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Acquisitions of the month: October
MoMA and the Musée d’Orsay are the big winners: they both received landmark gifts from prominent collectors that will transform their holdings
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The Bullingdon comes to the block; beauty and the beast of brutalism; a disaster in Lisbon; and an avian seance in a London gallery
A groundbreaking survey of the European print trade
‘The Print before Photography’ has riches to offer any reader, in any field and at any level of study of European prints
A strong showing of South Korean art in London
It’s high time Koo Jeong-A and Cho Yong-Ik were better known in the UK. Thankfully, both currently have exhibitions in the capital
When English embroidery took Europe by storm
The V&A provides a timely reminder of an era when England led the western world in the manufacture and export of luxury embroidery
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The David Bowie auction diet; introducing Picasso’s, erm, brown period; and Barbara Kruger’s failed Trump prophecy
The rise, fall, and rise of Battersea Power Station
For all its fame, Giles Gilbert Scott’s ‘temple of power’ in Battersea has had a chequered and difficult history. Is its future finally secure?
Interviewing the interviewer – an Apollo podcast special with Martin Gayford
To mark the publication of his new book co-authored with David Hockney, Martin Gayford joins Thomas Marks to discuss his memories of interviewing artists
Picasso satirised his sitters – and art itself
The satirical intent behind many of Picasso’s portraits is striking in this exhibition
A tribute to Giles Waterfield (1949–2016)
The curator, academic critic, and novelist was an inspirational figure, but also a dear friend to many in the art world
Emojis are infiltrating art history… 😱
MoMA has acquired the original set of emojis and is set to put them on public display. But the emoji effect is visible in the Old Master world, too
It’s time to look at graffiti on its own terms
Graffiti is usually seen as art or vandalism, but the distinction is stopping us from seeing it for what it really is
Sotheby’s spreads its wings even further, plus the best of the autumn fairs
Sotheby’s purchases the Mei Moses Art Indices; top sales from TEFAF New York; and early sales at Asian Art in London
How classicism took hold of the modern age
An exhibition at Pallant House shows how classicism was a way of reinvigorating modernist experimentation
The Asian Art in London Art Award: The Winners
Apollo presents the winners of this year’s Asian Art in London Art Award
Digital Innovation of the Year
Art UK This online database of art in UK public collections is an important resource with scholarly and popular appeal.…
Exhibition of the Year
Abstract Expressionism Royal Academy of Arts, London 24 September–2 January 2017 The first major survey of the movement in Europe…
Acquisition of the Year
The Virgin of the Pomegranate (c. 1426), Fra Angelico Museo del Prado, Madrid Accompanied by a small panel recently attributed…
Book of the Year
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Christopher de Hamel Allen Lane De Hamel’s engaging discussion of 12 medieval illuminated manuscripts includes the…
Artist of the Year
Carmen Herrera The Cuban-born American artist, who turned 101 this year, has been painting since the 1950s but her reputation…
Museum Opening of the Year
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel, Switzerland The Kunstmuseum Basel reopened in spring 2016 following a 12-month refurbishment, and to coincide with the…
Charting the life and times of Kenneth Clark
This major, vivid biography of the art historian is meticulously researched – and long overdue
Highlights from Artissima 2016
With over 190 galleries and a number of new initiatives, Artissima’s 23rd edition promises to be bigger and better
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