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At home with the Ceaușescus
The dictator and his wife lived in luxury at their Spring Palace – with a golden bathroom and the only colour TV in Romania
Britain’s most important 20th-century housing is under threat
The Alton Estate in London is at risk from proposals that will ruin the architecture and destroy social housing
The layered life of Leonard Rosoman
A fine, detailed biography convinces us to take another look at the oft-neglected British artist
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Celebs at Art Basel Miami Beach, Ai Weiwei’s problem with German, and Peter Hitchens pans his portrait
The myth of Basquiat threatens to eclipse his art
The Barbican survey’s biographical focus detracts from the fervent energy of the paintings themselves
Enrico Castellani (1930–2017)
The Italian artist, minimalism’s chosen forefather, was a key figure of the post-war avant-garde
Spanish culture minister orders removal of works from Catalan museum
Art news daily: 11 December
The business of luxury in modern Vienna
The Wiener Werkstätte was a commercial flop, but its designs still embody the spirit of Viennese modernism
A pair of Easter Island treasures emerge
A sleek, modern aesthetic ups the selling power of a pair of Polynesian dance paddles
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artistic tastes of Britain’s spies, Prince Harry’s museum dance, Damien Hirst’s shopping habits and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle
Reading the riddles of Giorgio de Chirico
Considering the artist’s writing gives us invaluable new ways in which to see his painting
British Museum and Google launch digital project to preserve Mayan heritage
Art news daily: 30 November
Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic
The history of one of the most beloved fictional characters in British children’s literature
The defiant jokes of Jimmie Durham
The artist continues to confound expectations in this display of wit at the Whitney
The shows not to miss during London Art Week Winter
Why it’s time to wrap up warmly in the capital and get gallery hopping
A revamped Leeds Art Gallery cements the city’s cultural life
Extensive refurbishment has allowed the museum to rethink how its historic building and collection are presented
‘I always felt that paintings had a lot of ego’
R.H. Quaytman talks to Apollo about the problems and possibilities of painting
A New Era: Scottish Modern Art 1900-1950
A look at how Scottish artists responded and contributed to the development of European modern art
The burger museum facing the bulldozers
In Illinois, a nugget of fast-food heritage is set to be demolished
The unnerving brilliance of Alina Szapocznikow
The Polish artist’s powerful work is finally being accorded the attention it deserves. Don’t miss the chance to see it in the UK
Power dressing – a formidable collection of samurai armour in Dallas
Gabriel and Ann Barbier-Mueller have amassed one of the most important collections of its kind in the world
What Frank Stella saw – and what he made us see