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A long-lost Cimabue has emerged – and the ‘first light’ of painting now burns brighter than ever
The chance discovery in a kitchen in France has major significance for scholarship on the Florentine master
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry should be a working factory, not a boutique hotel
Why is Historic England supporting a developer’s plans when there’s a better proposal waiting in the wings?
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The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamed Elshahed
The writer and researcher has written a comprehensive new history of modern architecture in Cairo
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Penn Museum returns ancient clay tablets to Iraq
Art news daily: 6 December
Museums across France close or restrict access due to national strikes
Art news daily: 5 December
Turner Prize awarded to all four shortlisted artists
Art news daily: 4 December
Reviews
Mane attraction – the star quality of Susan Sontag
For all her flaws – and love of the limelight – Sontag’s commitment to seriousness feels more necessary than ever
From the high life to the Life of Christ – James Tissot’s path to piety
On his 50th birthday the society painter set off for the Holy Land, experiencing something of a conversion
The Week’s Muse: 7 June
Mermaid, Manuel Lanca Bonifacio, pencil crayon on paper
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A response to the shooting at the Musée Juif de Belgique
Fuss over nothing?
The role of connoisseurship
Outsider Art in the UK
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Paul Mellon’s final gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Paintings by Van Gogh, Degas and Seurat are among the 62 modern works bequeathed by Paul Mellon, to enter the NGA collection recently
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Nothing new? The row over Marina Abramović’s new show
Marina Abramović intends to do nothing at the Serpentine Galleries this summer. But nothing has been done before…