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American museums should not be selling their art to keep the lights on
Deaccessioning rules for US museums have been relaxed to raise money for collection care – and even the Met may take advantage. It’s a slippery slope, says Thomas P. Campbell
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The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamad Hafez
The Syrian-born, US-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his sculptural dioramas of cities ravaged by war – and offers a message of hope for the future
Art news daily
Missing Jacob Lawrence painting discovered in Manhattan apartment
The panel from one of the American painter’s great narrative series is the second to have shown up by chance in quick succession
The week in art news – Amnesty report points to massacre in Ethiopian town of Axum
Plus: Swiss museums reopen next week, while UK museums must wait until May | Experts confirm message on The Scream is by Munch | and National Gallery in London and Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin update Hugh Lane bequest deal
Experts confirm Edvard Munch wrote secret message on The Scream
Experts have confirmed that the writing on The Scream is in Munch’s handwriting
Reviews
The Met’s Old Masters, seen in a new light
European paintings still occupy prime real estate on Fifth Avenue – but a redisplay offers fresh insight into the Met’s hallowed holdings
Vein glorious: an epic history of marble, reviewed
For millennia, marble was taken to be a gleaming reflection of the heavens – and, in Fabio Barry’s new book, it regains its divine mysteries
The Week’s Muse: 15 February
Sun Tunnels (1976), Nancy Holt. Photo: Retis (via Flickr)
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The artist Patrick Scott has died aged 93, on the eve of his retrospective at IMMA, which launches today. This week also brought the sad news of Nancy Holt’s death. Alongside our usual round-up of news and reviews, we’d like to pay tribute to both artists this weekend:
Nancy Holt: 1938–2014
Patrick Scott: 1921–2014
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Meditation Painting 28 (2006), Patrick Scott. Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, the artist, 2013
Sun Tunnels (1976), Nancy Holt. Photo: Retis (via Flickr)
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