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The Peabody Essex Museum makes a bigger splash in Salem
Thanks to the town’s seafaring merchants, the museum has one of the world’s best collections of maritime and Asian art – and a whole new wing for its display
British metal detectorists sentenced for stealing Saxon and Viking hoard worth £3m
Art news daily: 22 November
Sister act – Plautilla Nelli and the painter nuns of 16th-century Florence
The Dominican nun led a flourishing workshop in the convent of Santa Caterina – as her recently restored Last Supper shows
French court upholds sentence handed to Picasso’s former electrician
Art news daily: 20 November
Feats of clay – a very personal collection of studio ceramics comes to auction
The late dealer Peter Dingley’s collection of pottery, by luminaries such as Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie, is testament to his friendships with their makers
Baltimore Museum of Art pledges to collect only work by women in 2020
Plus: France returns sword of Omar Saïdou Tall to Senegal | and Stephanie Comilang Wins 2019 Sobey Art Award
Rock stars – the Indigenous artists inspired by Uluru
A recent ban on climbing the sacred rock in Australia’s ‘red centre’ was celebrated with singing and dancing. What other forms of art have emerged from the site?
An outstanding Hammershøi painting goes under the hammer at Bruun Rasmussen
In advance of their sale later this month, two representatives from Scandinavia’s leading auction house discuss the timeless qualities of the modern Danish master
From cinemas to service stations – the modernist marvels of Eritrea
The buildings erected in Asmara during Italian rule are remarkably forward-looking – and should not be allowed to crumble
‘My work often has an element of humour – but it’s not particularly funny’ – an interview with Keith Coventry
The artist explains how his new lollipop-stick collages connect Pop art, Bauhaus, and ancient Athenian comedy
‘The way I start a piece is that the materials turn me on’ – an interview with Betye Saar
The artist discusses her stereotype-busting sculptures, and explains why major shows in Los Angeles and New York are ‘just another gig’
The tinselly tat of Trafalgar Square
A small alpine village has set up shop outside the National Gallery – are there any parallels with what’s inside the building?
How Rembrandt made great strides in his home town
Child prodigy he was not – but works from the painter’s youth in Leiden show that he soon made up for lost time
Police investigate attempted theft of Rembrandts from Dulwich Picture Gallery
Art news daily: 14 November 2019
Style guide – how Charlotte Perriand designed the modern world
The multi-talented French architect and designer worked at the cutting edge of modernism
Theodore de Bry’s sensational approach to the New World
The engraver’s visions of a continent he never saw were designed to appeal to the European imagination
‘He always had the air of a boffin’ – a tribute to Huang Yong Ping (1954–2019)
The artist was a key figure in the avant-garde scene that emerged in China after the Cultural Revolution
We’re on the brink of Brexit – so isn’t it time the UK formed stronger cultural ties around the globe?
France, China, and other countries are leading the way on cultural diplomacy. When will the UK catch up?
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London calling – Orazio Gentileschi’s The Finding of Moses at the court of Charles I
The National Gallery is raising funds to purchase Orazio Gentileschi’s biblical scene – once a prized possession of Queen Henrietta Maria