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Presumed lost Giacometti drawings found in antiques shop

Art news daily : 9 August

9 Aug 2017
Installation view, 'Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions', Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London.

Ways of seeing with Arthur Jafa

The acclaimed filmmaker insists we notice skin colour, and acknowledge the politics of its presence and presentations

9 Aug 2017

Arty cats and dogs have their day on Twitter

International Cat Day clashes with Dogs in Paintings Day on Twitter. Which has really set the cat among the pigeons…

8 Aug 2017

Pussy Riot members detained over public protest

Art news daily : 8 August

8 Aug 2017

Royal portraits and realpolitik at the Society of Antiquaries

Don’t miss this rare chance to see a collection of medieval and Tudor portraits, relics, documents, and physical fragments

8 Aug 2017
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The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Tittle-tattle and curiosities from the art and museum worlds

8 Aug 2017
Arrival by Enrique Ramirez

Over Venice? Here are the best biennials to visit this autumn

There are plenty of events opening in the coming months, from Bamako’s photography festival to the sprawling, ‘borderless’ BienalSur

8 Aug 2017

Martin Roth (1955–2017)

Art news daily : 7 August

7 Aug 2017
Martin Roth, Apollo magazine, 40 Under 40 Europe

A tribute to Martin Roth (1955–2017)

The former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum has died at the age of 62

7 Aug 2017
Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You, (2000–17), Jeremy Dellar, Photo: Henning Rogge; © Skulptur Projekte Münster

Münster turns its public spaces over to sculpture

This year’s Skulptur Projekte Münster shows that digital technology has transformed the public realm – but some artists are resisting

7 Aug 2017
Frescoes in the Tomb of the Augurs, Necropolis of Monterozzi, Tarquinia. Courtesy Mibact. Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'Area Metropolitana di Roma, la Provincia di Viterbo e l'Etruria Meridionale

D.H. Lawrence among the Etruscans

Is D.H. Lawrence’s account of the archaeological sites of Etruria still relevant today?

5 Aug 2017

Book competition

Your chance to win ‘Highland Retreats: The Architecture and Interiors of Scotland’s Romantic North’ by Mary Miers (Rizzoli)

4 Aug 2017

Hollywood! Brooklyn! Basildon!

Brooklyn beware! Artist Susanna Briselli is trying to get a huge sign erected

4 Aug 2017
The Taking of Christ (1602), Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. © The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Fed up of the Fringe? Then escape to a museum

Edinburgh’s museums and galleries provide respite from the onslaught of the Fringe

4 Aug 2017
autoportrait (2017), Luke Willis Thompson. Installation view at Chisenhale Gallery 2017. Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery and produced in partnership with Create. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andy Keate

Silence speaks volumes at Chisenhale Gallery

Luke Willis Thompson’s work with Diamond Reynolds is a powerful response to the shooting of Philando Castile

3 Aug 2017

The Met hands over ancient sculpture with disputed past

Art news daily : 2 August

2 Aug 2017

How to get your art-history fix at the Edinburgh Fringe

There are plenty of (sort of) art-historical turns at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2 Aug 2017
Head of a Young Man (detail; c. 1539–40), Girolamo Mazzola, called Parmigianino

Acquisitions of the month: July 2017

This month’s acquisitions include a rare portrait by Richard Wilson, the Edward Hopper archive and an exceptional group of drawings

2 Aug 2017
Self-portrait (detail; 1914), Margaret Clarke. © Artist’s Estate. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland. Photographer: Roy Hewson

A hidden highlight at the National Gallery of Ireland

A small exhibition of Margaret Clarke’s work proves that the best shows aren’t always the blockbusters

2 Aug 2017
The Getty Center.

Getty Trust founding president Harold M. Williams dies

Art news daily : 1 August

1 Aug 2017
'Ties|Legami. Pietro Consagra and Ugo Mulas' at The Italian Cultural Institute

Sculpture in two dimensions

Pietro Consagra made sculptures with the camera in mind, and worked closely with photographer Ugo Mulas

1 Aug 2017
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The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Giacometti at the movies, Jack Vettriano at the pub, and the rest of last week’s arty tittle-tattle

31 Jul 2017