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‘Anyone who is interested in the Renaissance should be interested in medals’
It may be a small and specialist market, but it is still possible to find exquisite portrait medals at affordable prices
Debates in America had a powerful impact on black British artists
‘Soul of a Nation’ is the most significant contribution to debates around black art to date
Thomas Gainsborough, the good-time guy
James Hamilton’s biography of Thomas Gainsborough presents the painter as a lad about town
Ever seen an eyeball card? How about a UFO?
A new book series explores the strange subcultures of post-war Britain, from CB radio enthusiasts to alien investigators
Oswald Birley’s society portraits should have a wider public
The portraitist was highly sought after in his heyday, but his reputation has languished in recent years
Acquisitions of the month: September 2017
The Chrysler Museum celebrated its biggest gift in decades last month, while the Met acquired an extremely unusual coffin
Lincoln Center puts $500m concert hall renovation on ice
Our daily round-up of news from the art world Ambitious renovation plans for Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall shelved |…
The best of the Frieze week satellite events
From the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, to artists’ films at the BFI London Film Festival, there’s plenty to see outside of Regent’s Park
The stuff of art: objects from Matisse’s studio
The objects in Matisse’s collection shaped his revolutionary aesthetic, and inspired him to push beyond the boundaries of the European tradition
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Cheeky art patronage at Nando’s, Frank Gehry’s Bilbao nerves and how Julia Stiles beefed up her art history for Riviera
Space exploration with Lucio Fontana
Eleven of Lucio Fontana’s ‘Spatial Environments’ have been meticulously recreated in Milan – and the effects are extraordinary
London’s major modern and contemporary sales
Auction highlights in October include a dramatic Jenny Saville painting, a late Philip Guston work, and rich Islamic textiles
Julia Gonnella appointed new director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha
Art news daily: 2 October
The new Chapman brothers show is delightful and disturbing – and you need to see it
Featuring Goya, teddy bears and suicide vests, ‘The Disasters of Everyday Life’ is puerile, provocative, and superb
Wrestling with ancient Rome
Plus: Jack Whitten, Lisson Gallery’s 50th birthday, and Willem de Kooning’s late paintings
The weird world of Alfred Kubin
Plus: Giorgio de Chirico’s writings, Enrico David’s sculptures, and reflections on W.G. Sebald
Mashed-up encyclopaedias and dismantled watches
Plus: exhibitions of William Turnbull, Gino De Dominicis, and Tim Head
Sinister statues and shadowy portraits
Plus: Brice Marden’s painstaking exploration of paint and an Italian protégé of Duchamp makes his debut in London
The Cerruti Collection – from closed volume to open book
The private collection of Francesco Federico Cerruti will prove a revelation when it goes on show in Turin
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