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A tribute to Linda Nochlin (1931–2017)

It is difficult to overstate the importance of Nochlin’s scholarship for subsequent generations of art historians

7 Nov 2017
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The fine art of Russian hacking

…And who ‘hacked’ the State Tretyakov Gallery’s Twitter account last week?

6 Nov 2017

Major Dutch Old Master drawing collection goes to Harvard

Art news daily : 6 November

6 Nov 2017
The Galloway Hoard

Acquisitions of the month: October 2017

A hoard of Viking-era treasures has gone to the National Museums Scotland, while the Towner Art Gallery has secured an impressive contemporary installation

6 Nov 2017
Pair of caparisoned horses, China, Northern Qi period (550–577 AD), ht. 63cm. Eskenazi (price on application)

The best of Asian Art in London

The 20th edition of AAL proves that the appetite for classical Asian art amongst dealers and collectors remains insatiable

6 Nov 2017

Keith Vaughan’s private drawings are full of hidden longing

These erotic fantasies reveal how painfully separate the artist kept his private and public lives

4 Nov 2017
Returning to the Trenches (1916), C.R.W. Nevinson.

The art of war at the Met

This exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tries to register the gap between pre-war assumptions and the First World War’s brutal reality

3 Nov 2017
Dr Nick Merriman, newly appointed chief executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London, photo: Alan Seabright

Horniman Museum appoints Nick Merriman as chief executive

Art news daily : 3 November

3 Nov 2017
The Forge of Vulcan (detail; 17th century), attributed to Ary de Vois. Abingdon Guildhall

Solving art’s mysteries online

Can Art Detective’s crowd-sourced connoisseurship shed light on the history of mysterious paintings?

3 Nov 2017
Exterior view of the Sumida Hokusai Museum, designed by Kazuyo Sejima

‘Until recently, no institution in Tokyo was dedicated to Hokusai’

After 20 years of planning, the Sumida Hokusai Museum has finally opened its doors

2 Nov 2017

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Minnesota merchandise, Barbara Kruger on the metro, and John Humphry’s porridge

2 Nov 2017
Still from the opposite The Opposite of Time (2017) by Andy Holden. 'Andy Holden & Peter Holden: Natural Selection' (2017), an Artangel commission. Photo: Marcus J. Leith

Why Andy Holden flew back to the nest

Artist Andy Holden has collaborated with his father, the ornithologist Peter Holden, on an Artangel project exploring our fascination with ‘home’

2 Nov 2017

2017 Stirling Prize goes to Hastings Pier

Art news daily : 1 November

1 Nov 2017

Contemporary art museums can’t avoid conflicts of interest – but we need to trust their directors

Commercial interests and public institutions are inextricably entangled

1 Nov 2017
Cargo Cult, Frith Powell, courtesy the artist

A singular artist makes a rare solo appearance

Frith Powell has been exploring the possibilities of painting for half a century – but has rarely exhibited

1 Nov 2017

Rome’s National Museum of Oriental Art is closing

Art news daily : 31 October

31 Oct 2017
Grand Boules (2009), Sheila Hicks. © Sheila Hicks. Courtesy of Alison Jacques Gallery, London

The woven wonders of Sheila Hicks

The artist’s textile works reveal the versatility and power of a medium that has been widely overlooked

31 Oct 2017

California chills out at the Museum of Ice Cream

Pop-up ‘museums of ice cream’ are a hit in California – but some locals are giving them the cold shoulder

31 Oct 2017
Lampi (Flashes) (detail; 1909–10), Luigi Russolo. Galleria dello Scudo at Flashback

Flashback to the future

For its fifth edition, Turin’s Flashback art fair has taken a sci-fi turn

31 Oct 2017

Linda Nochlin (1931–2017)

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Linda Nochlin (1931–2017) | American art historian and writer Linda Nochlin…

30 Oct 2017
The Ayurvedic Man (18th century), Nepal. Wellcome Collection, London

Who owns the heritage of traditional medicine?

The Wellcome Collection examines the history of ‘alternative’ medicine in the Indian subcontinent

Three soldiers (from the Flagellation of Christ; 1360), Master of Agrafen, or a follower.

It’s time to talk about the ivory trade

Conservationists and connoisseurs needn’t be on opposing sides when discussing ivory

30 Oct 2017
Film still of A Single Voice (2017) by Susan Philipsz (b. 1965).

‘I’m interested in the architectural concerns of sound’

Susan Philipsz talks about her new work at BALTIC, dismantling an opera about space, and the power of the human voice

30 Oct 2017