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From Eric Ravilious To Grayson Perry
In 2015 we mark the 30th anniversary of the opening display of the North-West Essex Collection in the Fry Art…
Mannequins: from the artist’s studio to fetish object
After being closed for renovation for eight months, the Musée Bourdelle is kicking off its reopening programme with the exhibition…
Family Man: the Foundling Museum presents another side to Jacob Epstein
A candid look at the artist’s portraits of his children
First Look: ‘The Art and Craft of Elena Polenova’ at Watts Gallery
Polenova was leading figure from the Russian Arts and Crafts movement
‘Silent Partners’: mannequins at the Fitzwilliam Museum
How have artists used mannequins and dolls to manipulate their audiences?
County Durham celebrates its Spanish heritage
Auckland Castle, the Bowes Museum and Durham University host a major Spanish Art symposium which draws on the region’s own superb collections
Physician, philanthropist, collector: ‘The Generous Georgian’ in three objects
The Foundling Museum introduces Dr Richard Mead
Ten house museums to visit this year
A few of the best house museums around, from Sir John Soane’s Museum in London to the Frick Collection in NYC
Arts Council Funding: Winners and Losers
Which visual arts organisations have seen the biggest changes?
Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2014: Shortlist Announced
The Art Fund Museum of the Year 2014 shortlist has been announced
On its 300th birthday, the Belvedere reflects on a remarkably complicated past
Built as a residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Vienna museum with a tangled history is now a home for Old Masters and modern art
A Netherlandish Saint Luke dressed up to the nines
Stephan Kemperdick of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie talks Apollo through Hugo van der Goes’s stylish depiction of the saint
Silicon Valley’s highly developed sense of self
Tech companies have long tried to put a human face on their latest innovations, with varying degrees of success
The British painter who was bullied into obscurity
Denis Wirth-Miller was unfairly dismissed as an imitator of his friend Francis Bacon, but it’s now clear that his detractors were wholly in the wrong
With the James Webb Telescope, star-gazing has become even more sublime
As data from NASA’s telescope is translated into images we can understand, the wonders it reveals are still out of this world
Henry Moore’s hoarding habits
The British sculptor’s monumental, minimal forms drew influence from his wide-ranging collection of ethnographic artefacts
Are frictions in Nigeria jeopardising the return of the Benin Bronzes?
With cracks appearing in the relationships of institutions in Nigeria, Barnaby Phillips wonders where the returned Benin Bronzes are going to end up
David Hockney sees through it all at the Fitzwilliam
The painter may be fond of his iPad, but his longstanding suspicion of the technologies that have tied artists to linear perspective is to the fore here
Will the new Burrell Collection give Glasgow global reach?
After six years of work, the city’s most singular museum is reopening. But while it is once again filled with wonders, there are also questions to be answered
Charles Ray and the art of keeping body and soul together
The sculptor may work with many different materials but the main ingredient in his art, he says, is time
The artists who wanted to rise above it all
The Transcendental Painting Group in New Mexico was sidelined for its esoteric beliefs, but its members are slowly entering the mainstream
Jewel identity – what can we glean from gems and minerals in museums?
In museums, minerals are both everyday matter and also objects of scientific interest – but they carry more intangible meanings too
My cultural city – Basel’s captivating contrasts, with Josef Helfenstein
The director of the Kunstmuseum Basel picks out his cultural highlights from a city in which vibrant traditions meet cosmopolitan flair
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