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Why is the Egyptian government moving ancient monuments around the country?
The transfer of obelixes and sphinxes to Cairo is the latest episode in a long history of rulers using the ancient past for their own ends
Has the tomb of Romulus really been found – or is someone crying wolf?
Claims that the resting place of the legendary founder of Rome has been discovered cause Rakewell to raise an eyebrow
Norwegian government authorises demolition of building bearing murals by Picasso
Art news daily: 28 February
The triumphant – but temporary – return of Raphael’s tapestries to the Sistine Chapel
For just one week the full set of surviving tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X could be seen in their original setting
Burning desires – Céline Sciamma’s ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’, reviewed
The French director’s film about an 18th-century painter and her muse is a visual feast
The Armory Show and beyond – around the galleries in New York
Highlights of the upcoming modern and contemporary fairs and gallery shows in the Big Apple
Personality cult – Alfred Jarry makes an impression at the Morgan Library
The creator of King Ubu and inventor of pataphysics was deeply attached to the art of the book
Cooling towers are a powerful presence in the landscape – and deserve to be saved
It’s time to appreciate the gracefulness of power stations before more of them disappear
‘The arrival of a large cultural centre in Landerneau was a real coup’
The presence of the Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc has raised the cultural profile of the small town in Brittany
‘I’ve earned my reputation out of other people’s downfall’ – an interview with Don McCullin
The legendary photographer talks about his images of war abroad and poverty at home – and what now draws him to landscapes
Star Turner – The Fighting Temeraire, from biscuit tin to banknote
With the new £20 note in circulation, there are now two billion more copies of the much-reproduced painting in existence
‘The full measure of the great artist so many suspected had always been there was becoming visible’
Joshua Chuang remembers working with Santu Mofokeng on a series of books presenting the South African photographer’s life’s work
Director of Forensic Architecture barred from travelling to United States
Art news daily: 20 February
Nature boy – how John Nash brought new life to British landscape painting
A new biography reasserts the significance of the self-described ‘artist plantsman’ among his modern British peers
A cut above – Linder takes over Kettle’s Yard
The artist’s feminist photomontages fill the galleries, while the house is now punctuated with her interventions – and the scent of potpourri
Force of nature – the weathered canvases of Vivian Suter
Vivian Suter’s paintings, on show at Camden Arts Centre, are marked by the elements of the rainforest where she works – as well as by her dogs’ paws
Frayed histories – unravelling the stories behind seven women’s textile collections
An exhibition on the textile collections of women from the 19th century to the present day tells us as much about their own lives as about the objects themselves
Sheer delight – at the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi
The world’s most significant collection of silkworm cocoons, and many other marvels of sericulture, can be found in the capital of Georgia
Sex Education meets art history
The students of Moordale High have been reimagined as a cast of painted saints and sinners
‘It’s very meaningful to have an Asian art museum in this city’
The Seattle Asian Art Museum reopens with a thorough overhaul of its displays – and a commitment to being open about uncomfortable recent histories
Fertile ground – ‘Portraying Pregnancy’ at the Foundling Museum, reviewed
A visual history of hundreds of years of veneration, satire, or the breaking of taboos moves from the Virgin Mary to Demi Moore
Naked positions – Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude, reviewed
The BBC programme takes a playful look at changing attitudes to nudity in art – from Michelangelo’s David to modern life drawing
‘If James Wines’ greatest works were still around, they would be Instagram sensations’
Perhaps it’s time to catch up with the sculptor-turned-architect who has always been ahead of the pack
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