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What’s in store at the Ateneum Art Museum?
The Ateneum holds the Finnish national art collection from the mid 18th century to 1960, but only a sixth of its works are on display.
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
A ‘cubist’ computer game; vegan art; and Matt Hancock gets to grips with being culture minister
FOCUS: Works from the Mathaf Collection
Vol. 2 Exhibitions with Farid Belkahia (Morocco), Saloua Raouda Choucair (Lebanon), Faraj Daham (Qatar), Inji Efflatoun (Egypt), and Abdulhalim Radwi…
Move over Merrie England… Shakespeare and architecture
Taking Shakespearean architecture seriously means looking beyond ‘Olden Time’ Tudor revival buildings
Art and life in the work of Bhupen Khakhar
A welcome exhibition of the Indian artist’s work reveals how he found inspiration in even the smallest of details
Conceptual art’s all talk – and that’s a problem for curators
Tate’s ‘Conceptual art in Britain’ show is remarkably dense and text heavy, but then how could it be anything else?
The Liverpool Biennial’s emphasis on local identity could not be more prescient
The sociopolitical slant of this year’s event has added weight in light of the Brexit vote. Can a city’s regeneration be artist-led?
The art of power in ancient Pergamon
How did a minor Greek dynasty create one of the greatest sites of Hellenistic art?
Stories in abstraction: an interview with Mary Heilmann
With her first UK exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, Mary Heilmann talks fashion, finger painting and why Ellsworth Kelly is her hero
Southern Accent
Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art ‘Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art’ is the first contemporary…
Why the V&A is Museum of the Year – and also a museum of the future
The museum was recently awarded the Art Fund’s most prestigious award, but there are challenges as well as opportunities ahead
A rove around the Apollo summer party
Museum directors and macaroni, and what Grayson Perry’s teddy bear makes of Brexit
A whistlestop tour of Philadelphia’s contemporary art spaces
The city’s vibrant, provisional art scene is thriving, but you have to know where to go
Dutch connections and elaborate treasures at London’s auction houses
A look at some of the highlights at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this week
JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876–1970
The Johnson Museum of Art explores Japanese-American relations through art and design
Brexit will happen. The British culture sector needs a new plan
If anything is going to come out of this shock to the system, there are lessons to be learned
One of Finland’s most distinguished artists is back from the wilderness
Jussi Kivi represented the country at the Venice Biennale in 2009, before retreating from the limelight. Now he’s back with a book from Helsinki’s edgelands
My masterpiece selection: Ron Arad
The Royal Academician and designer’s favourite masterpieces include London Zoo’s Penguin Pool
Québec’s latest project could transform the city’s cultural scene
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ)’s new pavilion is an ambitious project that unites city, park and museum
How are British artists bearing up? Not too well, it seems…
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
The Art and Antiques Fair
The Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia celebrates it’s 44th edition with a showcase of 160 of the world’s leading specialist…
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The Art Institute of Chicago acquires superb Sebastiano del Piombo painting
The new acquisition, arranged with Colnaghi, testifies to just how productive the nurturing of museum-dealer relationships can be