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London Diary: 19 April

Ravilious is bonkers and brilliant in Dulwich; Space sparkles at Daniel Blau; and is ‘Woman in Gold’ so bad it’s good?

Muse Reviews: 19 April

Sultans, surveillance, and a gallery full of empty frames

Bonnard charms the culture minister and changes the rules at the Musée d’Orsay

Take all the photos you like…

Stamping down on the students: has the UK’s largest art school gone too far?

Students are asking legitimate questions about the future of art schools: UAL should listen

The forward-thinking director behind Frankfurt’s museums

Max Hollein discusses the challenges and rewards of running not one, but three, institutions

Sonia Delaunay steps out of her husband’s shadow at Tate Modern

But let’s not ignore Robert entirely…

Art Outlook: 16 April

IS demolishes the ancient city of Nimrud; Günter Grass dies aged 87; art trumps privacy in US court ruling; and don’t mention the Elgin Marbles

How to unlock the Victoria and Albert Museum

There are some very strange objects on show at ‘All of This Belongs to You’. Does the ambitious exhibition succeed in opening up the collection?

The destruction of Nimrud is a crime against humanity

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Islamic State has posted a video online that appears to show the destruction of the Assyrian city

The cosmopolitan culture of Deccan India comes to New York

The Met’s exhibition looks set to put Deccani art back on the map

In the Frame: National Gallery celebrates an overlooked art form

For many of us, frames are something of an afterthought, but it wasn’t always so

Bernini in Paris: Architecture at a Crossroad

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In 1665 Louis XIV asked Bernini to design a new façade for the Louvre. What would it have meant for Paris if the Sun King had commissioned him?

Baltic Diary: April

What is the relationship between art and the city?

Muse Reviews: 12 April

Riotous Romans in Paris; the difficulty of Defining Beauty; getting back into Tracey Emin’s Bed

The Week’s Muse: 11 April

Tiffany Jenkins on Neil MacGregor’s exceptional leadership; Kader Attia on the archival impulse; Jack Orlik on the distinction between art and architecture

Art Outlook: 10 April

British Museum bids farewell to Neil MacGregor; MFA Boston names its next director; plus, should there be a time limit on restitution claims?

Archival Impulse: an interview with Kader Attia

Hannah Gregory meets Kader Attia ahead of a major retrospective of his work in Lausanne

The difficulty of ‘Defining Beauty’

The British Museum’s celebration of the body in ancient Greek art is more complicated than you might imagine – and better for it

Art and/or Architecture in Somerset

Can you live in a sculpture? Is good architecture art? Who cares? And which exhibit stands out at Hauser & Wirth’s Architecture Season?

How Neil MacGregor saved the British Museum

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The retiring director is one of the great museum leaders in history

Powerful, humbling and relevant: Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Migration Series’ at MoMA

This important exhibition should be a wake-up call for today’s visitors

Roman Riot Club: ‘The Baroque Underworld’ draws crowds at the Petit Palais

Vice has always been a draw

Horrible Art Histories

A look at how the genre of the grotesque has unfolded from the Renaissance to the present day

London Diary: 5 April

Tracey Emin’s bed, Isa Genzken’s money, NS Harsha’s space cows, and Roger Ackling’s ‘Simple Gifts’