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Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice
Whistler’s work made a poor first impression on Charles Lang Freer, but when the collector purchased artist’s Second Venice Set of 26…
Cybernetic Serendipity: A Documentation
The ICA has mounted an archival display in its Fox Reading Room to celebrate Jasia Reichardt’s landmark exhibition ‘Cybernetic Serendipity’ of 1968.…
London Diary: 9 October
Exhibitions of Paul Nash’s modern watercolours and Damien Hirst’s candy-coloured pills are now open
Gallery: ‘ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow’ at the Guggenheim, New York
Explore the transnational vision of the ZERO network…
Gallery: ‘Egon Schiele – Jenny Saville’ at the Kunsthaus Zürich
Egon Schiele meets Jenny Saville…
Inquiry: art law and attribution
Do art historians and other art authenticators need greater legal protection?
Hokusai
Hokusai was an astonishingly prolific draughtsman, engraver and painter and this exhibition includes prints, books, paintings (some which have never been…
Gallery: ‘Hokusai (1760-1849)’ at the Grand Palais
A few of the beautiful and delicate works by Hokusai on display at the Grand Palais, Paris
The Wallace Collection’s Great Gallery
The nuances of the new hang might be lost on the non-specialist, but overall the Wallace Collection’s refurbished gallery is magnificent
Gallery: ‘Rubens and his Legacy’ at BOZAR, Brussels
A look at some of Rubens’ influential paintings, and those of the artists he inspired
Diary: September Apollo
In Apollo’s September Diary, Christopher Rowell celebrates 50 years of the Furniture History Society
National Gallery launches membership scheme
This is the third in a hat trick of recent changes intended to place public engagement at the heart of the gallery’s operations
Wp Wp Wp: Fiona Banner at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Fiona Banner’s extraordinary indoor Chinook will make you want duck and run
Collectors’ Focus: September Apollo
Our September Collectors’ Focus looks at the market for gothic ivories
Brussels Art Square: September Apollo
Brussels Art Square is bolstered by a new initiative to encourage international visitors
The Classics Cabal
Forget PPE…Classics is the humanities subject that rules. Is the subject’s future brighter than people tend to think?
Gallery: ‘Assyria to Iberia’ at the Metropolitan Museum
Highlights from the ‘dawn of the classical age’
Sorolla and the United States
The Valencian painter Joaquín Sorolla achieved considerable success in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This exhibition looks particularly…
Muse Reviews: 21 September
Great British artists in the limelight this week: ‘Late Turner’ at Tate; Christopher Dresser at the Fine Art Society; and Paul Nash on BBC Four
Can artificial intelligence really identify artistic influence?
Scientists have developed an algorithm that identifies visual affinities between paintings. Are we all out of a job?
Forum: Would independence for Scotland compromise its museums and galleries?
The Scottish independence referendum takes place on 18 September. What would a ‘Yes’ vote mean for the country’s museums and…
The Week’s Muse: 27 September
National treasures up for sale; art and protest in Latin America; plaster casts and the Classics Cabal