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Major Dutch Old Master drawing collection goes to Harvard

Art news daily : 6 November

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

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

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

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

Horniman Museum appoints Nick Merriman as chief executive

Art news daily : 3 November

Solving art’s mysteries online

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

Report states that 80 per cent of online antiquities could be looted or fake

Art news daily : 2 November

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

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

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

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

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'

2017 Stirling Prize goes to Hastings Pier

Art news daily : 1 November

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

Commercial interests and public institutions are inextricably entangled

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

Rome’s National Museum of Oriental Art is closing

Art news daily : 31 October

The woven wonders of Sheila Hicks

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

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

Flashback to the future

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

Linda Nochlin (1931–2017)

Who owns the heritage of traditional medicine?

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

It’s time to talk about the ivory trade

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

‘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

Legal pitfalls that all emerging artists should watch out for

Legal wrangles almost always curb creativity, so artists should avoid the hidden pitfalls of the art market