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Resignations at the Bronx Museum

Art News Daily : 29 August

29 Aug 2016
Komainu (guardian dogs)

Serious business at Parcours des Mondes

The first ever exhibition of Tsogo land pieces and a hairpin made from Zulu ivory are among the highlights at Parcours des Mondes

29 Aug 2016
The exterior of Reading Prison

Artangel’s ambitious new project at Reading Prison is inspired by Oscar Wilde

This is the first time the prison has been opened to the public – and it’s an ambitious feat

29 Aug 2016

Ai Weiwei dropped from Yinchuan Biennale in China

Art News Daily : 26 August

26 Aug 2016

New attributions for Brian Sewell’s Old Master drawings

A round-up of this week’s top art market stories, including new attributions for drawings in Brian Sewell’s collection and changes in Sotheby’s shareholders

26 Aug 2016
Peter Doig.

Why should a court decide the authenticity of a living artist’s work?

When an artist has to prove in court that a painting isn’t his, it’s time to start asking questions about how we authenticate art

26 Aug 2016

Kara Walker’s best dance moves and other musical moments…

It’s been a month of pop/art collaborations, including Frank Ocean’s foray into art publishing, and Madonna’s tempting invitation to Art Basel Miami

25 Aug 2016
Sarcophagus and lid with portraits of husband and wife (detail; late 4th–early 3rd century BC), Etruscan; Volcanic tuff.

What can two Etruscan sarcophagi teach us about ourselves?

How contemplating historic art can change the way people think about contemporary society – and about themselves

24 Aug 2016

Peter Doig wins bizarre authenticity court case

Art news daily : 24 August

24 Aug 2016

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Marina Abramovic is apologetic, a very loose definition of ’Persian’, and Berlin’s pedestrians scandalise Ai Weiwei

24 Aug 2016
Installation view of Como un juego de niño (Like a child´s play) (21 July–2 October).

The Museo Espacio makes a splash in Aguascalientes

But Mexico’s new museum will need to demonstrate greater curatorial independence if it’s to flourish in the long-term

23 Aug 2016

Banksy artwork accidentally destroyed

Art News Daily : 23 August

23 Aug 2016

Save our museums!

Public collections need eloquent and passionate defenders if they are to thrive in today’s tough climate

23 Aug 2016
Ritual dou vessel with phoenix-shaped handles (Qing dynasty, reign of Emperor Yongzheng: 1723–35), by the Imperial Workshop, Beijing. Photo: © National Palace Museum, Taipei

The very best of Chinese imperial art comes to San Francisco

It’s been 20 years since Taipei’s National Palace Museum loaned works to the US – now’s the chance to see their Chinese treasures

22 Aug 2016
Country Club: Chicken Wire

Why have artists fallen out of love with sport?

Sport is more popular than ever, but only a handful of contemporary artists take it seriously as a subject. It wasn’t always this way…

20 Aug 2016

Anger in Ukraine over Tretyakov Gallery exhibition

Art News Daily : 19 August

19 Aug 2016

Men’s fashion choices, from Yankee Doodle to Marlon Brando

LACMA takes a look at the last 300 years of menswear in ‘Reigning Men’, but fails to address some key issues clearly enough

19 Aug 2016

The ghostbusters heading to a museum near you

Ghosthunters have been fishing for phantoms in a Lincolnshire museum – the latest in a long tradition of haunted museums

18 Aug 2016

Threatened Keith Haring mural says a lot about how we value public art

This is but one more example of the vulnerability of art beyond the gallery walls

18 Aug 2016

Restitution made easy? Germany rethinks how it deals with Nazi-looted art

Reforms to the Limbach Commission, which deals with restitution claims, are welcome – but they won’t be enough

17 Aug 2016