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Editor’s Letter: A historic business

The contemporary art trade may seem like a funny old business but historically it has played an integral role in the development of Western art

The Week’s Muse: 30 August

The problem with posthumous art; a bitter exit for France’s Culture Minister; and why you should plant a poppy at the Tower of London this autumn

Book Competition

Rendez-vous with Art, by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford

Aaron Curry and Andrew Brischler: the art of process

Two young artists argue for a return to paint and pencil

Gallery: Folkestone Triennial

What to expect from this year’s ambitious public art project

Art Outlook: 28 August

Art thefts, law suits, iconoclasm, politics and buried treasure

Review: Charles E Burchfield at the Brandywine River Museum

Burchfield’s fantastical watercolours deserve to be better known

Gallery: the 31st Bienal de São Paulo

How to (…) things that don’t exist?

Thomas Bompard

36. Founder, Galerie Gradiva Paris, France

Abraham Thomas

36. Director, Sir John Soane’s Museum London, UK

Julia Stoschek

39, Düsseldorf, Germany

Alia Al-Senussi

31, London, UK

Idris Khan

35, London, UK

Jasper Sharp

39. Adjunct Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Vienna, Austria

Victoria Siddall

36. Director, Frieze Masters London, UK

Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti leaves the French Cabinet

Filippetti left the Cabinet in the midst of a political crisis which resulted in a reshuffle this weekend

Alexander Gilkes & Aditya Julka

35 and 33. Co-founders, Paddle8 London, UK

Among the poppies: volunteering at the Tower of London’s war memorial

Paul Cummins’ red field of poppies has been planted by volunteers, and is still growing

Danh Vō

39, Berlin, Germany

Ryan Gander

38, London, UK

Cyprien Gaillard

34, Berlin, Germany

Grace Ndiritu

38, London, UK

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

36, London, UK

Adrian Ghenie

37, Berlin, Germany