12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Neal Benezra on the reopening of the SFMOMA and why 2016 will be an exciting year for the entire San Francisco Bay Area
Neal Benezra on the reopening of the SFMOMA and why 2016 will be an exciting year for the entire San Francisco Bay Area
Maggie Gray looks forward to British modernists at Tate Britain and Dulwich Picture Gallery, antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum and the Fitzwilliam, and the Queen's House at 400
Imelda Barnard selects some post-war and contemporary art highlights, from Etel Adnan at the Serpentine, to Marcel Broodthaers at MoMA, and Anri Sala at the New Museum
Remembering the great pioneer of American abstraction, who has died at the age of 92
Fatema Ahmed looks forward to John Akomfrah's films at Lisson Gallery, a second edition of Photo London, and a mysterious show curated by Michel Houellebecq
Xavier Salomon's highlights include Old Masters in Italy, the Le Nain brothers in the US, and a celebration of Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid
Thomas Marks on Sicily at the British Museum and Ashmolean, Vittorio Cini's paintings from the Veneto, and the Parma School in Rome
The Italian artist's masterful works fully explore the possibilities of chalk
'It is more important than ever to defend museums and what they make possible'
Does draft cultural property legislation in Germany threaten to damage German cultural life, or is it necessary for the safeguarding of the country’s heritage?
'The Celtic Revival in architecture depended upon ancient shrines, castles, and vernacular buildings'
Sir Alan Bowness’s art collection goes on display at a new public gallery at Downing College Cambridge
Sensationalist displays are no way to explore art and prostitution, writes Lynda Nead – and the Musée d'Orsay has got carried away with selling sex
Art News Daily : 17 December
The Romantic association between creativity and alcohol has no foundation, but alcohol and its effects have proved a rich subject for artists
The art world has lost one of the most respected scholar-art dealers of the 20th century
The familiarity of Maurits Cornelis Escher’s work doesn’t make it any easier to interpret, says Will Wiles
The most interesting and important recent additions to museum collections
Is it acceptable to lay into an octogenarian painter who has long been a ‘national treasure’?
Arty Xmas shopping; a chocolate Putin; and a charming speech during Art Basel in Miami Beach