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North/south section-perspective through the new gallery spaces at The Museum of Modern Art, looking east along Fifty-third Street.
Jerwood Gallery.
Frontispiece and title page to Christina Rossetti, 'Goblin Market and Other Poems (1863), after Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Christina Rossetti among the Pre-Raphaelites

The Brotherhood loomed large in the poet’s life, but she was careful to carve out her own creative space

4 Feb 2019
St John the Baptist Preaching (detail; 1627), Pieter Lastman.

Acquisitions of the Month: January 2019

A medieval book coffer and a painting by Rembrandt’s teacher are among the top recent museum acquisitions

4 Feb 2019
Judy Chicago photographed in Santa Monica in September 2018

‘You have to choose hope’ – an interview with Judy Chicago

The trailblazing artist talks about feminism, optimism, and the importance of doing your own thing

3 Feb 2019
Watlington Hoard

UK government wants to widen legal definition of treasure

Art news daily: 1 February

1 Feb 2019

Bloody ballads and semen straw sculptures

The latest bizarre artworks to come to Rakewell’s attention feature blood donations and cattle-rearing devices

1 Feb 2019

The secret of David Hockney’s tomato sandwich

In a short film by Ridley Scott, David Hockney opens up about his time at the Royal College of Art – and mischievous visits to the V&A

1 Feb 2019
Installation view of ‘Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth’ at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2019.

Pairing Michelangelo with Bill Viola does one of the artists no favours

The Royal Academy offers a rare chance to see some of Michelangelo’s best drawings, but Viola’s videos are something of a distraction

1 Feb 2019
The Little Girl in Blue (detail; 1934), Amrita Sher-Gil. Sotheby’s Mumbai, INR18.7 crore

The market is hot for modern Indian art

Work by post-Independence artists is increasingly hard to find, with prices surging – in India and abroad

31 Jan 2019
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Nose ornament (1st–7th century), Colombia. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Jewels that dazzle across time and space

From pre-Colombian ornaments to a McQueen bodysuit, the Met’s jewellery collection is a sight to behold

31 Jan 2019

Mosul Museum partially reopens with contemporary exhibition

Art news daily: 30 January

30 Jan 2019
Portrait of Marsilio Cassotti and his wife Faustina (1523), Lorenzo Lotto

The mysterious masterpieces of Lorenzo Lotto

The Venetian painter was overshadowed by Titian in his day, but his subtle portraits have a very modern appeal

30 Jan 2019
The Pyramid of Khafre (left) and the Great Pyramid of Giza (right), photographed in October 2018.

The pyramids at Giza looked very different when they were first built

The Egyptian pyramids were originally covered in smooth white limestone – as a casing stone now in Scotland shows

30 Jan 2019
The artist Susan Hiller in 2014.

Susan Hiller (1940–2019)

Art news daily: 29 January

29 Jan 2019
Leda and the Swan, discovered in Pompeii.

The age of spectacular finds at Pompeii is far from over

The Great Pompeii Project’s restoration of the site has led to a stream of exciting discoveries

29 Jan 2019
The Labyrinth by Saul Steinberg

The groundbreaking squiggles of Saul Steinberg

Le Corbusier once told the Romanian-American cartoonist that he drew ‘like a king’

29 Jan 2019
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. on 8 January 2019 during the US government shutdown.
Left: Untitled, 1988, Magdalene Odundo. Middle: Black figure neck amphora with Ariadne dancing with satyrs, 550-540BC. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Right: Untitled, 1989, Magdalene Odundo.

‘I’m looking at history and the human need to make things’ – an interview with Magdalene Odundo

The ceramic artist is showing her own work alongside historic pieces from all over the world

28 Jan 2019
Meleager, c. 1490, 'Antico'. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The untold story of museums and the art market

The Bowes Museum looks at how art dealers have shaped museum collections

28 Jan 2019
Illustration by Graham Roumieu/Dutch Uncle

Is the US trustee system good for museums?

Are volunteer board members a useful source of good will and money, or do they tie museums to the whims of the wealthy?

28 Jan 2019

A decadent darling decamps from Twitter

Bougie London Literary Woman has sidled away from social media – for now. Rakewell rounds up some of her art-related tweets

27 Jan 2019

A monumental mix-up in Aberdeenshire

Plus: Toto forever in the Namib Desert and art students in China face an overfamiliar exam

27 Jan 2019