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Review: ‘Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937’, Neue Galerie, New York

Review of ‘Degenerate Art’ at the Neue Galerie, New York

British Surrealism Unlocked, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal

A gallery of highlights from Abbot Hall’s upcoming exhibition surveying British surrealism from the 1930s to today.

Art and science in conversation: why now?

Why have art and science particularly come together in a glorious synergy of exhibitions in 2014?

‘I was pretty much seen as a bad Pop artist.’ Alex Katz speaks to Apollo

Extracts from our April issue, in which the celebrated painter discusses his life and work

Muse Reviews: 6 April

A round-up of the week’s reviews: Anselm Kiefer, Phyllida Barlow, Camille Henrot and sustainable art

What should replace the Church of Francesco Vezzoli at MoMA PS1?

Francesco Vezzoli’s plans to rebuild a 19th-century Calabrese church at New York’s MoMA PS1 have been abandoned

The Week’s Muse: 5 April

Could the art world do more to address the issue of looted and stolen art?

The Spoliation Advisory Panel and Art Restitution Claims

Items from the Tate, V&A and Ashmolean museum are being investigated by the Spoliation Advisory Panel: what is the panel, and what do they do?

‘Olympicopolis’ proposed for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Boris Johnson and Prince Harry visit the Olympic Park ahead of its opening tomorrow

The Glamour of Italian Fashion: 1945–2014, V&A, London

A gallery of highlights from the V&A’s current exhibition which looks at Italy’s unique contribution to fashion

Women in art: Australia honours Julie Ewington and Fiona Foley

In Australia, all of the major national art institutions are run by men, but it’s encouraging that women are being recognised

Buying for Boijmans: the story behind a recent museum acquisition

Sjarel Ex explains how the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen acquired a Hammershøi at TEFAF

Art Outlook: 3 April

This week Austria refuses the Essl collection, a stolen Bonnard and Gauguin are found, G.U.L.F protests at the Guggenheim and Katy Perry starts an art collection.

Looking Ahead: Anselm Kiefer’s retrospective at the Royal Academy

Kiefer’s first UK retrospective is a major coup for the RA

Disarmingly joyful: Phyllida Barlow’s ‘dock’ at Tate Britain

Barlow’s wonderfully wobbly looking monoliths are powerful but unpretentious

Auction houses should do more to root out looted antiquities

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Potentially looted items, such as those identified this week at Christie’s and Bonhams, keep making it to auction

Why rebuilding the Crystal Palace is a bad idea

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Boris Johnson and Ni Zhaoxing plan to rebuild the Crystal Palace on Sydenham Hill. It’s a ludicrous project

‘Paris 1900’, Petit Palais, Paris

Highlights from the upcoming ‘Paris 1900’ show at the Petit Palais, Paris

Christophe Leribault, Petit Palais, Paris: April Apollo

In Apollo’s April issue we spoke to Christophe Leribault, director of the Petit Palais in Paris

Flipping Out: Saltz and Simchowitz clash over the art market

Flipping art is a controversial practice: it was only a matter of time before it resulted in a public spat

Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery

Ten great works from the National Galleries of Scotland go on show at The Frick Collection this November

Editor’s Letter: Italian museums are showing the strain

In his April Editor’s Letter, Thomas Marks asks ‘Was there ever a golden age for Italian Museums?’

Scouring the art schools: the search for the UK’s best young artists

My annual search has turned into something of an obsession

The last dance? Scandal surrounds the NGA’s allegedly stolen Shiva statue

The National Gallery of Australia has removed a Shiva statue from public view and may return it to India