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The very Victorian nymphs of J.W. Waterhouse
How did the first viewers of ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ interpret the painting?
Bock and Clark share a sensitive approach to their subjects
At the Ikon Gallery, two very different artists approach their subjects with remarkable empathy
Berkshire Museum still faces legal challenge to deaccessioning plans
Art news daily: 14 February
Tracing India’s modern history through photography
This ambitious exhibition at London’s Science Museum marks 70 years of Indian independence
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Correcting Jasper Johns, Tory fossils, artists as cheeses, and, erm, a couple of cats stories
Tarsila do Amaral: the mother of Brazilian modernism
The first solo show in the US dedicated to the trailblazing Brazilian artist explores what it means to be the painter of one’s country
The art of scrap metal and expanding foam
The Centre Pompidou’s career survey of the French sculptor César reveals a body of work governed by the logic of its materials
‘Tell me who Kandinsky is’: T.S. Eliot among the artists
Can T.S. Eliot’s poetic experiments be read alongside parallel developments in the visual arts? And how much has he influenced artists?
Picasso’s portrait of dying love promises to fetch a high price
The artist once said that ‘it must be painful for a girl to see in a painting that she is on the way out’
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Zurbarán – Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle’ (Frick Collection)
The Tate puts the boot into Turner
The appearance of Turner paintings on Dr. Martens bovver boots has some of the painter’s fan fulminating
A portrait of the artist’s studio – in virtual reality
The Zabludowicz Collection’s new virtual reality exhibition space opens with a work that tests the limits and possibilities of the technology
Acquisitions of the month: January 2018
The finest additions to public collections this month include a crop of modern European artworks, from Munch to Mondrian
A singular collection traces five centuries of European drawings
From Rembrandts to Pollocks, the drawings collected by the late Eugene Thaw tell a remarkable tale
Why bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain is a mammoth task
The 1000-year-old embroidery will have to move while its French home undergoes renovations, but should it be coming to the UK?
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Appy days for Matt Hancock, bitcoin art business, and a useful lesson from Maria Balshaw. Plus the rest of this week’s arty tittle-tattle
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Recent debates over the art of Chuck Close, Balthus, and others remind us of the intertwined nature of ethics and aesthetics