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Apollo Awards 2015: Exhibition of the Year Shortlist
Recognising the most revelatory and influential exhibitions of the past year
‘We have one heritage.’ Syria’s chief of antiquities calls on Europe for help
‘The dangers surrounding the Syrian archaeological heritage are growing beyond our capabilities’
Solitary Soul: Interview with Lee Ufan
‘My painting is a game, with the canvas as my opponent’
Creating a new architecture: Ödön Lechner in Hungary
Almost every great city seems to have produced one or perhaps two architects who escape the constraints of history: in Budapest it was Lechner
Victoria Beckham and the ‘Artist to the Stars’
Victoria Beckham champions street art. Just like every other celebrity under the sun…
Paris’s celebration of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is long overdue
A memorable exhibition at the Grand Palais tells the story of a remarkable artist and independent woman
Touring the coast in central London: ‘One and All’ at Somerset House
A contemporary art show in the capital marks 50 years of the National Trust’s work on the coast
Virtual Florence: A Church Goes Digital
Reconstructing the lost Florentine church of San Pier Maggiore
Giacometti: Rebel artist and lifelong mother’s boy
‘It is impossible to paint a portrait’, claimed Giacometti, but that didn’t stop him trying whenever he went home to his family
Letter from Belfast
‘Belfast is like East Berlin after the Wall came down’ – William Cook on the changing face of a divided city
Preview: Asian Art In London
Highlights from this year’s city-wide event: from painted scrolls to Chinese jade
Lawrence Weiner adds a note of anxiety at Blenheim Palace
Can contemporary art operate critically within such surroundings?
Making Africa
The world as we know it is in transformation – politically, economically, socially, culturally and technologically. Anyone wanting to know…
Ashmolean proves Venetian art was about more than just colour
Vasari was wrong: the Venetians could draw after all
Design for Eternity
From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, artists from the ancient Americas created…
Curators’ Pick: 7 Highlights from Asia in Amsterdam
Paintings, jewellery, textiles, and a sweetmeats set…highlights from the Rijksmuseum’s latest show
Frieze Bites
Seen and liked in London: star exhibits and media stars, crowds and crowdsourcing at the Frieze Masters preview last night
Surface Tension: Celebrating Alberto Burri’s Centenary
The centenary of the artist’s birth is being marked by exhibitions and events worldwide
London Diary
Cartier-Bresson, Bomberg’s circle and Damien Hirst’s homage to Hoyland: don’t let Frieze week distract you from these London shows
Bouke de Vries
A nuclear bomb seems to have been dropped in this installation by artist Bouke de Vries. The eight-metre table, with…
St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross – better off ruined?
‘This undoubted failure has become a compelling monument’
Obsolescence
Through 2015/16, the School of Fine Art at the RCA will invite collaborating curators and curatorial agencies to present projects…
Kapoor’s moral right to keep hateful graffiti in place: a legal perspective
A look at the legal issues underpinning the story of Anish Kapoor’s vandalised ‘Dirty Corner’