Why has Tate consigned painting to history?
Painting isn't dead, but it has been prematurely buried in Tate Modern's Boiler House
Painting isn't dead, but it has been prematurely buried in Tate Modern's Boiler House
The island's Norman rulers encouraged the use of Islamic, Byzantine, and Romanesque elements in art and architecture as a deliberate display of their power
Why artists' estates were the talk of the fair. Plus collector selfies, the cheapest piece at Basel and medieval books in a contemporary world
This year's edition has a notably political edge, while the Art Basel organisation is working on wider cultural partnerships
The gallery's new director on the Switch House extension, promoting women artists, and finally having the final say over the collection
Admiring a drawing is 'like looking over the artist's shoulder', says Stephen Ongpin
Art News Daily : 14 June
The Holburne Museum is a place of serious pleasure, says director Jennifer Scott, and that's how it stays true to its roots
The old cocktail of countesses and Chippendale won't cut it anymore, so the Met and the Yale Center for British Art are rethinking their displays
The most prestigious portrait painter in 18th-century Rome also had a flair for religious and mythological subjects
This loose group of European artists lost out to the American Abstract Expressionists in the 1960s. But are we seeing a revival of interest?
There are some great, focused shows open at the moment, from office-block abstraction to a difficult look at the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Street art is coming in from the cold in museums and commercial developments. It's official – graffiti has become institutional.
Doris Salcedo makes monuments to the victims of political violence – out of chairs, sewing needles, and rose petals.
Edward Barber's photographic record of 1980s anti-nuclear demonstrators goes on display at the Imperial War Museum
Art News Daily : 2 June
The ambitious portraitist was the subject of a major retrospective at the Frick Collection earlier this year
As the new Tate Modern opens, leading museum directors and critics assess the impact the museum has had since it opened in 2000
The latest edition of EVA International tackles issues of postcolonialism at home and abroad
Would a ‘leave’ vote spell disaster for the UK’s thriving art trade, or open up new opportunities to it? Two experts debate the question