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The world’s first sausage dog museum – not as mad as it sounds
A museum dedicated to dachshunds has opened in Germany
How Van Gogh imagined Japan
The artist’s collection of Japanese prints gave him a new way of seeing the world
The contradictory career of Decimus Burton
The architect was once best known for his neoclassical buildings, but his reputation now rests on the glasshouses at Kew Gardens
Sylvia Pankhurst and the art of suffrage
How Sylvia Pankhurst designed the movement that won women the vote
The crowd-pulling power of the Obama portraits
Form an orderly queue to see Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits
The BBC’s ‘Civilisation’ reboot is fixed firmly in the present
The update of Kenneth Clark’s landmark series takes a more questioning approach to art history
Charles I, the connoisseur king
His political judgements may have been poor, but Charles I’s art collection was first rate
The Catholic chapel that cost Eton one pound
An early 20th-century copy of a baroque chapel has been restored to its former glory
The very Victorian nymphs of J.W. Waterhouse
How did the first viewers of ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ interpret the painting?
Artists’ models are real people – we mustn’t forget this when we look at art
Recent debates over the art of Chuck Close, Balthus, and others remind us of the intertwined nature of ethics and aesthetics
‘Tell me who Kandinsky is’: T.S. Eliot among the artists
Can T.S. Eliot’s poetic experiments be read alongside parallel developments in the visual arts? And how much has he influenced artists?
Why bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain is a mammoth task
The 1000-year-old embroidery will have to move while its French home undergoes renovations, but should it be coming to the UK?
Modigliani’s powerfully modern portraits get the attention they deserve
The Tate’s blockbuster exhibition gives Modigliani’s reputation a welcome boost, prioritising his art over biography
Face to face with the Gurlitt hoard
The paintings that Cornelius Gurlitt, son of a Third Reich art dealer, kept hidden for decades are now out in the open – so what happens next?
Should Britain stop building museums?
A recent government report says it should – but with limited public funding available, can Britain’s existing museums grow?
‘A visceral assault on the senses’
Bridget Riley’s monumental abstract paintings are as mysterious as they are mesmerising
ITV’s ‘Great Art’ brings art broadcasting back to basics
Episodes on Michelangelo, Canaletto and the Impressionists make the case for a simple approach to art on telly
‘There is enduring interest in the stories of the Pre-Raphaelites’
The market for the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers is steady and growing, bucking the trend for Victorian painting
Why we need to free art by prisoners from behind bars
The Pentagon wants to ban the display of art by Guantánamo detainees – but it’s important that we engage with art made in captivity
The major art anniversaries to look out for in 2018
Expect celebrations of Cubism, universal suffrage, architects and art collectors in the coming year
A tribute to Gavin Stamp (1948–2017)
The great architecture critic and campaigner has died at the age of 69
The battle for Picasso’s mind
An exhibition in Berlin explores how both sides in the Cold War tried to turn artists into ideological weapons
Does the Louvre Abu Dhabi live up to its aims?
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is undeniably impressive, but can it succeed in becoming the universal museum it wants to be?
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