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112Columnshow Black-centred art is often relegated to outside central London
I enjoyed the inaugural conference of the Association of Women in the Arts (Awita). The theme was vague but intriguing: Build Your...
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112ArtTwo German tourists arrested for allegedly defacing Vasari Corridor in Florence
Two German tourists have been arrested after allegedly defacing the Vasari Corridor at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, marking the end of...
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74Museums & heritageunderfunding of UK sector has weakened safeguarding of collections, museums body says
The UK Museums Association (MA) has issued a statement insisting that “inside job” thefts at museums are highly unusual in the wake...
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40ExhibitionsParis’s Grand Palais gets a new director
Didier Fusillier, a figure behind major arts projects in France, has been appointed president of government cultural body Réunion des musées nationaux-Grand...
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252Books‘I viewed the morning with alarm. The British Museum had lost its charm’
Ira Gershwin’s lyrics, from the song “A Foggy Day (in London Town)”, took on an unexpected resonance last month, when murky goings...
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241PodcastsNigeria doubles down on restitution demands following British Museum thefts
The Nigerian government has made a new claim for the Benin Bronzes housed at the British Museum in London in the wake...
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166ColumnsClaude Ruiz Picasso, the artist’s son and manager of the Picasso estate, has died
Claude Ruiz Picasso, Pablo Picasso’s youngest son, has died at the age of 76.As the long-term manager of his father’s estate, Claude...
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128ArtHow a man from Ohio became one of Argentina’s greatest 20th-century photographers
The dramatic black-and-white photo mural El Conventillo, which refers to a type of tenement popular in Argentina, is cinematic in its scope....
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152Museums & heritageBritish Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down with immediate effect
Hartwig Fischer has announced he is resigning as director of the British Museum with immediate effect, describing the situation as of “the...
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32ExhibitionsLeon Black faces questions from US Senate Finance Committee over Jeffrey Epstein and his $1bn art collection
Billionaire art collector and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) trustee Leon Black is being investigated by the US Senate Finance Committee over...
