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Why is the mayor of Amiens desperately seeking Madonna’s help?
The popstar is believed to own an artwork which has been missing from Amiens since the First World War
In the studio with… Every Ocean Hughes
The interdisciplinary artist tries to find a balance between isolation and connection – and once tried to make friends with an imaginary pelican
The vampire who created the modern world
Ever since F.W. Murnau adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula for his seminal film Nosferatu, the vampire has haunted the modern imagination
The algorithms that are giving art curators a run for their money
A show at J/M Gallery compares art curating with the shadowy ways in which AI now shapes our online experience
‘Drawn from life: biography in British art history’ – a talk at London Art Fair
A panel discussion with Peter Parker (writer) and Florence Evans (art historian, curator and dealer). Chaired by Samuel Reilly
In the studio with… Anthony Daley
The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work
British Museum confirms Parthenon marbles talks with Greece
Plus: John Akomfrah and Grayson Perry knighted, Louvre to limit visitor numbers, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Slow horses and flying starts – the glittering career of Gary Oldman
There’s no denying the actor’s talents, but Rakewell can’t help wishing he would finally direct that film about Eadweard Muybridge, ‘the father of motion pictures’
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2022
A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights
The museum openings not to miss in 2023
The new-look National Portrait Gallery in London and the International African American Museum in Charleston are among the highlights of the year ahead
The Venetian artists who vied with the ancients
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
Sculpture from the scrapyard and Simone Leigh’s first museum survey – contemporary art highlights in 2023
Exhibitions to look forward to include some major retrospectives and shows that pick up where the Venice Biennale left off
What will happen to the art market in 2023?
After the uncertainty of the pandemic, the art market bounced back in 2022, but what challenges will the new year bring?
Super-high skyscrapers and sensitive restorations – the year ahead in architecture
The prospect of more towering edifices on the horizon is hardly cheering, but there are more grounded projects to look forward to
The major art anniversaries to look out for in 2023
Joshua Reynolds, Sarah Bernhardt and Pablo Picasso are all being celebrated in anniversary events this year
Fiona Tan turns back time in Amsterdam
The artist rifles through archives and our collective imaginations to reshape what we think we know about the past
Plaster master – Maria Bartuszova at Tate Modern, reviewed
The Slovakian sculptor poured and moulded plaster into creations that evoke the body and the natural world in equal measure
Making a song and dance about musicals in the museum
A disappointingly static display at the V&A will make you long for the stage
In the studio with… Uwe Wittwer
The Swiss artist maintains a strict working schedule to make the most of the daylight hours and keeps the writings of W.G. Sebald and Patti Smith close to hand
The first lady of Florence: how Eleanor of Toledo made her presence felt
Marrying into the Medici family made the Spanish noblewoman one of the most important artistic patrons of her day
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
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
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