Some of the stories and discussions we’ve spotted online this week: Could ‘orphan’ artworks be brought in from the cold? A new licensing scheme in the UK could give people the right to reproduce photos, diaries, letters and recordings when the copyright owner is unknown. The estimated 91 million ‘orphan works’ include Alfred Wallis’s written works in […]
To me, Burgert's paintings are packed with art-historical allusions. But if the artist meant them to sneak in, he won't admit it
Rene Burri dies aged 81; Nicholas Serota takes the Power 100 top spot; and Detroit makes a last-minute deal
Frieze Week; Burrell at Bonhams; Venice at risk; a public art challenge; and the art of slowing down
Katie Paterson's latest work will be one hundred years in the making
In the news this week: art law, racism and censorship debates, and the origins of art itself...
Expect eco-friendly fish and chips, beach huts inspired by Hawksmoor, and crow's nest hotels
Art thefts, law suits, iconoclasm, politics and buried treasure
A look back at last week's light-based commissions marking the outbreak of the First World War
What is the light over London? Can children understand art? And what are tortoises doing in the Aspen Art Museum?
'Making Colour' and 'Building the Picture' point out details in paintings that are easily overlooked
Cancelled shows, contested ownership, online auctions and contemporary art in the countryside... some of the stories we've spotted this week
Record-breaking sales; the Museum of the Year; Abramovic wears Adidas; and censored pubic hair...
Funding, Manifesta and internet memes... a round-up of recent news and discussion
Top jobs, major refurbishments, and big blockbuster shows: a round-up of news and discussion this week
The V&A in China; Brad Pitt in Glasgow; Manifesta in Russia; and the Chapman Brothers at home in Hastings...
News from the art world this week
A new exhibition brings the circumstances of the Hanoverian Succession centre stage
'Slipstream', Steve McQueen and sex in art... Some of the stories that have caught our eye this week
Connoisseurship is still valuable, and many art historians know it