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Review: ‘British Art at War: Walter Sickert’ on BBC Four

Andrew Graham-Dixon gives an engaging account of the modern artist and marketeer. But what about the war?

Collectors’ Focus: September Apollo

Our September Collectors’ Focus looks at the market for gothic ivories

Brussels Art Square: September Apollo

Brussels Art Square is bolstered by a new initiative to encourage international visitors

The Classics Cabal

Forget PPE…Classics is the humanities subject that rules. Is the subject’s future brighter than people tend to think?

First Look: ‘Assyria to Iberia’ at the Metropolitan Museum

The roots of global communication – which has profoundly shaped the modern world – lie deep in our ancient past

Gallery: ‘Assyria to Iberia’ at the Metropolitan Museum

Highlights from the ‘dawn of the classical age’

More than just copies: Brussels’ Plaster Cast Workshop

Can a copy ever be more authentic, and more informative, than an original work of art?

Muse Reviews: 21 September

Great British artists in the limelight this week: ‘Late Turner’ at Tate; Christopher Dresser at the Fine Art Society; and Paul Nash on BBC Four

London in Paris: Gilbert & George at Thaddaeus Ropac

Will Gilbert and George’s Scapegoating Pictures have the same impact in Paris as in London?

The Week’s Muse: 20 September

Fountains, house museums and computer connoisseurs: a round-up of recent comment from the Muse Room

The Wallace Collection: The Great Gallery reopens

The Great Galley at the Wallace Collections reopens after a two year refurbishment

Can artificial intelligence really identify artistic influence?

Scientists have developed an algorithm that identifies visual affinities between paintings. Are we all out of a job?

Review: Bernd and Hilla Becher at Sprüth Magers

An earnest girl in a Hackney pub once told me she was fascinated by motorway flyovers; ‘I just think they’re…

Art Outlook: 18 September

What would Scottish independence mean for the arts? Is the Wallace Collection’s Great Gallery as good as they say? And who spends $65 million on a new pavement?

Ten house museums to visit this year

A few of the best house museums around, from Sir John Soane’s Museum in London to the Frick Collection in NYC

‘Houses as Museums…Museums as Houses’

What is it that separates a house from a museum, and do we like those separations?

Forum: Would independence for Scotland compromise its museums and galleries?

The Scottish independence referendum takes place on 18 September. What would a ‘Yes’ vote mean for the country’s museums and…

First Look: ‘Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s’ at LACMA

The challenges and opportunities of curating a gallery exhibition about film

Gallery: ‘Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s’ at LACMA

Highlights from LACMA’s latest exhibition of German Expressionist cinema

First Look at the Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam

Image makers not image takers: Amsterdam’s photo fair is full of surprises

The Met’s new pavement

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If you had $65 million to blow on your local museum, how would you spend it?

Review: ‘Jim Dine: A History of Communism’ at Alan Cristea Gallery

Dine turns Soviet-era lithographic stones into contemporary art

‘Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album’ at the Royal Academy, London

Hopper treads the line between documentary and art expertly

Review: ‘British Art at War: Paul Nash’ on BBC Four

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Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the work of Paul Nash, whose career was deeply affected by the two World Wars