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How tea changed the history of the world
Nirmal Sethia talks about the Chitra Collection, one of the world’s finest private collection of historical – and explains the true significance of tea
V&A director Martin Roth resigns
The Victoria and Albert Museum’s first foreign director is stepping down after five years in the role
When artists deny, disavow or reject their work
Lucian Freud, Pablo Picasso and Gerhard Richter are among the artists who have ‘edited’ their oeuvres by refusing to acknowledge certain works
The Biennale des Antiquaires is for serious collectors
With previously unseen paintings by followers of Bosch and works by leading 20th-century Spanish artists, the fair has upped its game
From branding to Brexit: inside the Art Business Conference
Now in its third year, the event in London addresses some of the most pressing topics affecting the sector
The unhappy fate of Christopher Wren’s city churches
They rose out of the ashes of the Great Fire of London and transformed the city, but several of Wren’s city churches have met with disaster themselves
Trouble at Sydney’s art schools
The current problems facing Sydney’s art schools have big implications for the visual arts in Australia
The Holbein hand that hacked off Facebook
A Holbein study of Erasmus’s hand led to one user being suspended from Facebook – and he thinks there are ‘dark forces’ at work
It’s about time Winifred Knights got some attention
The Dulwich Picture Gallery finally spotlights this British modernist, whose work owes much to Renaissance traditions
Why we should take Thomas Hardy seriously as an architect
An altarpiece believed to have been designed by the novelist has resurfaced in Windsor. It’s an important reminder of how his architectural training informed his life’s work
Drop in the value of sterling attracts global buyers
June’s auctions see works by Moore, Saville and Picardy exceeding expectations, while several museum-worthy pieces change hands
Artists mark 350 years since the Great Fire of London
On 2 September 1666, a fire took hold on Pudding Lane that would devastate London. As the anniversary approaches, exhibitions and events are being staged across the city
Jilly Cooper’s bizarre attack on Grayson Perry
The novelist has taken aim at Grayson Perry in an interview – but does she have any idea what she’s talking about?
Acquisitions of the month: August 2016
Treasures from Castle Howard go to the Fitzwilliam Museum and Tate Britain, while US museums acquire some important modern and contemporary collections
The market is hot for contemporary Chinese ink painting
Contemporary Chinese ink painting is the perfect middleground between the old and the new
Balancing the books at Yale University Press in London
Yale University Press in London is the world’s leading art publisher. What does its recent restructuring say about the press – and about art publishing in general?
The legend of Canoe Lake
Tom Thomson’s sketching trips in the wilderness changed the course of Canadian art, but also claimed his life
In search of Léon Spilliaert in Ostend
The work of Belgian painter Léon Spilliaert is intimately tied to his home town of Ostend
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