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Why was the Royal Academy so willing to let one of its most treasured pieces go?
Sixty years ago the Royal Academy announced the sale of a cartoon by Leonardo da Vinci to fund its activities, but did it make the right decision?
The restoration of the ruins of York Castle is a towering achievement
All that remains of the city’s two medieval castles is the empty shell of a single tower, now imaginatively restored by Hugh Broughton Architects
How Gabriele Finaldi is shaping the future of the National Gallery
As the National Gallery prepares for its upcoming bicentenary, its director Gabriele Finaldi discusses his vision for the future
Making a stand – the Russian artists saying no to war
Judging where to draw the line between maintaining a safe silence and tacitly endorsing the war in Ukraine has become a pressing matter
The Italian painter who expressed himself in America
For all his care to balance the traditions of his Venetian forebears with the style of his US contemporaries, Afro Basaldella came to be seen as an Abstract Expressionist
The photographer who hated office life
Chauncey Hare was compared to Walker Evans and Diane Arbus, but he came to find the art world as repressive as the corporate world he loathed
The week in art news – plan to demolish and rebuild Royal British Columbia Museum scrapped
Plus: Documenta removes artwork at centre of anti-Semitism allegations
Striking resemblances – the puppets with a surprisingly political side
Recent industrial action by railworkers in the United Kingdom has got Rakewell thinking about the difference between men and marionettes
Assassination attempts – how Joan Miró set out to destroy painting
The artist produced some of his most innovative and political works at the age of 80 by burning and torturing his canvases and also turning to textiles
Shrine of the times – a Yoruba masterpiece in focus
Curator James Green takes a close look at a carving by Bamigboye, a sculptor who represented the beating heart of his community in the early 20th century
Around the galleries – London Art Week takes a musical turn, plus other highlights
The dealers of Mayfair and St James’s have banded together with the Philharmonia Orchestra for a special series of concerts this year
James Morrison’s paintings take us on a journey into the unknown
The artist refused to paint people, preferring instead to focus on remote landscapes and natural phenomena
The pared-down poses of Aristide Maillol
The Musée d’Orsay’s survey of the French sculptor is admirably thorough, but his art was more modern than we’re often led to believe
A question of ethics – the market for African and Oceanic art
As museums make promises to return looted works of art, provenance is now of paramount importance in the market
In the studio with… Dorothy Iannone
The American artist’s studio is split across two rooms – an office and an atelier – in her apartment in Berlin. It is a space ruled by harmony, she says.
British Museum chair George Osborne says ‘deal’ can be done over Parthenon Marbles
Plus: Smithsonian board votes to return 29 Benin Bronzes | UK places a temporary export bar on £19m Poussin painting | Marina Lambraki-Plaka, the director of the National Gallery in Athens, has died at the age of 83
How will the art world cope without BTS?
Rakewell despairs at the recent announcement that K-pop sensation BTS are taking a hiatus. Is this really the end?
Theaster Gates’ big idea – the Serpentine Pavilion, reviewed
The American artist’s ‘Black Chapel’ is an imposing addition to the manicured lawns of Kensington Gardens but is it where you’ll find perfection?
The perfect blend – art and wine at Château Mouton Rothschild
The graphic designer Jean Carlu was the first artist to create a label for the historic wine estate in 1924, marking the beginning of a long-standing tradition
Can the UK art market bounce back?
As the UK falls behind in the global market, Jane Morris considers the route to reclaiming its competitive status
Why did European nobles go all gooey for waxworks?
They’re now little more than popular amusements – but with their discomfiting realism, wax effigies were once considered fit for royalty
In the studio with… Tatiana Trouvé
The atmosphere of the Paris-based artist’s studio depends on the work she is creating – at times it is a sanctuary and at others a battlefield
How do women really wield power?
In attempting to give an account of ‘feminine power’ through the ages, the British Museum raises far more questions than it answers
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The Portuguese-British painter told stories of parental abandonment, misogyny and exile with a power that put her in a class of her own