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Susan Hiller’s search for the right medium
‘What’s happened to the witch, the German puppet witch?’ Susan Hiller enquires of the waitress…
Francis Towne’s long road to recognition
Towne’s watercolours aren’t as ground-breaking as they were once made out to be, but they are definitely good enough to merit a revival
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster
Strength in numbers: stars of Netherlandish drawing, from Frans Floris to Rubens
‘The absence of big names is one of the joys of the exhibition.’ A revelatory display of drawings puts works by lesser-known Netherlandish masters in the spotlight.
The art market is off to a cautious start in 2016
Were this week’s sales a true reflection of the market, minus the smoke and mirrors of third-party guarantees?
Arks and car parks at the Creation Museum
Spare a thought for the poor souls at the Creation Museum, says Rakewell, whose ambitions are being held up by red tape
Situation terminal: can an artist improve Manchester Airport?
Rakewell ponders why an airport would install an artist in residence
Carolee Schneemann brings chaos, mess and erotic liberation to Salzburg
Never have chaos and excess been presented so clearly and coherently…
The eccentric and enduring visions of Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron’s photographs are some of the most hauntingly original of the 19th century.
Titles of artworks can obstruct how we interpret artistic meaning
But changing an artwork’s title is hardly the same as pulling down a statue
Are there too many art fairs?
With several art fairs staged every week, are such events damaging to the more traditional art trade, or do they allow greater public engagement with art?
Samuel Rush Meyrick: the man behind the medieval revival
‘For students of arms and armour, Meyrick was the first and greatest of those giants on whose shoulders we stand.’
‘If we stay away from Tunisia, we are cowards’
The Bardo Museum in Carthage still bears the scars of last year’s terrorist attack. The best way to support it is to visit
‘This is the best of the Roman tradition’: A new mosaic unveiled in Israel
Archaeologist Amir Gorzalczany from the Israel Antiquities Authority tells Apollo about an exciting new discovery
Acquisitions of the Month: January 2016
Several museums have plugged gaps in their collections this month, while others have received some extraordinarily generous gifts
Fresh allegations of mayoral ‘cover up’ over Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge
Art News Daily : 29 January
One museum’s tribute to the murdered Syrian archaeologist, Khaled al-Asaad
How the MFA Boston is paying tribute to a respected scholar and humanist