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The quiet transformation of the Worcester Art Museum

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The Gale, Winslow Homer, Worcester Art Museum

The Massachusetts institution is a small museum with a world-class collection – and it may even have a Leonardo

How Van Gogh imagined Japan

Almond Blossom, (1890), Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The artist’s collection of Japanese prints gave him a new way of seeing the world

Lionel Barber appointed chair of Tate trustees

Editor of the Financial Times Lionel Barber, tipped to be next chairman of the Tate

Art news daily: 29 March

How excessive taxes are stifling the German art market

In a global art world, Germany’s high VAT rate is holding its artists and collectors back

Lionel Barber tipped to be next chairman of Tate board

Editor of the Financial Times Lionel Barber, tipped to be next chairman of the Tate

Art news daily: 28 March

Minnette de Silva was a great architect – and her buildings should not be left to crumble

The north side of the Karunaratne House in Kandy, designed by Minnette de Silva and completed in 1950 (photo: early 1950s)

Kandy should be prouder of the pioneering architect, who instigated the idea of ‘regional modernism’

J. Paul Getty medal recipients for 2018 announced

The Getty Center.

Art news daily: 27 March

A first-class voyage through the golden age of ocean liners

The Titanic in dry dock

Luxury, glamour and romance abound in the V&A’s celebration of the heyday of sea travel

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

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When Henry Moore gave Barbara Hepworth the cold shoulder, plus the rest of last week’s arty tittle tattle

A tantalising peek into the Archive of Modern Conflict

Hailstones, natural size (1897), F. Pollard. Courtesy Archive of Modern Conflict, London

Despite its name, the London-based photography collection is far from being all about war

Congress increases funding to NEA and NEH

Art news daily: 26 March

‘I don’t call myself a printmaker’ – an interview with Christiane Baumgartner

Christiane Baumgartner uses the very traditional medium of the woodcut to capture the complexity of the modern world

The contradictory career of Decimus Burton

The Temperate House at Kew Gardens, designed by Decimus Burton and Richard Turner and built between 1859 and 1898, © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The architect was once best known for his neoclassical buildings, but his reputation now rests on the glasshouses at Kew Gardens

Have museums been too generous with naming rights?

With the culture sector increasingly relying on philanthropic giving, the role of the donor may merit greater scrutiny

Tacita Dean’s meditations on a medium

Prisoner Pair (2008), Tacita Dean.

Two shows in London reaffirm the artist’s intense dedication to film and the moving image

ICA Philadelphia is the first museum certified for paying artists fairly

Art new daily: 23 March

Take the second exit to Narnia…

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A rascal artist has doctored road signs in Oxfordshire to give directions to Narnia and Neverland

The sculptures that dare to mean nothing at all

‘Karla Black’, installation view at Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2018.

Karla Black’s playful new works subtly challenge the viewer to make sense of them

Book competition

Your chance to win ‘Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth’ (Paul Holberton)

Shortlist for Hepworth Prize for Sculpture announced

Art news daily: 22 March

Are undergraduate degrees in curating useful?

Illustration by Graham Roumieu/Dutch Uncle

Janna Graham and Niru Ratnam weigh in on whether curating is something that can, or should, be taught

Mike Nelson sets up camp in Walsall

'Mike Nelson: Lionheart', installation view, The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2018.

At the New Art Gallery the artist remakes an old installation exploring migration and belonging in Europe

New director for Berlin’s Humboldt Forum

View of the Berlin Palace, future home of the Humboldt Forum, taken in spring 2017.

Art news daily: 21 March

What Magritte found out in Paris

Le parfum de l'abîme, René Magritte, Private Collection. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018

The artist’s time in the French capital was not a success, but it formed his thinking about words and pictures