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A tribute to Gillian Ayres (1930–2018)
Ayres has died at the age of 88 after a long, vibrant career as one of Britain’s leading abstract painters
Ancient civilisations get a modern makeover at the Penn Museum
The museum’s collection of more than a million artefacts is being redisplayed in a major refurbishment
Acquisitions of the month: March 2018
A major work of land art by Nancy Holt and Liotard’s largest extant work on pastel are among this month’s top acquisitions
How contemporary initiatives are reviving historic sites in Rajasthan
A sculpture park in a hill fort and a mansion showing Indian crafts are just two signs of the region’s cultural renaissance
Epistolary exchanges with Edward Bawden
Peyton Skipwith remembers two decades of friendship and correspondence with the British artist
The quiet transformation of the Worcester Art Museum
The Massachusetts institution is a small museum with a world-class collection – and it may even have a Leonardo
Pilgrims and parrots in Jordan’s city of mosaics
Madaba preserves traces of the ancient Greek-Christian culture of the Middle East
Hubert de Givenchy (1927–2018)
Hubert de Givenchy, the celebrated couturier and collector of fine and decorative art, has died at at the age of 91
Sylvia Pankhurst and the art of suffrage
How Sylvia Pankhurst designed the movement that won women the vote
Beyond TEFAF – more to see in Maastricht and the region
A look at some of the impressive satellite shows being staged alongside TEFAF
Acquisitions of the month: February 2018
A Duchamp readymade owned by Robert Rauschenberg and an Etruscan bronze are among this month’s top acquisitions
The monuments that made Mexico
The Museo Nacional de Antropologia presents a thrilling sequence of Mexican civilisations from the second millennium BC to the present day
The Catholic chapel that cost Eton one pound
An early 20th-century copy of a baroque chapel has been restored to its former glory
What national museums tell us about national identities
Museums of national history put the stories countries like to tell about themselves into physical form
Speaking up about art
Conversation can be a important and enjoyable way of paying attention to artworks
‘We can’t talk about the war because we are still in the middle of it’
What kind of art are Syrian artists making, if they are able to make art at all?
First class: the art of the Post Office
How Britain’s postal system has inspired artists, from its origins in the 16th century to today
The very Victorian nymphs of J.W. Waterhouse
How did the first viewers of ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ interpret the painting?
‘Tell me who Kandinsky is’: T.S. Eliot among the artists
Can T.S. Eliot’s poetic experiments be read alongside parallel developments in the visual arts? And how much has he influenced artists?
Acquisitions of the month: January 2018
The finest additions to public collections this month include a crop of modern European artworks, from Munch to Mondrian
A new look for Kettle’s Yard
After a major refurbishment, Kettle’s Yard is reopening – but it remains true to the spirit of its founder, Jim Ede
Face to face with the Gurlitt hoard
The paintings that Cornelius Gurlitt, son of a Third Reich art dealer, kept hidden for decades are now out in the open – so what happens next?
The art and wisdom of Jack Whitten
He’ll be remembered for his restless abstract experiments, but Whitten also had a deep moral instinct
A mystical Korean mountain comes to the Met
The Diamond Mountains have inspired Korean artists for centuries – and some of its best depictions are coming to New York
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Are the art market’s problems being blown out of proportion?