Art news daily: 15 January
With no contracts or value exchanges, announced gifts can easily be revoked. But there are ways to firm up loose agreements
The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has joined the ranks of politicians who have tried to airbrush themselves into history
A Midwestern epic painting and minimalist marvels were among the top works to enter museum collections last month
Highlights include a celebration of Cosimo de’ Medici at the Uffizi and ceramics from Africa at the Design Museum in Munich
Grand narratives of progress are undermined in a surprisingly understated edition of the Chinese biennial
Gabrielle Schwarz talks to the critic and scholar Erika Balsom about her experience working between the worlds of art and cinema
Van Gogh, Whistler, Sargent and Manet were just some of the major artists who made pilgrimages to Haarlem to see Hals’s work
Painters at the Pahari courts found new ways to represent the Hindu gods in the 17th and 18th centuries
Drawing, video, sculpture and performance – no medium is out of bounds for the titan of American art
Warren MacKenzie’s commitment to craft
The renowned American potter believed simplicity, beauty, and affordability were of paramount importance