisoned for ‘insulting the Supreme Leader’; MoMA staff stage protests

4 Jun 2015

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Fears for Palmyra as Islamic State militants seize neighbouring town; Anne Pasternak takes over at the Brooklyn Museum; Abramovic and Jay Z have a very public spat

21 May 2015

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It’s party week in New York and Venice, but there’s angst in Madrid

7 May 2015

Art Outlook: 16 April

IS demolishes the ancient city of Nimrud; Günter Grass dies aged 87; art trumps privacy in US court ruling; and don’t mention the Elgin Marbles

16 Apr 2015

In the Frame: National Gallery celebrates an overlooked art form

For many of us, frames are something of an afterthought, but it wasn’t always so

14 Apr 2015

Art Outlook: 3 April

Tate Britain director and RA curator head for Europe; LACMA teams up with Hyundai; the UK’s fight to keep an ancient Egyptian statue continues; plus our favourite April Fools

3 Apr 2015

Art Outlook: 26 February

Art news: English Heritage to split in two; Romania’s silence over Brancusi statue sale; Cézanne sketches discovered at the Barnes Foundation

26 Feb 2015

Art Outlook: 29 January

Sponsorship, strikes and self-censorship in London’s top museums; the Smithsonian’s international expansion; Tutankhamun’s broken beard

29 Jan 2015

Art Outlook: 11 December

The British Museum lends a Parthenon marble to Russia; the Cooper Hewitt reopens in New York; and another art theft in Italy

11 Dec 2014

Art Outlook: 20 November

News from the art world: art awards, auction records, and a royal stamp of approval

20 Nov 2014

Art Outlook: 13 November

Major gifts, controversial sales and record-breaking auctions

13 Nov 2014

Art Outlook: 6 November

The J. Paul Getty Museum’s major Manet acquisition; Ronald Lauder’s warning to the Kunstmuseum Bern; and North Korea’s first UK art show

6 Nov 2014

Art Outlook: 30 October

Some of the stories and discussions we’ve spotted online this week: Could ‘orphan’ artworks be brought in from the cold?…

30 Oct 2014

Looking for meaning: a conversation with Jonas Burgert

To me, Burgert’s paintings are packed with art-historical allusions. But if the artist meant them to sneak in, he won’t admit it

24 Oct 2014

Art Outlook: 23 October

Rene Burri dies aged 81; Nicholas Serota takes the Power 100 top spot; and Detroit makes a last-minute deal

23 Oct 2014
A cruise ship sailing in front of San Giorgio Maggiore in 2010.

Art Outlook: 16 October

Frieze Week; Burrell at Bonhams; Venice at risk; a public art challenge; and the art of slowing down

16 Oct 2014

Looking ahead: Katie Paterson discusses her ‘Future Library’

Katie Paterson’s latest work will be one hundred years in the making

11 Oct 2014

Art Outlook: 9 October

In the news this week: art law, racism and censorship debates, and the origins of art itself…

9 Oct 2014

Lookout: Folkestone Triennial turns the town into a gallery

Expect eco-friendly fish and chips, beach huts inspired by Hawksmoor, and crow’s nest hotels

8 Sep 2014

Art Outlook: 28 August

Art thefts, law suits, iconoclasm, politics and buried treasure

28 Aug 2014