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Prado cancels loan of two Bosch works

Art News Daily : 15 February

The shows worth seeing in London this week

The art shows worth seeing in London this fortnight, from Naum Gabo’s subtle prints at Alan Cristea, to Jo Spence’s harrowing final work

The museum of Cornish pasties and a peek inside Vincent’s bedroom

The Cornish pasty museum and now booking: Van Gogh’s bedroom on Airbnb

How the nuclear age made its mark on sculpture

The fear of nuclear disaster haunted the forms and materials of post-war sculpture

Shake-up at French culture ministry

Art News Daily : 12 February

A more sensible market for post-war and contemporary sales

But it’s far from doom and gloom

Boris Johnson under fire over Norton Folgate decision

Art News Daily : 11 February

The march of time at Modern Art Oxford: Celebrating 50 years

An ambitious year-long survey celebrates Modern Art Oxford’s great moments since its founding 50 years ago

Egyptology from the point of view of Egyptians

Review of a groundbreaking study of overlooked 20th-century scholars

TEFAF Talk: Open Furniture at The Wallace Collection, London

Find out why the Wallace Collection’s historic furniture is so highly prized – while enjoying a free breakfast…

British Museum in talks with indigenous leaders over sacred bark objects

Art News Daily : 10 February

Is it still possible to stop the Garden Bridge?

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Another week, another controversy. Can opponents of the Garden Bridge project still make their voices heard?

Rear views: the backs of paintings are well worth a look

An intriguing exhibition in Milan questions which side of a painting we should pay attention to

The YBA demolition jobs causing a sensation near you

Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are building and burrowing in London – but at what cost, asks Rakewell

Can Yemen’s unparalleled collection of manuscripts be saved?

Art News Daily : 9 February

Is street art an effective form of protest? Don’t Banksy on it

Commercial interest in the medium threatens to undermine it

Susan Hiller’s search for the right medium

The artist Susan Hiller in 2014.

‘What’s happened to the witch, the German puppet witch?’ Susan Hiller enquires of the waitress…

Impending closure for many UK regional museums

Art News Daily : 8 February

Francis Towne’s long road to recognition

Towne’s watercolours aren’t as ground-breaking as they were once made out to be, but they are definitely good enough to merit a revival

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster

Strength in numbers: stars of Netherlandish drawing, from Frans Floris to Rubens

‘The absence of big names is one of the joys of the exhibition.’ A revelatory display of drawings puts works by lesser-known Netherlandish masters in the spotlight.

A ‘dull period’ for British architecture?

Art News Daily : 5 February

Book Competition

Your chance to win ‘Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV’, by Charissa Bremer-David

The art market is off to a cautious start in 2016

Were this week’s sales a true reflection of the market, minus the smoke and mirrors of third-party guarantees?