Art news daily: 12 April
A major work of land art by Nancy Holt and Liotard’s largest extant work on pastel are among this month’s top acquisitions
The tiny head of Yuri Gagarin, Richard Rogers gets hit with an umbrella, and the rest of last week’s arty tittle-tattle
The artist’s monumental drawings challenge the viewer to discover unexpected details in their pitch-black surfaces
A sculpture park in a hill fort and a mansion showing Indian crafts are just two signs of the region’s cultural renaissance
Our daily round-up of news from the art world Nick Mitzevich named director of National Gallery of Australia | Nick…
The relationship between Italian art and politics reconsidered through restaged exhibitions from the Fascist era
Eva Rothschild talks about her work and influences – from minimalism to Ireland’s coastal landscapes
On the tercentenary of his birth, Thomas Chippendale still exercises a unique hold on the market for British furniture
The barbs of Francis Bacon, an auction of VIP hotel doors, and an artistic slanging match between Chicago and Houston
Kate Flint’s history of flash photography highlights the uses of a technology many practitioners have mixed feelings about
Baldessari is the latest star to appear in The Simpsons – in a flashback scene with cub reporter Marge Simpson
Can a local authority really get rid of 90 per cent of its art?
Once part of a pioneering schools loan programme, most of Hertfordshire County Council’s art collection looks set to be flogged off