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‘There is enduring interest in the stories of the Pre-Raphaelites’
The market for the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers is steady and growing, bucking the trend for Victorian painting
Why an art hound is sniffing around the MFA Boston
The latest recruit to the MFA Boston is a three-month-old puppy called Riley
Acquisitions of the month: December 2017
Last month’s acquisitions include a portrait of a hirsute lady, and a major purchase for the Frick
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels’ by Christopher Lloyd (Thames & Hudson)
A Mexican dog in an early modern menagerie
How an ancient breed of hairless dog made its way into the Habsburg art collection
Nicola Gordon Bowe (1948–2018)
The scholar, teacher and advocate of the applied arts of 20th-century Ireland has died at the age of 69
A guide to urban living
In her mid-career survey, Jacqueline Donachie explores the hidden cruelties of the urban environment
The man who made Ireland’s favourite painting
Frederic William Burton’s sentimental watercolour scenes reflect the taste of a bygone era
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Matt Hancock’s party vibes and the rest of this week’s arty tittle-tattle
The dividing lines of Otobong Nkanga
For her first solo exhibition in Ireland, Otobong Nkanga complicates easy distinctions between the natural and the industrial
Posing for Martin Parr
The photographer’s foundation opens with pop-up portrait sessions and an exhibition of images of the West Midlands
Eugene Thaw (1927–2018)
Eugene Thaw, the collector of drawings and celebrated art dealer, has died at the age of 90
Why we need to free art by prisoners from behind bars
The Pentagon wants to ban the display of art by Guantánamo detainees – but it’s important that we engage with art made in captivity
Yes, a Canadian museum really is putting on a Justin Bieber exhibition
Ontario is the place to head if you want to see the pop star’s running shoes
The double lives of outsider artists
Vivian Maier took thousands of photographs, but showed them to no one. Why are some artists so determined to keep their work secret?
The reopening of the Hayward Gallery and a Tacita Dean trilogy
It’s a big year for museums in the UK, with reopenings, expansions, and collaborations in London and Cambridge
The remarkable legacy of Johan Maelwael
This superbly curated exhibition transforms our understanding of medieval art history
What the end of net neutrality might mean for museums
The vote to repeal net neutrality in the US poses a problem for museums trying to connect with new audiences