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The Paston Treasure (c. 1663), unknown artist (Dutch School). Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK.

The mystery of The Paston Treasure painting

Who was the artist commissioned to record the Paston family’s collection – and what was the purpose of the painting?

20 Apr 2018

Book competition

Your chance to win ‘Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence’

20 Apr 2018

Celebrating Romani art and culture at the first Roma Biennale

The first Roma Biennale offered a riot of contemporary Romani art and performance

19 Apr 2018

Copenhagen Contemporary to reopen in a permanent space

Art news daily: 18 April

18 Apr 2018
Gillian Ayres at home in Barnes, London, in 1961.

A tribute to Gillian Ayres (1930–2018)

Ayres has died at the age of 88 after a long, vibrant career as one of Britain’s leading abstract painters

18 Apr 2018

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Rose Wylie’s high heels, Thaddaeus Ropac shares a beer with Joseph Beuys, and a design collaboration for Kanye West

17 Apr 2018

Solving the mystery of the Silver Caesars

A mysterious set of Renaissance silverware has been reunited for the first time in centuries

17 Apr 2018
The Baltimore Museum of Art, which in May sold five artworks at auction for nearly $8 million to raise funds for new acquisitions. Would capitalising those works have allowed the institution to pursue its acquisition strategy without compromising its existing holdings?
Gold reliquary of Anne of Brittany's heart.

Reliquary with queen’s heart stolen from Nantes museum

Anne of Brittany’s heart stolen from Nantes museum, Joseph Beuys estate to be represented by Thaddaeus Ropac, and more of today’s top stories

16 Apr 2018
Silk samite shirt with ducks (600–800), Central Asia, Sogdiana

The thousand-year-old shirt from Sogdiana

Preserved in remarkable condition, this silk garment reflects the rich cultural milieu in which it was produced

16 Apr 2018
A museum piece, apparently.

Calling all hipsters! Book now for the museum of avocados!

Another hipster museum is opening in California – and this one is all about avocados

16 Apr 2018
Lion head from the Royal Cemetery of Ur, (c. 2450 BC), Sumerian, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Ancient civilisations get a modern makeover at the Penn Museum

The museum’s collection of more than a million artefacts is being redisplayed in a major refurbishment

14 Apr 2018
Chris Dercon in 2017.

Letter from São Paulo

Charles Saumarez Smith reflects on the art market in Brazil as the 14th edition of SP-Arte takes place

Landscape (1943), Roberto Burle Marx, Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries

The Brazilian paintings that made a splash in wartime Britain

The recreation of an exhibition of Brazilian modernism during the Second World War is a remarkable feat

13 Apr 2018
Rendering of the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will be located in LA’s Exposition Park
Sun Tunnels, Nancy Holt

Acquisitions of the month: March 2018

A major work of land art by Nancy Holt and Liotard’s largest extant work on pastel are among this month’s top acquisitions

11 Apr 2018

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

The tiny head of Yuri Gagarin, Richard Rogers gets hit with an umbrella, and the rest of last week’s arty tittle-tattle

11 Apr 2018
Installation view of ‘Richard Serra: Rifts’ at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, 2018.

On reading the Rifts of Richard Serra

The artist’s monumental drawings challenge the viewer to discover unexpected details in their pitch-black surfaces

11 Apr 2018
The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace, 2017.

How contemporary initiatives are reviving historic sites in Rajasthan

A sculpture park in a hill fort and a mansion showing Indian crafts are just two signs of the region’s cultural renaissance

11 Apr 2018
Nick Mitzevich

Nick Mitzevich to head National Gallery of Australia

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Nick Mitzevich named director of National Gallery of Australia | Nick…

10 Apr 2018

France to sign heritage agreement with Saudi Arabia

Art news daily: 9 April

9 Apr 2018