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Piecing together the untold story of Ida O’Keeffe
An exhibition in Dallas places the spotlight on the life and art of Georgia O’Keeffe’s younger sister
The freedom Gainsborough found in painting his family
The artist’s portraits of his household are more spontaneous than his commercial work
What can museums do to ensure collectors follow through on promised gifts?
With no contracts or value exchanges, announced gifts can easily be revoked. But there are ways to firm up loose agreements
The photoshop fails of your favourite politicians
The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has joined the ranks of politicians who have tried to airbrush themselves into history
Acquisitions of the month: December 2018
A Midwestern epic painting and minimalist marvels were among the top works to enter museum collections last month
Beyond the blockbusters – five more shows to catch in 2019
Highlights include a celebration of Cosimo de’ Medici at the Uffizi and ceramics from Africa at the Design Museum in Munich
Poetry and pessimism at the 12th Shanghai Biennale
Grand narratives of progress are undermined in a surprisingly understated edition of the Chinese biennial
Egypt questions National Museum of Scotland’s right to Giza pyramid stone
Art news daily: 10 January
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Erika Balsom
Gabrielle Schwarz talks to the critic and scholar Erika Balsom about her experience working between the worlds of art and cinema
The modern painters who were mad about Frans Hals
Van Gogh, Whistler, Sargent and Manet were just some of the major artists who made pilgrimages to Haarlem to see Hals’s work
Cutting criticism – a tale of Bendor Grosvenor’s cat
Plus: Salvador Dalí among the drug lords and how Jeremy Deller made his mother proud
Close encounters with the gods in court paintings from north India
Painters at the Pahari courts found new ways to represent the Hindu gods in the 17th and 18th centuries
The cosmopolitan art of Anglo-Saxon England
The British Library demonstrates that Anglo-Saxon culture looked to Europe and beyond
The endless inventions of Bruce Nauman
Drawing, video, sculpture and performance – no medium is out of bounds for the titan of American art
Hans Ulrich Obrist as you’ve never seen him before
Plus: Prince Charles, Leonard Cohen and Salvador Dalí, and the artistic tastes of Drake
Where next for virtual reality art?
Some seem beguiled by VR technology but others are using it to confront our faith in digital progress
Warren MacKenzie’s commitment to craft
The renowned American potter believed simplicity, beauty, and affordability were of paramount importance