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‘My grand tour shall be one round the whole globe’
Joseph Banks’ plant specimens from Captain Cook’s first voyage are still of the greatest scientific importance
History lessons with Leonor Antunes
A new site-specific work at the Whitechapel reminds us of overlooked women artists
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property becomes UK law
Art news daily: 12 December
The myth of Basquiat threatens to eclipse his art
The Barbican survey’s biographical focus detracts from the fervent energy of the paintings themselves
Enrico Castellani (1930–2017)
The Italian artist, minimalism’s chosen forefather, was a key figure of the post-war avant-garde
Spanish culture minister orders removal of works from Catalan museum
Art news daily: 11 December
The private collector who made the British Museum
A new biography of physician-collector Hans Sloane portrays a flawed yet fascinating man
‘Feminism is just another colour in the work’
Polly Apfelbaum talks about bodies – human and mythic – in her new show at Frith Street Gallery
The business of luxury in modern Vienna
The Wiener Werkstätte was a commercial flop, but its designs still embody the spirit of Viennese modernism
Acquisitions of the month: November 2017
This month’s acquisitions include a hoard of Soviet nonconformist art, a significant example of brutalist architecture, and a Danish masterpiece
A pair of Easter Island treasures emerge
A sleek, modern aesthetic ups the selling power of a pair of Polynesian dance paddles
Careless whisker: Grayson Perry’s lost cat comes home
After going AWOL for several days, Grayson Perry’s cat has been reunited with the artist. Hooray!
Images of a vanished world
Latif Al Ani’s beautifully framed photographs provide a moving, modern picture of Iraq
The addictive art of Ragnar Kjartansson
How a seven-hour performance of only ten lyrical lines entranced its audience at the London Contemporary Music Festival
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artistic tastes of Britain’s spies, Prince Harry’s museum dance, Damien Hirst’s shopping habits and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle
Medardo Rosso: the first modern sculptor
A convincing case is made for the Italian artist’s ambitions, and the need to bring a wider audience to his work
‘Sculpture is part of the public realm’
Mark Handforth discusses his commission for the ICA Miami’s new home – and the city’s thriving art scene
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