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What national museums tell us about national identities
Museums of national history put the stories countries like to tell about themselves into physical form
Robert Wilson creates a feast for the senses
The celebrated theatre director and artist explains his approach to creating exhibitions
Speaking up about art
Conversation can be a important and enjoyable way of paying attention to artworks
‘We can’t talk about the war because we are still in the middle of it’
What kind of art are Syrian artists making, if they are able to make art at all?
Jeremy Bentham hops across the pond
Jeremy Bentham leaves University College London to take part in a show at the Met Breuer
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Blue: the History of a Color’ by Michel Pastoureau (Princeton University Press)
‘There are no spectators, only participants’
Mark Dion’s playful installations at the Whitechapel Gallery turn viewers into voyeurs
Group dynamics in polite society
How ‘conversation piece’ paintings summed up the social aspirations of a new social class
Looking at the female gaze
At Richard Saltoun Gallery, the body is both subject and material for women artists exploring gender and sexuality
The story of public art in New York City
From historic monuments to contemporary commissions, art is everywhere in the urban environment
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
London Fashion Week shuts down the National Portrait Gallery, the Duchess of Cambridge gets creative, and Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ invents a Museum of Great Britain
Is arbitration the answer to settling disputes in the art world?
Privacy is just one of the advantages the arbitration process has over going to court
The joys of junk food
Appetite is a central theme in the exuberant paintings of Dale Lewis, at Edel Assanti in London
‘This exhibition is about forces enacted on the body’
George Henry Longly discusses his exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, which features eight Japanese armours
First class: the art of the Post Office
How Britain’s postal system has inspired artists, from its origins in the 16th century to today
Angel delight? Twenty years of the Angel of the North
The Angel of the North may have been co-opted to sell baguettes in its time, but the north-east has undoubtedly come to love it
Museum collections in the UK need a brand new strategy
Both the Mendoza Review and David Cannadine’s recent ‘Why Collect?’ report are too limited in scope