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Tate Britain and the Poetry of Postcard Sales

Tate’s new advertising campaign turns away from images in favour of doggerel about postcard sales and selfies

Matteo Renzi Pledges €1 billion to Italian Culture Budget

Art News Daily : 26 November

Gertrude Hermes gets a room of her own

The sculptor Gertrude Hermes has often been overshadowed by her contemporaries, but the first major exhibition of her work in 30 years is a chance to see her more clearly

Arts Sector Spared Major Cuts in UK Government Spending Review

Art News Daily : 25 November

It is hard to overstate the gravity of the Castelvecchio thefts

The loss of 17 masterpieces is a disaster for the Italian museum sector

London Diary: Art and Anxiety

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‘I made it my mission last week to find a show that captured the city’s twitchiness.’

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation angers Jewish Groups in Restitution Dispute

An image from The Gospels of Henry the Lion, one of the most famous items of the Guelph Treasure

Art News Daily : 24 November

Apollo Awards Ceremony

The winners of the Apollo Awards 2015 were announced last night at a ceremony at RSA House in London, attended by major figures from the art world

17 Masterpieces Stolen in Verona Art Heist

Art News Daily : 23 November

The Apollo Award Winners 2015

Announcing Apollo’s Personality, Artist, Museum Opening, Exhibition, Book, Digital Innovation, and Acquisition of the Year

Personality of the Year

Apollo Awards: Personality of the Year: Maria Balshaw

Maria Balshaw, the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester City Galleries, has been a driving force behind the city’s cultural renaissance

Artist of the Year

Apollo Awards: Artist of the Year: William Kentridge

South African William Kentridge has a remarkable range and is one of the most important artists working today

Acquisition of the Year

The four bronze angels commissioned for the tomb of Cardinal Wolsey are reunited at last at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Exhibition of the Year

Apollo Awards: Exhibition of the Year: Silent Partners, Fitzwilliam Museum

‘Silent Partners’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge was a revelatory show about the role of the mannequin in art history

Digital Innovation of the Year

Apollo Awards: Digital Innovation of the Year: Million Image Database

The Million Image Database is documenting threatened cultural heritage sites all around the world, through the efforts of volunteers

Book of the Year

Apollo Awards: Book of the Year: Carrying Off the Palaces

‘Carrying Off the Palaces’ is one of the most important works on John Ruskin in recent decades and a major contribution to the history of photography

Museum Opening of the Year

Apollo Awards: Museum Opening of the Year: The Whitney Museum

The Whitney Museum’s widely acclaimed move downtown means that American art now has the home it deserves

Beyond Modigliani – alternative histories of modern Italian art in New York

Uncovering some of the period’s forgotten stars

The Rake’s Progress: A Week in Gossip

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Eddie Peake dresses up for Victoria Beckham; David Cameron pops into Pace; and the taste of Tinder CEO Sean Rad

Finally, an Alec Soth show in London

This major solo show reveals just how much Soth’s frank stare pervades his photographs

Artist & Poet Sentenced to Death in Saudi Arabia

Art News Daily : 20 November

What next for the Serpentine?

The retirement of co-director Julia Peyton-Jones comes at a time when the Serpentine and other London institutions are at a turning point

Book Competition

Your chance to win ‘Gothic for the Steam Age: An Illustrated Biography of George Gilbert Scott’, by Gavin Stamp

Announcing the Asian Art In London Award Winners

The awards were presented yesterday evening at a Gala Party marking the start of the citywide art event