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Why collect only women artists?

Valeria Napoleone discusses her unusual collection, and the importance of her relationships with artists

G.F. Watts used to be ridiculed – how did he make a comeback?

With the reopening of the Watts Studios, an amazing revival of the painter's reputation, and of his wife Mary's, is almost complete

In Moscow, art speaks truth to power…sometimes

Artists and museums in the Russian capital testify to the uneasy relationship between art and the state

Three cheers for Bob Rauschenberg!

The artist’s foundation is going to give away images of his work. We salute them

Can the UK government’s Culture White Paper live up to its own rhetoric?

DCMS's updated mission statement for 'Our Culture' sounds promising, but is short on new commitments

Tim Sayer’s remarkable collection makes its public debut

The self-confessed 'artoholic' has donated a huge collection of 20th-century works to the Hepworth Wakefield

An artistic pilgrimage that will make you see London in a spiritual light

You don't have to be Christian to appreciate the 'Stations of the Cross' trail this Easter weekend

Ed Ruscha mixes it up in Turin

The artist turned collector – and a display that reveals his very diverse interests

For devotees of drawings: highlights of Salon du Dessin

Salon du Dessin attracts the world's most committed drawings collectors. What should they look out for this year?

The Singapore museum redrawing the map of Southeast Asian art

The National Gallery Singapore opened to justified acclaim last year. But will its mission be hampered by the country's constraints on free expression?

What’s in store at the State Hermitage Museum?

The Hermitage has more than 3 million items in its collection, so making its stores accessible is quite a feat

The Met Breuer’s biggest strength is its ability to make you think

Two fresh and distinct inaugural exhibitions could set a new blueprint for the museum

Nikolai Astrup shines outside Norway

The Norwegian painter gets some overdue recognition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery

Mark Wallinger’s uncanny identity parade

There's no shortage of ideas in Mark Wallinger's psychoanalytically-inspired new show, but it's hardly a walk on the wild side

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The Swedish painter wasn't a pioneer, she was an anomaly

Terrorism, anarchy and revolt in 1970s Portugal

Stan Douglas turns to espionage in his latest re-examination of cultural history

Rocking out in Berlin

Copying prehistoric rock painting was an art in its own right – and one that had a striking impact on modernism

New York’s annual celebration of Asian art is underway

Asia Week New York should be considered the TEFAF Maastricht of Asian art

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

The Steve Lazarides effect, at home with Elton John and his collection, and the Museum of Broken Relationships heads to LA

A closer look at Ingres’ impossible ideals

Oddities and masterpieces abound in Spain's first exhibition devoted to the French artist

London has served up the diet version of Delacroix

Has the National Gallery made Delacroix a bit...dull? Can a B-movie really be classed as art? And why is Barry Flanagan only famous for his hares?

Contemporary wounds at the heart of TEFAF

The curator of 'Show your Wound' discusses his thorny choice of subject and changing ideas

Creative Scotland’s journey to the undertaker