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Housing secretary announces inquiry into Whitechapel Bell Foundry redevelopment

Art news daily: 23 January

The siren call of Tamara de Lempicka’s portrait of a cabaret singer

Portrait de Marjorie Ferry (detail; 1932), Tamara de Lempicka.

Will this painting of the Jazz Age chanteuse Marjorie Ferry seduce buyers and set a new auction record for the artist?

Television licence – how Nam June Paik turned cathode-ray tubes into art

Self-Portrait (2005), Nam June Paik.

Tate Modern’s show of the artist’s experiments with technology suggests that TV was his favourite medium

Art Fund launches appeal to save Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage

Derek Jarman’s cottage at Dungeness, Kent.

Art news daily: 22 January

Shakespeare’s First Folio will set you back millions – but its cultural value is immeasurable

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A copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio, coming to auction at Christie’s, New York, on 24 April.

A complete version of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays is up for sale. What is it that makes this book so desirable?

Patrick van Maris to resign as head of TEFAF

Patrick van Maris.

Art news daily: 21 January

‘He taught by example’ – a tribute to John Baldessari (1931–2020)

John Baldessari photographed in 2015.

One of the inventors of conceptual art, and a towering figure on the West Coast scene, he was also a dedicated mentor to his students

Society painters – the Indian artists who worked for the East India Company

Six Recruits, (1815–16), attributed to the family of Ghulam Ali Khan, India, Haryana. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

The Wallace Collection’s exhibition is very welcome, but could tell us more about the two-way traffic between Indian and Western artists

Tony Hall appointed chair of the National Gallery’s Board of Trustees

Art news daily: 20 January

Geneva’s modern art museum displays a refreshingly makeshift spirit

Installation view of ‘Rosemarie Castoro’ at MAMCO Geneva.

MAMCO’s origins as a collection formed by independent collectors still makes itself felt in interesting ways

‘When you’re an artist, you don’t have to do what you’re told to do’ – an interview with Rose Wylie

Rose Wylie photographed in her cottage in Kent in November 2019.

Inspired by everything from Tarantino films to chocolate biscuits, the artist’s exuberant, comic-strip canvases are utterly unmistakable

Jaime Botin receives prison sentence and €52m fine for trying to smuggle a Picasso out of Spain

Art news daily: 17 January

Highlights of London Art Fair – and beyond

(detail; 1969), Pat Douthwaite.Happiness is Green Shield Stamps

Modern British art gets a strong showing this month, while Condo also returns to the capital

‘He invented modern Glasgow’ – a tribute to Alasdair Gray (1934–2019)

Alasdair Gray (2004), Norman McBeath.

The painter-novelist was one of a kind – but his influence will continue to shape the imagination of Scotland

Putin appoints cultural leaders to rewrite constitution

Art news daily: 16 January

The Whitworth Art Gallery’s 130-year mission to make itself useful

Sir Joseph Whitworth (detail; before 1908), Thomas Benjamin Kennington. The Whitworth, University of Manchester

Founded in memory of the engineer Sir Joseph Whitworth, the museum has always supported the marriage of art and industry

Artists exhibiting at MoMA PS1 call on museum to drop board members

Art news daily: 15 January

Priam suspect – myths about ancient Troy collide with reality at the British Museum

Silver cup showing Priam supplicating Achilles, Roman, 1st century. National Museum of Denmark. Photo: Roberta Fortuna and Kira Ursem; © National Museet Denmark Photo: Roberta Fortuna and Kira Ursem; © National Museet Denmark

The myth of the ancient city has fascinated artists through the ages – and invited archaeologists to dig deeper into the legend

Director of Erie Art Museum departs following allegations of misconduct

Art news daily: 14 January

Freedom of movement – the lively paintings of Jacqueline de Jong

Bateau ivre en détresse (detail; 1987) Jacqueline de Jong.

The artist’s canvases are full of colour and motion and an energetic sense of play

Only connect – K-pop beams into the Serpentine Galleries

K-pop group BTS field questions from Hans Ulrich Obrist at a press conference on 14 January 2019 at the Serpentine in London

The Korean boyband BTS is collaborating on a global art project. Rakewell heads down to the Serpentine Galleries to find out why…

‘Nature in Culture: Modern British Art and the Environment’ – a talk at London Art Fair

Derelict china clay works, Belowda Beacon, Roche (c. 1940), Ruskin Spear. From the ‘Recording Britain’ collection of topographical watercolours and drawings made during the Second World War, a project initiated by Kenneth Clark.

A panel discussion with Ben Tufnell (director, Parafin Gallery), Rachel Pimm (artist), and Rosemary Shirley (academic). Chaired by Gabrielle Schwarz

Feast of burden – the uneasy paintings of Norbert Schwontkowski

Hochwasser (2006), Norbert Schwontkowski.

The artist’s murkily atmospheric works convey a deep sense of anxiety with a wry touch

Drawing believed to be by Dürer discovered in Vienna

St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

Art news daily: 13 January