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The week in art news – Nadine Dorries appointed UK culture secretary
Plus: Christophe Leribault appointed director of the Musée d’Orsay; and more stories
‘For the full Indiana Jones experience, it is best approached on horseback’
The spectacular cave monastery of Sabereebi in Georgia is full of frescoes as stunning as their rocky setting
Sting in the tale – how Gustave Moreau added bite to La Fontaine’s fables
Rarely exhibited since their creation, the intense, jewel-like watercolours of the French symbolist make for exhilarating viewing
The British painting scene is a free-for-all these days – and that’s no bad thing
The Hayward’s survey of contemporary painting proves that the medium is thriving – with the figurative artists perhaps edging that little bit ahead
Admissible evidence – museum directors have their say on vaccine passports
Museum directors in France and Italy seem to agree that requiring proof of vaccination is preferable to being shut – although not everyone is on board
In the studio with… Sarah Staton
With prehistoric carvings and stills from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ on the walls, the artist’s studio is a mix of the past and yesterday’s vision of the future
Supporting cast – Andrew Lloyd Webber does up Drury Lane with a few of his favourite things
The musical impresario has found a role for his collection of beloved Pre-Raphaelites at the newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The week in art news – Klaus Biesenbach appointed director of Neue Nationalgalerie
Plus: Maqdala objects privately restituted to Ethiopia | Cao Fei wins Deutsche Börse photography prize
Hazardous dukes – Medici portraits at the Met, reviewed
An entrancing exhibition shows how Cosimo I de’ Medici harnessed art to consolidate his family’s grip on power
The man who got Lucian Freud to pose as a Henry Moore
The legendary picture editor Bruce Bernard was famously modest about his own photography, but his portraits of Lucian Freud are peerless
In the studio with… Gilbert & George
The duo’s east London studio is, they say, the world’s cleanest, so that they can be as dirty as they want in their art
What not to miss at TEFAF Online
For its second online edition, the fair is doubly determined to catch the eye of collectors with museum-quality masterpieces
What we say when we say it with flowers
Artists and writers have always been fascinated by flowers – and we all like receiving them – but some floral arrangements are more sinister than others
Parcours des Mondes snaps into action in Paris
The annual event for dealers of art from around the globe celebrates its 20th anniversary on the Left Bank
The failed Italian revolutionary who dedicated himself to Asian art
After his failure in politics, Henri Cernuschi succeeded in finance – and left an outstanding collection of Asian art to his adoptive city of Paris
Art Basel seeks to reassure nervous exhibitors ahead of fair
Plus: MOCA LA names its first executive director, the Robert E. Lee statue can be removed from Richmond, and more stories
The artists who have turned to coffee for their creative fuel
Making coffee might be considered an art form – but don’t forget the artistic possibilities offered by the substance itself
Drinking wine in ancient Greece was a divine but demanding business
The gods were great sticklers for ceremony and frowned on oenophiles who didn’t observe the rules
Venice’s crumbling palazzos are crying out for more buyers like Anish Kapoor
The artist plans to turn a dilapidated palace into a lively new cultural venue – and the city needs others to follow his example
The visionary artist who saw into the mind of John Soane
Joseph Gandy’s dramatic paintings turned John Soane’s neoclassical designs into full-blown Romantic fantasies
Dust jackets and dinner jackets – the man who illustrated Bond
Richard Chopping’s striking designs for Ian Fleming’s novels add greatly to the books’ allure for collectors – but his artistic talent went far beyond Bond
Does the art world have a sense of humour?
Susan Moore and Niru Ratman wonder if anyone is still enjoying themselves
Boundary issues – the uneasy art of Chuck Close
It was always a mistake to take the painter’s portraits at face value, writes Nancy Princenthal – and we shouldn’t have any illusions about the man either
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