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German art historian Hartwig Fischer named British Museum director

The appointment will come as a surprise to many people in the UK

A Prado on the Prairie: ‘Treasures from the House of Alba’ in Dallas

There’s something for everyone in this spectacular show

Book Competition

Your chance to win Rodin, by Raphael Masson and Véronique Mattiussi

RIBA Gold Medallist Zaha Hadid Storms Out of ‘Car Crash’ Interview

Art News Daily : 24 September

Ambitious plans for Gainsborough’s birthplace

Can a small museum in a Suffolk market town become a major centre for the study of the artist’s work?

‘Lost Rembrandt’ Surfaces in New Jersey

Art News Daily : 23 September

Agnes Martin and the power of tranquility

Agnes Martin’s serene paintings give pause for thought

Strike at the Musée d’Orsay Delays Splendour and Misery

Art News Daily : 22 September

Revealed: Winning Designs For ‘A Folly For London’ To Rival The Garden Bridge

Absurdities abound

‘Watching this chaos unfurl’: Interview with Joanna Kirk

‘There is an element in my work that is a bit like bringing up small children’

Up Close And Personal with Thomas Hart Benton

Rakewell

The Missouri Republican Party’s Vice Chairman writes on art – literally

Court Orders Anish Kapoor to Remove Graffiti

Art News Daily : 21 September

Fresh Start for Florence’s Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato

Highlights from the fair, which has found a new leader in Fabrizio Moretti

Moscow Police: Unlikely Picasso Fans?

Rakewell

Recent events in Moscow suggest that Russian rozzers may be law enforcement’s answer to the Stuckists

Art critic Brian Sewell has died aged 84

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Sewell, who worked at the Evening Standard for 30 years, was one of Britain’s most famous and acerbic critics

Force of Nature: Interview with Giuseppe Penone

‘If an artistic language is very complex, it can’t be used to communicate.’

Bosnia’s National Museum Reopens

Art News Daily : 18 September

Spellcheck: Darbyshire Comes To Cambridge

Rakewell

Poor Matthew Darbyshire, how do you make a name for yourself if nobody can actually spell your name?

Yorkshire’s Celebration Of Anthony Caro

Hepworth Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park have joined forces for a major exhibition

UNESCO Reports ‘Industrial Scale Looting’ in Syria

Art News Daily : 17 September

The 10 Most Endangered Buildings in the UK

The Victorian Society has released a list of historic buildings that are most in need of our help this year

Germany Compromises over Bill that Enraged Baselitz

Art News Daily : 16 September

Where’s Weiwei?

Rakewell

Camera phones at the ready

Autumn Art Highlights: London

Look forward to frantic Frieze Week festivities and quality museum shows in the UK capital