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Culture wars in Bosnia
The National Museum of Bosnia-Herzegovina is a powerful symbol of the tensions that persist in Bosnia more than 20 years after the end of the war
Mondrian gets his moment
The Gemeentemuseum has the largest collection of Mondrian’s works in the world – no wonder that it’s at the centre of the centenary celebrations of De Stijl this year
Refugees: German Contribution to 20th Century British Art
Two exhibitions look at the German artists who arrived in London in the first half of the 20th century attempting to re-establish their careers and identity
‘This human act of paying attention’
Tim Etchells and Vlatka Horvat delved into the storerooms of Sheffield’s museums and discovered the joy of curating (also, a platypus)
The menacing charm of Marisa Merz
The playful sculptures and paintings of the only woman in the Arte Povera movement have a distinctly steely edge
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Gilbert & George RA; Giles Coren, art historian; and Mary Beard takes aim at the Vatican Museums
Can a long-lost Egyptian colossus save ancient Heliopolis?
A huge Egyptian statue has been unearthed in a Cairo suburb. Will the global attention it has received lead to further discoveries at the neglected site?
Turns out the American Dream is more of a nightmare
The development of American printmaking since the 1960s is seen in the context of today’s fragile political climate
Past and present collide at the Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s new medieval and Renaissance galleries put its outstanding collections in the spotlight and invites fresh and unexpected connections
Discover the best drawings at Salon du Dessin 2017
The Parisian fair returns this month to celebrate one of the most instinctive and timeless of mediums
TEFAF exhibitors report another fruitful fair
Early reported sales at TEFAF Maastricht were strong, particularly among Old Master dealers
Monarch of the Glen to stay in Scotland after £4 million fundraising drive
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The quiet revolution of British watercolours
The British watercolour tradition did not end with the death of Turner
The man who created ‘dictator chic’
Charles Percier may not be a household name, but his Empire style sums up the Napoleonic era – and has had imitators ever since
The artists who dine out on their reputation
Damien Hirst is by no means the first artist to have done a doodle for a restaurateur
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Howard Hodgkin’s acute eye for beach towels, plus Jack White and De Stijl
The art of lying down
Penelope Curtis discusses this year’s TEFAF Curated display, ‘La Grande Horizontale’, which explores the theme of the recumbent figure in art
Something has gone very wrong at Christie’s
The auction house’s decision to close its South Kensington saleroom and scale back operations in Amsterdam smacks of corporate short-termism
Beyond the Surface: Howard Hodgkin, 1932–2017
The celebrated painter Howard Hodgkin has died in London aged 84
‘Joy has to be part of the vocabulary of art’
Christopher Le Brun PRA discusses the musical and mythological inspirations behind his work as an exhibition of his new paintings opens across two US venues
Celebrating Alfred Basbous, the artist who breathed life into Lebanese sculpture
Alfred Basbous was inspired by European modernists, but also tapped into an ancient and timeless sculptural tradition
Rothko, Richter and Rauschenberg star in London’s contemporary art auctions
Auction highlights this month include a surprisingly good group of American paintings at Christie’s London
Ten highlights from the Armory Show
A run-down of the most talked-about pieces at this year’s Armory Show in New York
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Is Documenta exploiting the economic crisis in Athens?
This year Documenta will be split between Kassel and Athens. Is this ‘crisis tourism’ or will it spotlight the city’s overlooked contemporary art scene?