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Artists on film; Spanish art in Durham; contemporary art in Paris; and auctions online

Tim Knox first came across ‘the most splendid British embassy building anywhere’ in a box of photographs on Portobello Road

Frieze week takes it out of you alright, but there has been some seriously good stuff on show

When you’ve been to more than 40 shows in three days you start to feel a little…displaced

PAD, the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, and another clutch of gallery shows: this week is taking its toll

Art law and attribution; the Balfron Tower and Brutalism; and an end to love locks in Paris?

National treasures up for sale; art and protest in Latin America; plaster casts and the Classics Cabal

Two exhibitions in Buenos Aires this summer explored how Latin American artists have responded to the region’s social and economic upheavals

Forget PPE…Classics is the humanities subject that rules. Is the subject’s future brighter than people tend to think?

Can a copy ever be more authentic, and more informative, than an original work of art?

Fountains, house museums and computer connoisseurs: a round-up of recent comment from the Muse Room

Scientists have developed an algorithm that identifies visual affinities between paintings. Are we all out of a job?

A few of the best house museums around, from Sir John Soane’s Museum in London to the Frick Collection in NYC

The Scottish independence referendum takes place on 18 September. What would a ‘Yes’ vote mean for the country’s museums and…

If you had $65 million to blow on your local museum, how would you spend it?

Alternative art schools; the Biennale des Antiquaires; the enduring appeal of the Warburg Institute; and Stephen Shore on Instagram