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Auction highlights – is there life in the Old Masters yet?
New York’s January sales boast an impressive line-up, including a gruesome painting by Rubens and a lost portrait by Bronzino
The Renaissance painters who turned to stone
It was Sebastiano del Piombo who rediscovered the ancient art of painting on stone and inspired others to make the most of their material
The week in art news – Ukraine calls for cultural boycott of Russia
Plus: authorities seized looted artefacts from the home of Met trustee Shelby White, Artforum bought by Penske Media, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Deconstructing Power: W.E.B Du Bois at the 1900 World’s Fair
The America sociologist challenged the status quo with his radical infographics
Freedom of Movement: Contemporary Art and Design from the NGV Collection
The National Galley of Victoria in Melbourne explores how contemporary artists represent many manners of movement
Phantoms of the Night: 100 Years of Nosferatu
The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection in Berlin considers how F.W. Murnau looked to art history to create his groundbreaking horror film
The Fest: Between Representation and Revolt
The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna revels in the history of festive occasions
Can a modern perfumier hold a candle to the Old Masters?
Sotheby’s has hired Lyn Harris to respond to Dutch Golden Age paintings with her ‘olfactory poetic landscapes’ – but Rakewell smells a rat
Through the grapevine – the secret ceremony of Château Mouton Rothschild’s artist collaborations
Last week Peter Doig was revealed as the latest artist to design a label for the chateau – a tradition that began in 1945 and remains shrouded in mystery
In the studio with… Douglas Gordon
The Glaswegian artist works in the dark to a soundtrack of Irish rebel music and keeps a Narwhal penis bone next to his rifle and arctic wolf
Reframing the Fitz – Luke Syson has big plans for the museum’s future
The director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, talks to Apollo about ‘bossy’ objects, slashed funding and the stories collections tell
The most approachable avant-garde artist in Britain – a tribute to Tom Phillips (1937–2022)
The artist who effortlessly crossed genres, but stayed close to south London, was best known for ‘A Humument’, a masterpiece 50 years in the making
Scary storeys – ‘Horror in the Modernist Block’, reviewed
Contemporary artists explore the fearful side of modernist architecture at Ikon, but a real sense of menace may be missing
Femme Fatale: Gaze – Power – Gender
The Hamburger Kunsthalle considers how the trope of the seductress has long cast its spell over the history of Western art
Visions of Naval Might: A Marine Painting for the Great Elector
The Dutch lawyer Olfert de Vrij painted ships as a hobby – but they caught the eye of Prussian royalty
Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the celebrated filmmaker’s first stop-motion animation film
China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
A display of Chinese miniatures explores the diverse cultural and social uses of these small-scale sculptures
The week in art news – National Gallery gets go-ahead for Sainsbury Wing plans
Plus: Tom Phillips (1937–2022), Horniman hands over Benin Bronzes, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Money really talks at Art Basel Miami Beach
Art-fair visitors who aren’t afraid to declare their worth can take advantage of MSCHF’s very public ATM machine
Auction highlights – what makes a Titian a Titian?
London’s Old Master sales this month include a version of a great ‘poesie’ painting – though questions have been raised about its attribution
The green light to acquisition – how collector-focused technology keeps art deals moving
Arcarta reveals how the right tools could create a smoother and safer system for art galleries to sell work and for collectors looking to buy
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2022
Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a grumpy woman and an elaborate art nouveau tea set once owned by Karl Lagerfeld are among this month’s highlights
Can NFTs make a comeback?
Five leading figures in the digital art world offer their insights into how the NFT market will evolve following the crypto crash
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