The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Howard Hodgkin's acute eye for beach towels, plus Jack White and De Stijl
Howard Hodgkin's acute eye for beach towels, plus Jack White and De Stijl
Penelope Curtis discusses this year's TEFAF Curated display, 'La Grande Horizontale', which explores the theme of the recumbent figure in art
The auction house's decision to close its South Kensington saleroom and scale back operations in Amsterdam smacks of corporate short-termism
The celebrated painter Howard Hodgkin has died in London aged 84
Christopher Le Brun PRA discusses the musical and mythological inspirations behind his work as an exhibition of his new paintings opens across two US venues
Alfred Basbous was inspired by European modernists, but also tapped into an ancient and timeless sculptural tradition
Auction highlights this month include a surprisingly good group of American paintings at Christie's London
A run-down of the most talked-about pieces at this year's Armory Show in New York
A new exhibition charts the transformation of watercolour painting in the USA, from an overlooked sideshow to a major cultural movement
The second lady is a vocal advocate of art therapy and an art historian has joined the National Security Council
The Catalan artist's large, earthy paintings at Timothy Taylor have unexpectedly intimate and spiritual concerns
There are more art business courses than ever, but does the discipline need to define itself more clearly?
Art News Daily: 27 February
How has the Guggenheim Bilbao changed the city in the 20 years since it opened – and should other cities still try to copy its example?
The Czartoryski family owned one of the greatest art collections in Poland. Why have they sold it to the Polish state?
In 1954, the young David Hockney made a lithograph of his local chippie and gave it to the owners. It hung above the fryer for years
What does the style and subjects of the artist known as the ‘Berlin Painter’ tell us about vase-painting in 5th-century Athens?
Désiré Feuerle talks to Apollo about his collection of Asian and contemporary art and its unusual underground home
Yuko Mohri talks about looking for leaks on the Tokyo metro system and her new installation at White Rainbow in London
The artist who wants you to 'thump a Trump'; Winston Churchill's ET moment; plus the rest of last week's art-world gossip