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Malcolm Rogers to retire from the MFA Boston

Malcolm Rogers, the director of the MFA Boston, has announced that he is to retire

Book Competition

Answer a simple question for a chance to win ‘Titian and the End of the Venetian Renaissance’ by Tom Nichols (Reaktion Books, £49)

Enitharmon Editions

‘Makin’ lit’ry his-tor-y…’ Founded in 1967, Enitharmon Press is flourishing, and has adapted its publishing profile in recent years

Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain

A selection of works on show in ‘Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain’, which opens today at Tate Liverpool

Art Outlook: 27 February

Our round-up of stories from the week: trouble in Sydney as artists speak out against the Sydney Biennale’s main sponsor

Art and Life at Kettle’s Yard

‘Art & Life’ is a touring exhibition, but Kettle’s Yard is clearly its spiritual home

Editor’s Letter: Two Jewel Boxes

Following MoMA’s expansion plans, is it time to ask whether large museums should look beyond themselves?

How not to remove a Banksy

On 20 February the Independent posted an article explaining how Banksy murals are removed: the next day, somebody had a crack at it.

First Look: ‘Keywords’ at Tate Liverpool

A look at the vocabulary of culture and society

Collage Master: Richard Hamilton at Tate Modern

Hamilton never shied away from blatancy and delighted in mischievous shock and awe on his own terms

Protest at the Guggenheim over Saadiyat Island labour conditions

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is to be built on the site in the United Arab Emirates

Cover Story: March Apollo

All eyes on the Mauritshuis… a striking detail from Rembrandt’s ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’ features on this month’s cover

Joana Vasconcelos in Manchester

The artist has been given the run of the place, making and placing 18 works, as she put it to me, ‘wherever I could connect with something.’

Flip Charts: Flipping art in contemporary auctions

Trophy works by hot young artists are frequently sold repeatedly in a short space of time. What does it mean for the art market?

Highlights: Stained Glass

Apollo picks some of the best examples of stained glass windows from around the world

Collectors sue the Keith Haring Foundation

The $40 million suit argues that by labelling around 80 works as fake, the foundation destroyed their value

Basalt in St James’s Park

Jill McManners’ watercolours of the forbiddingly beautiful Shiant Isles look compellingly out of place in central London

Losing Control: ‘Martin Creed: What’s the point of It?’

Creed asserts himself over the Hayward Gallery’s spaces and his presence is never entirely benign

The Prix Marcel Duchamp

Four nominees have been announced for the 2014 Marcel Duchamp Prize, the French equivalent of the UK’s Turner Prize

The Week’s Muse: 22 February

Our weekly round-up from the Muse Room: art in the rubbish bin; a president’s apology; and the great ideas behind art and design

Culture Clash at the Royal Museums Greenwich

The RMG’s self-reflective conference looked at how contemporary art can contribute to historic contexts

Broken Logic: vandalism, Ai Weiwei and Caminero

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Now here’s a thorny discussion around art, value and vandalism…

First Look: ‘Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain’ at mima

Alix Collingwood introduces mima’s latest exhibition of art and design in post-war Britain

Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain

A selection of works on show in ‘Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain’, which opens today at MIMA