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The Fondation Louis Vuitton opens in Paris

The Fondation Louis Vuitton is the new home for the personal and corporate art collections of Bernard Arnault

10 Jan 2015

Dual Identity: ‘Postface’ by Walid Raad at Sfeir-Semler Gallery

Two of Raad’s career-defining projects reveal the balance of rigorous research and subtle wit that informs his work

9 Jan 2015

12 Days: Highlights of 2015

Pop art comes under examination in 2015, while Pallant House Gallery reappraises the work of Leon Underwood, David Jones and Walter Sickert

5 Jan 2015

12 Days: Highlights of 2015

Ireland’s outstanding 18th-century decorative arts have been long overlooked, but a new exhibition in Chicago looks set to change that

2 Jan 2015

12 Days: Highlights of 2015

An exceptional selection of exhibitions are opening in London this year, and some major museum openings are taking place further afield

What not to miss over the Christmas period

Some fascinating exhibitions in the UK, Europe and USA are closing in early January. Last chance…

24 Dec 2014

Forum: Has the Heritage Lottery Fund lived up to its promise?

Has the Heritage Lottery Fund been a golden ticket for British heritage over the last two decades, or has it invested unwisely?

15 Dec 2014

Cooper Hewitt Museum reopens in New York

Thanks to a meticulous and inventive renovation project, the US now has a really good national museum of design

12 Dec 2014

The Prado, the Getty and the Metropolitan Museum celebrate the art of tapestry

Now is the time to see some of the most spectacular tapestries around

9 Dec 2014

Mapping the contemporary: Bloomberg New Contemporaries vs. Tomorrow: London

Last week brought two shows to London that claim to present the scope of new contemporary art being made in…

4 Dec 2014

Personality of the Year: Nicholas Penny

Nicholas Penny, director of the National Gallery, London, is Apollo’s Personality of the Year

Museum Opening of the Year

The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, is transformed by a new extension and refurbishment

Book of the Year

Jeremy Warren’s catalogue of the medieval and Renaissance sculptures in the Ashmolean Museum is a tour de force of scholarly writing

John Harrison (1693–1776) (detail; 1767), Thomas King.

How men of science wanted to be seen

Portraits of scientific figures such as Isaac Newton and John Harrison reveal their shifting cultural status

Review: ‘Basic Design: A Revolution in Art Education’ at the Hatton Gallery

Art education has come a long way since the 1950s. Is the Basic Design ‘revolution’ a little dated?

27 Nov 2014

From the mass market to the museum: ‘Warhol Mania’ in Montreal

Warhol not only made art about mass consumption, he made art for mass consumption too

25 Nov 2014

Curators pick seven highlights from ‘A Traveler’s Eye’

We asked the curators of the Arthur M. Sackler gallery’s latest show to pick their favourite exhibits

23 Nov 2014

Picking the picture: Magnum Contact Sheets at C/O Berlin

It’s riveting to see the choices and accidents that produced some of history’s most iconic photographs

20 Nov 2014

A Russian Fairytale: The Art and Craft of Elena Polenova

Elena Polenova is not a name many people are likely to have heard of in the UK. But the 19th-century…

Watts Gallery, Compton UK
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The Week’s Muse: 15 November

A round-up of news and comment: First World War cartoons; a $500 million gift to LACMA; and the difficulty with digital art

15 Nov 2014

Gallery: ‘The Art and Craft of Elena Polenova’ at Watts Gallery

Elena Polenova’s paintings, illustrations and furniture designs are on display in the UK

14 Nov 2014

Koen Vanmechelen on the art of cross-breeding chickens

The Crypt Gallery in St Pancras Church is overrun with cosmopolitan chickens. Is it art?

14 Nov 2014

The Week’s Muse: 8 November

Was the Musée Picasso worth the wait? Is the Turner Prize showing its age? News and comment from the Muse Room

8 Nov 2014

Forum: Is the Turner Prize still relevant at 30?

The Turner Prize turns 30 this year – but does it continue to represent the best of contemporary British art?

5 Nov 2014