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Walker Art Center director Olga Viso steps down

Art news daily : 15 November

Why are there so few portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots?

Detail of an X-ray showing the portrait of a woman believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots, underneath Adrian Vanson's portrait of Sir John Maitland.

The discovery of a hidden painting highlights that very few depictions of the queen date from during her lifetime

‘An age riven with contradictory impulses’

River God (c. 1526–27), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564). Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence

The Palazzo Strozzi makes the most of the tensions that fuelled the cinquecento’s creative energy

UAE detains Swiss journalists covering Louvre Abu Dhabi opening

Art news daily : 14 November

Acquisition of the Year

Apollo Awards 2017: Acquisition of the Year Shortlist

The Fortress of Königstein from the North (c. 1756–58), Bernardo Bellotto National Gallery, London This vast panoramic landscape, depicting an imposing…

Digital Innovation of the Year

The Apollo Awards 2017: Digital Innovation of the Year Shortlist

Art Rabbit The launch of Art Rabbit’s new app has transformed the well-established online art guide into a far more…

Exhibition of the Year

Apollo Awards 2017: Exhibition of the Year Shortlist

Michelangelo & Sebastiano National Gallery, London 15 March–25 June This grand and grandly serious exhibition explored the creative exchange between…

Book of the Year

Apollo Awards 2017: Book of the Year Shortlist

Hardwick Hall: A Great Old Castle of Romance David Adshead and David A.H.B. Taylor (eds.) Yale University Press for the…

Museum Opening of the Year

Apollo Awards 2017: Museum Opening of the Year Shortlist

Emery Walker’s House London The best-preserved Arts & Crafts interior in Britain reopened after an 18-month restoration (as part of…

Artist of the Year

Apollo Awards 2017: Artist of the Year Shortlist

Frank Bowling The abstract, textured paintings by the Guyana-born artist have been widely shown this year. A solo exhibition opened…

Canova’s lost portrait bust of Joachim Murat has come to light

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Bust of Joachim Murat (1813), Antonio Canova. Image courtesy Christie's

Until recently, experts were unsure where this extraordinary portrait bust of Napoleon’s brother-in-law had ended up, or whether it had survived at all

Rediscovering a priceless collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Portrait of John G. Johnson (1917), Conrad F. Haeseler. Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Miss Julia W. Frick and Sidney W. Frick

A century after it was left to the city of Philadelphia, John G. Johnson’s art collection continues to surprise

Appeals court halts Berkshire Museum collection sale

Sotheby's, New York, in June 2004. Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images

Art news daily : 13 November

A moving medley of manifestos

Manifesto by Julian Rosefeldt (starring Cate Blanchett)

Julian Rosefeldt’s new film looks again at the emotionally charged, political, performative texts that have shaped the course of culture

The medieval marvels in Durham Cathedral’s kitchen

Among the treasures of St Cuthbert in Durham are several of the most remarkable medieval objects to be seen anywhere

Former US commerce secretary gives $5m to Getty conservation fund

The Getty Center.

Art news daily : 10 November

Book competition

Your chance to win ‘Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900’ (Yale University Press)

What next for UNESCO?

A picture taken on 12 October, 2017 shows the logo of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The United States and Israel have both announced their intention to withdraw from the organisation. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images

The organisation’s new director general must find a way to promote diplomacy following the US’s withdrawal

The Asian Art in London Art Awards 2017: The Winners

Imperial dragon and lotus decorated bowl stand, China, Yongle period (1403–24).

Apollo presents the winners of this year’s Asian Art in London Art Awards

V&A acquires part of Robin Hood Gardens

Art news daily : 9 November

Face to face with Murillo at the Frick

Self-Portrait (detail; c. 1650–55), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. © The Frick Collection

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s rare and inventive portraits are on display in New York after a major research and conservation project

Tied up at the Design Museum with Jon Snow

Knot the nine o'clock news: Jon Snow

Jon Snow’s jazzy neckwear has a display of its own at the Design Museum in London

Court rules that Berkshire Museum art sale can proceed

Art news daily : 8 November

The artists who gave up colour

Odalisque in Grisaille (c. 1824–34), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and workshop. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource / Scala, Florence

Artists throughout the ages have painted in black and white or monochrome. What is the appeal of art without colour?