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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, photographed in 2011.
Installation view of ‘Henrike Naumann: Das Reich’ at Belvedere 21, Vienna, 2019.

Fascism and furniture – the dystopian spaces of Henrike Naumann

Naumann’s new installation imagines an alternate past in which the German Reich was re-established after the fall of the Berlin Wall

11 Nov 2019

Gus Casely-Hayford appointed first director of V&A East

Art news daily: 8 November

9 Nov 2019
In the final scene of Derek Jarman’s film The Last of England (1987), Tilda Swinton’s unnamed character destroys her wedding dress on Dungeness Beach.

English woes – Derek Jarman’s apocalyptic visions of England are as relevant as ever

Twenty-five years after his death, Jarman’s films, paintings and words are still incisive and inspiring

8 Nov 2019
Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino, who is clearly an art lover, in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (2019).

Prop appeal – Martin Scorsese’s neoclassical stylings

A painting ‘in the style of‘ Hubert Robert catches Rakewell’s eye in a still from Scorsese’s new movie, The Irishman

8 Nov 2019
Édouard Manet, Stürmische See (Ships at Sea in Stormy Weather, 1873)
Standing schist Boddhisattva (detail; 2nd–3rd century AD), northwest Pakistan

The Asian Art in London Art Awards 2019: The Winners

Apollo presents the winners of the Asian Art in London Art Awards 2019

7 Nov 2019
Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria (early 20th century). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Acquisitions of the month: October 2019

Collections of hand-drawn postcards, quilts, and 18th-century French bindings are among this month’s highlights

7 Nov 2019

High court rejects bid to overturn ban on ivory trading

Art news daily: 6 November

6 Nov 2019
Stefan Adegbola as Poggio di Chiusi, Hiran Abeysekera as Leonardo da Vinci, and Dickie Beau as Sandro Botticelli in Botticelli in the Fire at Hampstead Theatre, London, 2019.

Friars and bonfires in Renaissance Florence – Botticelli in the Fire, reviewed

What prompted Botticelli to become a follower of Savonarola? Jordan Tannahill’s arresting play casts historical accuracy aside in the quest for answers

6 Nov 2019
The entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, London in summer 2018.
Ciaran Carson.

Still lifes and Belfast streets – remembering Ciaran Carson (1948–2019)

The poet, translator and musician was also a passionate observer – and recorder – of the visual world

5 Nov 2019
The remains of Shuri Castle in Okinawa, Japan, after the fire on 31 October 2019.

The loss of Shuri castle is a devastating blow for the people of Okinawa

Destroyed during the Pacific War and restored in 1992, the castle was the pride of Okinawa. Now a fire has left it in ruins again

5 Nov 2019
Cerith Wyn Evans.

Stockhausen, Duchamp, and exit signs – an interview with Cerith Wyn Evans

The artist talks about the wide-ranging references in his neon installations and other works – from modernist music to yoga

4 Nov 2019
The Prince of Wales
Driving the World to Destruction (1983), from the Powerplay series (1983–87), Judy Chicago.

Paper work – the British Museum shows off its collection of contemporary drawings

A selection of studies and sketches shows how the definition of drawing has happily ballooned in recent decades

4 Nov 2019
Death of a Hunted Stag, photo: Dépot du Musée d'Orsay, photographie Charles Choffet

Gustave Courbet’s love of the chase

The painter’s monumental and often melancholy hunting scenes are well worth another look

2 Nov 2019
Chansonette (1928), Erna Schmidt-Caroll.

Club scenes – the art of the cabaret at the Barbican

In cities across the world, the cultural avant-garde has often hunkered down – and expressed itself – in nightclubs and bars

1 Nov 2019
Tom Finkelpearl, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner attends Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's ribbon cutting opening ceremony at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum on December 12, 2014 in New York City.
Double marriage cup (c. 1890), Michael Perchin for Fabergé. A La Vieille Russie (price on application)

TEFAF New York makes the most of being in the Park Avenue Armory

From Tiffany vases to Fabergé gold, this year’s stateside edition of the fair is full of connections to the Armory’s rich history

31 Oct 2019
Doris Salcedo.

Doris Salcedo wins inaugural $1m Nomura Art Award

Art news daily: 31 October

31 Oct 2019
Still from We Live in Silence (2017; detail), Kudzanai Chiurai.

‘I can’t not think of Brexit, in relation to declarations of independence’ – an interview with Kudzanai Chiurai

The Zimbabwean artist discusses his film ‘We Live in Silence’, screened at the opening of Goodman Gallery’s new London premises

31 Oct 2019
Protestors in Santiago on 29 October 2019.
Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings (detail; 1967), Jane Freilicher. The Museum of Modern Art, New York

‘A fine day for seeing’ – Frank O’Hara at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

A new display in the museum pays tribute to one of its best and most charming ambassadors

30 Oct 2019