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Artists from Brazil to Japan are emerging from the shadows at Frieze and in museums
David Bailey’s torn portraits, sculpture from Borneo and netsuke put the eclectic into Collections
Funding cuts spell trouble for the UK’s smaller museums and galleries, but their directors are making great strides through imaginative programming, striking buildings and links with their national peers<br>
It may be because works are never lent or simply cannot be moved, or because historical figures become unfashionable or controversial, or because living artists prove reluctant, but some of the most cherished ideas of leading curators and directors have never come to fruition—yet<br>
Gowrie, a former UK arts minister, art dealer and chair of Sotheby’s and the Arts Council, is also a poet
Should they be left as a reminder of a dark past or restored to reflect the artists’ intentions?
The museum’s archive reveals how air raids threatened the collection and George V intervened to stop the building being requisitioned
Since retiring from teaching at the Slade school after 40 years, the sculptor has found her large, site-specific works in great demand—not least at Tate Britain
The ill-fated collection finally comes together
“I think it’s interesting the way Warhol polarises people,” says Catherine Johnson. “Some people love to hate Andy”
The celebrations of his life show how much he influenced—and was influenced by—some of the greats of American 20th-century art
“What has been divided can be brought back together again—not in the form of a reunification, but in a way that we cannot yet define”
"In long, durational performance, you change the performer and the public" says Abramovic
The famous library founded by Aby Warburg for a special kind of research may lose its essential nature
Both have adopted marketing strategies more typical of luxury goods firms than artists. In 2009 we looked at their market history
Twenty Factory regulars look back on the creative freedom that fuelled the New York enterprise, while three art schools are brought under the microscope
The curator of an exhibition which includes over 700 of the film-maker’s drawings, paintings, graphic works and photographs, believes Burton will come to be seen as one of the most influential artists of our time
In 2007 we observed that while most are seen as opportunistic shoppers, some are as knowledgeable as museum curators
Esther Robinson’s engrossing movie includes footage of several of Williams’ films
A collection of paintings is stored in a basement in Washington, DC. The artists are serving—or have served—in the US Army
King George VI loaned 19 of his best Leonardo drawings to Milan for the most important exhibition on the artist ever held
Here we publish an account of the memoirs of the late William S. Rubin, director of the paintings and sculpture department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for 15 years
Artists, actresses and property developers compete for the best properties in the area
Is it time for reform? Murky dealings came to light in 2005 as more collectors began to enter the scene—and brought their cases to court
“Your head is like the loveliest pebble I’ve ever seen” said the sculptor Barbara Hepworth to her second husband, artist Ben Nicholson
The Yugoslavian-born artist continues to animate audiences with her exercises in pleasure and pain
The question of whether society gets the art it deserves, or merely what it is prepared to tolerate
Komar and Melamid reveal what we like, Tory politician Jeffrey Archer speculates in Warhols, fictional Bacon somewhat censored, and Britain’s own intellectual, Jonathan Miller, on reflection
We asked a number of lawyers to comment on the situation with regard to catalogues in their own jurisdictions, and found that the scope of protection varies widely
Even after treaties have been signed, legal wrangles between Germany and Russia persist