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On the Stolen Pompeii Fresco

The theft of part of a minor fresco in Pompeii is not in itself a huge loss, but it highlights wider security and conservation issues

‘Clemenceau, le Tigre et l’Asie’ at Musée Guimet, Paris

This exhibition about Clemenceau’s enthusiasm for Asian art is little short of revelatory

Muse Reviews: 23 March

A round-up of the week’s reviews: murals, ruins, maps and charts, and contemporary responses to historic art…

‘Diverse Maniere: Piranesi, Fantasy and Excess’ at Sir John Soane’s Museum

The current Piranesi exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum raises interesting questions about original artworks and their reproductions

Stimulating the mind and the eyes: Barnes and Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare’s work at the Barnes Foundation is both entertaining and deeply reflective

The Week’s Muse: 22 March

Lost, stolen, restored, repackaged and photographed: a round-up of art news and debates from this week

To Shoot or Not to Shoot: Photography in Galleries

Are the rules governing photography in many major museums just too confusing?

Rob and Nick Carter at The Fine Art Society: TEFAF 2014

Rob and Nick Carter’s harnessing of digital media encourages us to look at art more closely

Michael Craig-Martin at Chatsworth: March Apollo

In Apollo’s March issue we spoke to Michael Craig-Martin ahead of his exhibition at Chatsworth House

Highlights from ‘William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain’

A selection of images from the upcoming William Kent exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

TEFAF 2014: Ten Galleries Pick Their Highlights

We asked 10 galleries at TEFAF to pick out their personal highlights

Art Outlook: 20 March

The plight of Pompeii, mega-yachts in Venice, and other news, comments and stories from around the web

Trouble in Paradise: A Tribute to Kashmir in Chicago

Nilima Sheikh’s extraordinary paintings need more introduction than they are given here

‘Bellini to Boudin’: Highlights from the Burrell Collection

A selection of paintings spanning five centuries goes on display at The Burrell Collection

Apollo Readers Event: Private View at the V&A

Experience the life and work of William Kent, the most prominent architect and designer of early Georgian Britain

How ill-informed is Vladislav Surkov about American culture?

Apparently Tupac Shakur, Allen Ginsberg, and Jackson Pollock are all the Russian official – who faces US sanctions – will miss

First Look: Titian at the Scottish National Gallery

The curator’s introduction to ‘Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Art’

Whitney Biennial

It’s been billed as ‘the broadest and most diverse’ Whitney Biennial to date, and the enormous variety of this year’s display is no bad thing

‘Deliberate Clichés’: An Interview with Matthew Darbyshire

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‘There’s nothing particularly radical or subversive in ridiculing the classical’. Matthew Darbyshire discusses art history, appropriation, contemporary clichés

Loss, theft and destruction: on the absence of art

As long as we have art, some of it will go missing. It’s how we respond to that fact that’s ultimately of importance to our culture

Hidden Treasures at TEFAF

Some of Maastricht’s masterpieces are easily overlooked

Intelligent Design: Beautiful Science at the British Library

We tend to forget how good art and design can be at communicating big ideas, and, it turns out, big data

Highlights from ‘The Treasure of Naples’

Beautiful jewels, gold and silver statues, and devotional objects from the city of Naples

First Look: ‘The Treasure of Naples’ at the Musée Maillol

Exceptional items from the city of Naples will go on display this week at the Musée Maillol