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Momentary Monument – The Stone (2016), Lara Favaretto, installation view at Welsh Streets, Liverpool Biennial 2016.

The Liverpool Biennial’s emphasis on local identity could not be more prescient

The sociopolitical slant of this year’s event has added weight in light of the Brexit vote. Can a city’s regeneration be artist-led?

12 Jul 2016

The art of power in ancient Pergamon

How did a minor Greek dynasty create one of the greatest sites of Hellenistic art?

12 Jul 2016

The Art Institute of Chicago acquires superb Sebastiano del Piombo painting

The new acquisition, arranged with Colnaghi, testifies to just how productive the nurturing of museum-dealer relationships can be

11 Jul 2016

Property developer ordered to rebuild historic London pub

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Property developer ordered to rebuild London pub ‘brick by brick’ |…

11 Jul 2016
Willem Sandberg in 1955

‘A poster has to be joyous’. The energy and enthusiasm of Willem Sandberg

The designer and director of the Stedelijk Museum had a remarkable life: don’t miss an opportunity to learn about him at the De La Warr Pavilion

11 Jul 2016
Mary Heilmann

Stories in abstraction: an interview with Mary Heilmann

With her first UK exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, Mary Heilmann talks fashion, finger painting and why Ellsworth Kelly is her hero

9 Jul 2016

A tribute to Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016)

Remembering the influential Iranian filmmaker who has died at the age of 76

8 Jul 2016
Martin Roth, director of the Victorian and Albert Museum, accepts the Art Fund's Museum of the Year Award 2016 from the Duchess of Cambridge, during a ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London.

Why the V&A is Museum of the Year – and also a museum of the future

The museum was recently awarded the Art Fund’s most prestigious award, but there are challenges as well as opportunities ahead

8 Jul 2016

V&A named as Art Fund Museum of the Year

Art News Daily : 7 July

7 Jul 2016
Spanish police arrested seven people in connection with the theft of five Francis Bacon paintings earlier this year

How technology is changing the way we tackle art theft

Smartphones and digital cameras are new sources of evidence for investigators, but they can also aid art thieves

7 Jul 2016

Suicide bombing at Prophet’s Mosque in Medina

Art News Daily : 6 July

6 Jul 2016
A quick guide to Philadelphia's vibrant, provisional art scene...

A whistlestop tour of Philadelphia’s contemporary art spaces

The city’s vibrant, provisional art scene is thriving, but you have to know where to go

6 Jul 2016
Lot and his Daughters (1613–14), Peter Paul Rubens

Dutch connections and elaborate treasures at London’s auction houses

A look at some of the highlights at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this week

5 Jul 2016
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Brexit will happen. The British culture sector needs a new plan

If anything is going to come out of this shock to the system, there are lessons to be learned

5 Jul 2016

Celebrating Apollo at our summer party

Leading cultural figures turned out on Monday night for the Apollo summer party, which saw the launch of the new Apollo Collector Services portal

5 Jul 2016
The Hamilton-Rothschild tazza. Courtesy National Museum of Scotland

Ten new galleries for the National Museum of Scotland’s treasures

Art and design highlights include treasures from Hamilton Palace and Napoleon’s tea-service

4 Jul 2016
Step Piece

Acquisitions of the Month: June 2016

Both the Courtauld and the Menil Collection acquire important works by Jasper Johns, while SFMOMA bolsters its already impressive photography collection

3 Jul 2016
Calton Hill (2014), Jock McFadyen

Scottish artists who turned to the dark side

A survey of postwar Scottish art reacting against the forces of reason includes wonderful pieces, but explains its own meaning a little too neatly

2 Jul 2016

How is London’s art market faring after the Brexit vote?

It’s been a turbulent week, but the mood at London’s auction houses and art fairs is cautiously optimistic

1 Jul 2016