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We need more TV shows like the BBC’s ‘Art of France’
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s new show ranges from Islamic influence on French architecture to narcissistic nationalism – and we haven’t even got to Napoleon yet
The battle to save America’s arts endowment from Trump’s cuts
Fears are growing that Donald Trump’s administration means to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts. What would it mean for US culture if they did?
Are artists’ estates too protective of artists’ reputations?
How far should estates seek to control public perceptions of an artist’s life and work?
‘Watching Eva Neurath at work made me understand visual intelligence’
Remembering Eva Neurath, who founded Thames & Hudson with her husband Walter
Why scan a crocodile?
The refurbished Egyptian galleries at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities have thrown up a few surprises – including 50 mummified baby crocodiles
‘A Baroque tamed to suit a northern taste’
The chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is rare among historic houses in France – for both the quality of its conservation and as a privately run property
Why US museums and the antiquities trade should work together
Are pragmatic reforms needed to revive an important field of collecting for US museums?
Regional museums are opportunities, not burdens – but only if we think creatively
Funding is difficult, but local councils must wake up to the potential of the art and museums in their care, and fight to secure their future
Could hipsters save the antique furniture trade?
Antique furniture has been unpopular for years – but tastes are changing
How to stop the creative industries running out of steam
The Cultural Learning Alliance has released a report which makes a reasoned case for adding the arts to the STEM subjects. Will the government take note?
John Baldessari’s jumble sale style, and the wonders of Tooting Broadway
You can stumble across good art in the strangest places…
A picture of past diplomacy in Istanbul’s Pera Museum
Charting the Ottoman Empire’s international relations through art, this exhibition reminds us that Turkey was once a thriving region for statesmen and artists alike
John Berger: a pathfinder who was alive to the present
It was Berger’s ability to listen that made him such an important storyteller
How should museums respond to art smuggling scandals?
Despite all best efforts, museums can and do unwittingly acquire stolen artefacts. What happens when new information throws an item’s provenance into doubt?
Why acts of god hardly ever harm gothic cathedrals
Gothic cathedrals were designed to withstand enormous wind pressures, so Soissons has been exceptionally unlucky
The importance of South Africa’s craft traditions
This survey of the history of South African art needs to pay more attention to the country’s craft traditions
The museum director, the culture minister, and more trouble in Brussels
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
‘We have always been an avant-garde museum’
How do you maintain a museum’s experimental spirit, while putting the permanent collection centre-stage?
Old Masters, new scandal, as a ‘Parmigianino’ painting is deemed a fake
As New York gears up for its Old Master sales, Sotheby’s has declared a work it sold in 2012 a forgery after tests found modern pigments
Found in translation
Are there too many languages and can translation ever really bridge our gaps in understanding?
When Derek Walcott met Peter Doig
The only living poet to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature responds to one of the greatest living painters
Scottish arts funding is precarious, but at least people are engaged enough to get cross about it
There was much controversy over cultural spending last year, and as cuts start to bite in 2017, there may well be again
The Art Strike against Trump reminds us why art really matters
The Art Strike brings art back to the real world and those values we need to cherish
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Will Manchester’s cultural boom benefit the whole of the North?
Manchester has received the lion’s share of recent arts funding in northern England, to the irritation of other leading cities. Can its success benefit everyone?