The death of Cairo's self-styled ‘friend of researchers’ feels like another great loss at an already difficult time
Ethnographic collections need to be living collections, representative of cultural diversity and mindful of traditions
The forthcoming Francis Bacon catalogue raisonné brings together a remarkable 585 paintings
Art News Daily : 28 March
Rakewell picks out his favourite lookalikes in historical paintings, from David Cameron to Sylvester Stallone
Valeria Napoleone discusses her unusual collection, and the importance of her relationships with artists
With the reopening of the Watts Studios, an amazing revival of the painter's reputation, and of his wife Mary's, is almost complete
Art News Daily : 25 March
Artists and museums in the Russian capital testify to the uneasy relationship between art and the state
Art News Daily : 24 March
The artist’s foundation is going to give away images of his work. We salute them
Art News Daily : 23 March
DCMS's updated mission statement for 'Our Culture' sounds promising, but is short on new commitments
The self-confessed 'artoholic' has donated a huge collection of 20th-century works to the Hepworth Wakefield
Art News Daily : 22 March
You don't have to be Christian to appreciate the 'Stations of the Cross' trail this Easter weekend
The artist turned collector – and a display that reveals his very diverse interests
Iain Duncan Smith once said that oil painting was like politics – because you could easily paint over your mistakes. Rakewell picks out a few politicians who have done just that
Art News Daily : 21 March
Salon du Dessin attracts the world's most committed drawings collectors. What should they look out for this year?
Why has Arsène Wenger slipped in to artspeak? Plus a dog that can paint and more yet more art pouting from Kanye West
The National Gallery Singapore opened to justified acclaim last year. But will its mission be hampered by the country's constraints on free expression?
Art News Daily : 18 March
From Joseph Beuys to Dinos Chapman, the artists who have turned to music but should never have hit the studio
