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First Look: Photographs at Play

‘Photographs at Play’ opens at The Morgan this week: an invitation to think creatively about photography…

Gallery: Photographs at Play

We asked the curator of ‘A Collective Invention’ to select nine photographs from The Morgan’s upcoming show

Augmented Reality Meets the Art World

It was only a matter of time before the art world went virtual…

Second Gurlitt hoard comes to light

Why has it only just emerged that Cornelius Gurlitt kept 60 additional works in his Salzburg flat?

Small Wonders: Musée Bourdelle

Amélie Simier introduces the Musée Bourdelle in Paris

Richard Deacon: February Apollo

Zoe Pilger talks to the sculptor Richard Deacon, whose retrospective exhibition opened recently at Tate Britain

Nancy Holt: 1938–2014

The celebrated land artist Nancy Holt, wife of Robert Smithson, has died at the age of 75. There has been a resurgence of interest in her work in recent years

Discoveries: Exhibition Review

‘Discoveries’ contains several lovely moments, but never really comes together to contribute more than the sum of its parts

Condo in London

George Condo is hot property right now, with two new solo exhibitions about to open in London. Does his new work live up to the hype?

From Matisse to the Blue Rider

Impressionism, Fauvism and Expressionism: some interesting images from the new exhibition at Kunsthaus, Zürich

The Wild Side of Indian Art: Two Book Reviews

Two fascinating books explore the significance of the depiction of animals in Mughal art

Birthday Gifts: The National Gallery of Ireland

The NGI is 150 years old. Its holdings have been enriched by several benefactors. If only the state were as generous

Ringing with Commendations: Joseph Wright

The Holburne has brought together a superb show that exceeds any limitations of scale or scope

The Week’s Muse: 8 February

A selection of this week’s musings: fakes, the Fourth Plinth and some famous faces

Royal Connections

The Queen’s Gallery’s two current shows throw the question of private collecting and its relationship to artistic patronage into sharp relief

Thumbs Down: The Fourth Plinth

And thus it came to pass. ‘Really Good’ will take up its position in 2016…10ft tall and hollow in every sense

Quiet Transformation: ‘A Dialogue with Nature’

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The German and British Romantic landscapes at the Courtauld sing rather than shout of a new vision

Fourth Plinth Winners Announced

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Hans Haacke and David Shrigley have been awarded the next two commissions for London’s empty plinth

Stardust Selection

‘Bailey’s Stardust’ at the National Portrait Gallery opened to the public today: here’s a taster of what’s on show

Art Outlook: 6 February

Fakes, lawsuits and feminism… Stories from the art world that have caught our eye this week

Six Sundays: Louvre cuts back on free entry scheme

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The Louvre’s monthly free Sundays may be a circus, but abolishing them strikes at the heart of one of its founding principles: culture for all

Disputed Miró lots withdrawn from Christie’s sale

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Christie’s withdrew 85 works by Joan Miró from its London auctions this week, in light of ongoing legal disputes in Portugal

Spaced Out: why the universe outshines art

I’m genuinely not sure how much artists can bring to the table when it comes to the subject of space

What’s Next on the Fourth Plinth?

Which sculpture would you like to see on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth when the Blue Cock flies the coop?