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A survey of the artist's work from the last four years of her life, will be on
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REMEMBERING THE DUTCH AVANT-GARDE ARTIST JACQUELINE DE JONG

Her six decade-long career was distinguished by experimentation and humour

Florence Hallett

ANTON VAN DALEN, WHO IMAGINATIVELY CHRONICLED LIFE IN LOWER MANHATTAN, HAS DIED,
AGED 86

Wallace Ludel

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Matthew Holman

REMEMBERING RICHARD SERRA, THE AMERICAN SCULPTOR WHOSE MONUMENTAL WORKS CONJURE
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LEADING NEW YORK GALLERIST BARBARA GLADSTONE HAS DIED, AGED 89

Benjamin Sutton

ARTUR SNITKUS, UKRAINIAN ARTIST AND MUSICIAN, KILLED IN COMBAT NEAR DONETSK,
AGED 36

Sophia Kishkovsky



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industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis

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engaged practice to tackle the complex relationship between colonialism and
ecological devastation

Louisa Buck
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13 May 2024

NEW UN PARTNERSHIP SIGNED IN VENICE PLACES VISUAL ARTS SECTOR AT HEART OF
CLIMATE BATTLE


9 April 2024

HOW AN ART CENTRE IN A FORMER POWER STATION IS HARNESSING THE WORD ‘NO’ TO HELP
SAVE THE PLANET


11 March 2024

AMONG THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS ROUND OF BIENNIALS, ECO-MINDED KLIMA BIENNALE IN
VIENNA OFFERS SOMETHING GENUINELY NEW


6 February 2024

THE LATEST EXHIBITION AT ENGLAND'S BALTIC SETS A WHOLE NEW BAR FOR SHOWING ART
IN A CLIMATE CRISIS





DECODING KOREA

Exhibitions

FROM KOREA TO THE WORLD: OLYMPICS EXHIBITION WILL IMMERSE VISITORS IN THE
COUNTRY'S COMPLEX MODERN HISTORY

As the games open in Paris, the Grand Palais Immersif will show digital, video
and VR works by ten contemporary Korean artists alongside pieces by Nam June
Paik

In partnership with Korea Arts Management Service
In partnership withMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism & Korea Arts
Management Service




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News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial
intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality;
social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and
curators.

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UNESCO WARNS THAT AI COULD REWRITE HOLOCAUST HISTORY

What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by
artificial intelligence?

Kimberly Hatfield
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STELLAR ECLIPSE: PIONEERING LIGHT AND SOUND ART DUO NONOTAK PREPARE FOR FIRST
LONDON SOLO SHOW

Noemi Schipfer and Takami Nakamoto will present three installations at a
warehouse space in south London

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READY FOR DIGITAL SUCCESS?

Museums are addressing a lack of in-house expertise in creating digital content
by hiring from a growing pool of social-savvy freelancers

Aimee Dawson
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A PIECE OF THE ACTION: MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP IN NEW YORK INVITES VISITORS TO TAKE
HOME FRAGMENTS OF DIGITAL ARTWORKS

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offer the public a chance to acquire—for no cost—parts of works projected onto a
screen in the lobby

Louis Jebb
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UK GENERAL ELECTION: CAN ARTISTS SHOW THE WAY FOR POLICYMAKERS TO ENABLE A NEW
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With lessons learnt from NFTs, expert calls for legal guardrails to allow
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Torey Akers

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Carlie Porterfield

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Louis Jebb

ENDEMIC OBSOLESCENCE: THE SHORTENED LIFESPAN OF DIGITAL ART

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BOOKS

Books

TAKE A ROMP THROUGH ANCIENT ROME’S GREAT BUILDINGS WITH THIS HANDY (ALMOST)
POCKET-SIZED BOOK

Ostensibly a guide to the city's top 50 sites, a new publication by Paul Roberts
offers far more

Maev Kennedy
Books

WHO REALLY WAS JOHN SOANE? THE MAN AND MANIFESTO BEHIND THE MAGNIFICENT HOUSE
MUSEUM

Former museum director Bruce Boucher’s room-by-room account of the architect’s
collection takes far readers beyond the catalogue

Julius Bryant
Books

‘VISCERALLY REAL’: A CARAVAGGIO PAINTING PROVIDES INSPIRATION FOR A NEWLY
TRANSLATED NOVEL

The Italian scholar Alessandro Giardino posits his theories about the Baroque
artist’s Seven Works of Mercy in fictional form

