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Acquisitions of the Month: August 2015
Six of the most significant acquisitions to be announced by museums around the world
J.P. Morgan: The Man Who Bought the World
As the Wadsworth Atheneum reopens, Rachel Cohen considers the legacy of one of its greatest benefactors
When the Sun Set: 300 Years since the Death of Louis XIV
The King is dead! Long live the King! Portraits of Louis XIV and his infant successor, Louis XV
Forum: Should UK museums reintroduce entrance charges?
As some UK museums face cuts of up to 40 per cent, Bill Ferris and Alistair Brown discuss whether they should consider charging entrance fees again.
Letter from Moscow
Does Moscow now have its Tate Modern, in the new Garage Museum of Contemporary Art?
Preview: Parcours des Mondes brings tribal art to Paris
Highlights from the world’s most important commercial tribal art event
Elizabeth Bishop: The Poet’s Eye
Elizabeth Bishop refused to regard her paintings as art, but the best of them reveal the same interest in surfaces, and attitude to the world as her poetry
Editor’s Letter: A Guarded View
Industrial action at the National Gallery puts a spotlight on the role of the museum guard
Drawing the Curtain
Why paint a curtain? A look at the long tradition of depicting trompe l’oeil curtains in painting
Human Nature: the unsettling work of Piero di Cosimo
Since Vasari’s day, Piero has been treated as if he were a primitive ‘outsider’ artist
Public Relations: Adam Buck’s Regency portrait miniatures
The height of his popularity was also the beginning of the end
Is a $179 million Picasso cause for celebration?
The art market bubble continues to rise
Wanderlust: Joseph Cornell finally arrives in Europe
Even finding some of the artist’s fragile works was a challenge
Copying the classical: Interview with Salvatore Settis
Classical art is a hidden category of our contemporary culture
Classical and contemporary connections: Interview with Germano Celant
The Prada Foundation has no intention of being an ‘ego-museum’
Highlights of Masterpiece London
Where to find the most exceptional works at this year’s fair
Boy Wonder: Eric Ravilious at Dulwich Picture Gallery reviewed
The artist’s reputation is growing
The Taste of Victory: British artists and Waterloo
Painters struggled deal with the bloody reality of the battlefield
The Best of Art Basel
See the best work by some of the world’s most sought-after artists – right after you’ve done the dishes
Art in the Garden: Four great ways to enjoy art outdoors in the USA
Soak up some sun and some culture at the same time
Return to the source – the invention of American landscape painting
The painters of the Hudson River School are now firmly recognised as pioneers of American art – and inspiring a new generation of artists
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