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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
Justice for Moo Deng, the internet’s favourite hippo
The rapid rise to fame of a baby pygmy hippopotamus in Thailand has raised concerns about her well-being – and about who will own her image rights
The Fab Four get the Rashomon treatment
On hearing that Sam Mendes is set to direct four Beatles biopics – one for each band member – your roving reporter wonders if it’s all too much
Reel life – how Zineb Sedira found herself through film
At the Whitechapel Gallery, the French-Algerian unspools personal and political histories through imitation sets and empty stages
The modern-day collectors who want to build their own cabinets of curiosities
Wonders that were once prized by Renaissance princes still inspire plenty of awe
Around the galleries – the Armory Show is still a force to be reckoned with
At a time when art fairs around the world are scaling back, the New York mainstay is still thinking big
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
London Diary: 19 April
Ravilious is bonkers and brilliant in Dulwich; Space sparkles at Daniel Blau; and is ‘Woman in Gold’ so bad it’s good?