Tiffany Jenkins on Neil MacGregor's exceptional leadership; Kader Attia on the archival impulse; Jack Orlik on the distinction between art and architecture
The retiring director is one of the great museum leaders in history
News and comment from our April issue: Thomas Marks and John Curtis on the cultural desecration of Iraq; Don Quixote in NYC; plus, should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?
Matthias Frehner and David Lewis discuss the problematic bequest
As Iraq and its heritage suffer, we must seek out and celebrate the great Assyrian artefacts in our own museum collections
Museum of London to move to Smithfield; fresh perspectives on Henry Moore and Basquiat; spotlight on education in museums; Asian art at the Met
Move should improve the museum and protect Smithfield fabric
Bardo museum shooting; Regional museums in crisis; Changing times for Helsinki's museums; Richard Long on mud and mark-making; and art fair highlights
Classical and contemporary collide at Breese Little gallery
Key speakers debated the issue at a Courtauld event this week
This year's TEFAF Art Symposium looked at an old but not unproblematic relationship
An early Mondrian hidden among Old Masters; Auerbach's striking self-portrait; and a curious Collector's Cabinet
Personal favourites from Maastricht, including an ancient Egyptian fragment and an unfinished old master painting
Fire at the Battersea Arts Centre; Why 'avant-garde' is a slippery term; and what's wrong with the BBC's Big Painting Challenge
Is it better to throw in your lot with dozens of other Sunday painters than go to art school?
The term 'avant-garde' has shifted meaning from its military roots to the byword for artistic innovation. How should we apply it to art history?
There are fashions in conservation just as in any other aesthetic practice
The iconoclasm of the Islamic State; highlights from TEFAF; the many sides of Paul Durand-Ruel; Britain's top art school graduates; and the latest museum acquisitions
By mid September, the same show will have toured three cities, in three countries, and will have picked up three different titles along the way
The single-artist museum
The imbalance seems historically ingrained. But surely museums could do more to explain it
View Festival of Art History; the Christie's purchase of Collectrium; Mark Scala on Telling Tales
And will traditional art industry divides persist online?
Digby Warde-Aldam explores what London has to offer, from contemporary abstract painting to Sargent's most disquieting portraits
How Neil MacGregor saved the British Museum
The retiring director is one of the great museum leaders in history
The Week’s Muse: 4 April
News and comment from our April issue: Thomas Marks and John Curtis on the cultural desecration of Iraq; Don Quixote in NYC; plus, should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?
Forum: Should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?
Matthias Frehner and David Lewis discuss the problematic bequest
Editor’s Letter: The cultural desecration of Iraq
As Iraq and its heritage suffer, we must seek out and celebrate the great Assyrian artefacts in our own museum collections
This Week’s Muse: 28 March
Museum of London to move to Smithfield; fresh perspectives on Henry Moore and Basquiat; spotlight on education in museums; Asian art at the Met
The Museum of London is Good News for Smithfield Market
Move should improve the museum and protect Smithfield fabric
The Week’s Muse: 21 March
Bardo museum shooting; Regional museums in crisis; Changing times for Helsinki's museums; Richard Long on mud and mark-making; and art fair highlights
Work in Focus: Surreal subjects at ‘Classicicity’
Classical and contemporary collide at Breese Little gallery
Regional museums are in crisis. Can they survive?
Key speakers debated the issue at a Courtauld event this week
How should private collectors and public museums work together?
This year's TEFAF Art Symposium looked at an old but not unproblematic relationship
TEFAF Treasures
An early Mondrian hidden among Old Masters; Auerbach's striking self-portrait; and a curious Collector's Cabinet
TEFAF Treasures
Personal favourites from Maastricht, including an ancient Egyptian fragment and an unfinished old master painting
The Week’s Muse: 14 March
Fire at the Battersea Arts Centre; Why 'avant-garde' is a slippery term; and what's wrong with the BBC's Big Painting Challenge
The BBC’s Big Painting Challenge is not the publicity British art needs
Is it better to throw in your lot with dozens of other Sunday painters than go to art school?
When was the avant-garde?
The term 'avant-garde' has shifted meaning from its military roots to the byword for artistic innovation. How should we apply it to art history?
The changing state of conservation
There are fashions in conservation just as in any other aesthetic practice
The Week’s Muse: 7 March
The iconoclasm of the Islamic State; highlights from TEFAF; the many sides of Paul Durand-Ruel; Britain's top art school graduates; and the latest museum acquisitions
Paul Durand-Ruel: Gambler, Discoverer or Inventor?
By mid September, the same show will have toured three cities, in three countries, and will have picked up three different titles along the way
Editor’s Letter: The single-artist museum
The single-artist museum
Women artists get a raw deal in historical collections. Will that ever change?
The imbalance seems historically ingrained. But surely museums could do more to explain it
The Week’s Muse: 28 February
View Festival of Art History; the Christie's purchase of Collectrium; Mark Scala on Telling Tales
What does the Christie’s purchase of Collectrium mean for art tech?
And will traditional art industry divides persist online?
London Diary: 22 February
Digby Warde-Aldam explores what London has to offer, from contemporary abstract painting to Sargent's most disquieting portraits