Christoph Irmscher
Photography

TEJU COLE'S ENIGMATIC NEW PHOTOBOOK IS BOTH PEACEFUL AND DISTURBING

The Nigerian American writer and photographer’s intriguing new book comprises a
series of indeterminate images absent of human life, interspersed with enigmatic
short stories that raise many unanswered questions

Rowland Bagnall
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UNDERSTANDING JOHN JAMES AUDUBON’S AVIAN GENIUS

Two contrasting studies shine a light on America’s most celebrated
ornithological artist

Christoph Irmscher
21 June 2024

TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AS A ‘LIVING SYSTEM’


4 June 2024

EXPLORING THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE


4 June 2024

A HISTORY OF THE TIME THAT ARTISTS (VERY BRIEFLY) RULED RUSSIA


24 May 2024

SURREALIST PIONEER EILEEN AGAR'S REMARKABLE LIFE


7 May 2024

‘SHAMEFULLY DUPED’: FRIEND OF CONVICTED ART FRAUDSTER INIGO PHILBRICK SPILLS THE
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KATHERINE PARR: POWER, PATRONAGE AND THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF AN
ENGLISH QUEEN

In this exclusive extract from a new book about Henry VIII’s six wives, the art
historian Suzannah Lipscomb writes about “perhaps the greatest artistic patron
of them all”

José da Silva
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MARIA BALSHAW ON THE ROLES OF MUSEUMS TODAY AND WHAT TATE’S SPONSORSHIP RED LINE
IS

The Tate director discusses her new book about art institutions and their
challenges in the 21st century

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All you ever wanted to know about the topic, from the latest experimentations in
contemporary art to some lesser-known Surrealist sculpture—selected by the head
of the Henry Moore Institute, Laurence Sillars

José da Silva
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JULY BOOK BAG: FROM A GIANT TOME OF ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN ART TO A
BIOGRAPHY OF THE OVERLOOKED BRITISH ARTIST MABEL NICHOLSON

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Gareth Harris




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Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing
correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories
range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces
based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.

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AN EXCLUSIVE VISIT TO VAN GOGH’S ASYLUM GARDEN TO TRACK DOWN THE SCENES THAT HE
PAINTED

As Vincent wrote to his brother, “life happens … in the garden, it isn’t so sad”

Martin Bailey
21 June 2024

‘IT’S DOING REAL DAMAGE’: NEW BOOK ON VAN GOGH ATTACKS IDEA THAT THE ARTIST WAS
A NATURE PAINTER


14 June 2024

THE ‘MONA LISA OF BRABANT’: DUTCH MUSEUM RAISES €6M TOWARDS BUYING A MEMORABLE
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7 June 2024

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31 May 2024

KERNEL OF TRUTH: POLLEN CONE STUCK IN PAINT REVEALS WHERE VAN GOGH’S IRISES GREW


23 May 2024

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What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look
at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying
his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival

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Morrison
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24 May 2024

THE WEEK IN ART PODCAST | THE MONA LISA’S ENDLESS, AND PROBLEMATIC, ALLURE; JUDY
CHICAGO; AND NEW OBJECTIVITY





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NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON: 200TH ANNIVERSARY

The museum has launched a year of celebrations, loans and public events to mark
200 years since the opening of the gallery on 10 May 1824. The collection, now
covering international art from the 13th to 19th centuries, has evolved so that,
for breadth and quality, it is arguably unmatched by any other single museum in
the world.

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National Gallery, London

THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, CELEBRATES ITS BICENTENARY WITH A FULL-COLOUR BIG
BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

Music, poetry, and Renaissance selfies are on the menu and—for two nights
only—the Trafalgar Square frontage will be lit up with a dazzling,
projection-mapped show on the museum's 200-year history

Gareth Harris and Louis Jebb
National Gallery, London

GABRIELE FINALDI WELCOMES A ‘ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION’ OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK
LONDON’S NATIONAL GALLERY

As the London museum celebrates its 200th birthday, its director speaks to The
Art Newspaper about plans to reopen the Sainsbury Wing in May 2025, rehang the
collection and consider work on a further extension

Martin Bailey
Insta’ gratification

NATIONAL GALLERY IN LONDON CELEBRATES 200TH BIRTHDAY BY LAUNCHING OWN NETWORK OF
SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS

As part of the anniversary in July, the museum has launched 200 Creators

Aimee Dawson
Exhibitions

REVEALED: LONDON'S NATIONAL GALLERY WILL STAGE A VAN GOGH BLOCKBUSTER AS PART OF
ITS 2024 BICENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Star loans include The Bedroom, Garden of the Asylum and—of course—the
exhibition will show the museum's own Sunflowers

Martin Bailey

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