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Mumbai’s oldest museum looks to the future
Could the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum provide a model for modernising India’s cultural institutions?
Getting round the Great Firewall of China
Will increased restrictions on the internet in China be too much for new media artists?
Big Ben is the least of the Palace of Westminster’s problems
The greatest Gothic Revival building in the world is facing catastrophe unless MPs clear out
A tribute to Martin Roth (1955–2017)
The former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum has died at the age of 62
Is the ‘monkey selfie’ case making a monkey out of the law?
Even if a wild animal could create an image by itself, it’s not easy to see how it can claim copyright
There’s more to Transylvania than crumbling castles
Efforts to preserve and revive Transylvania’s UNESCO-listed villages depend on involving the inhabitants as closely as possible
Drawings that change our view of Gainsborough
The reattribution of 25 drawings will transform how we think about a great British painter
Nicholas Cullinan’s grand plan for the National Portrait Gallery
By revitalising London’s NPG, the ambitious director is hoping to make it a ‘truly national gallery for all’
Will a seesaw upset the balance of Germany’s memorial culture?
Berlin is to get a memorial to reunification, but even its design raises difficult questions about how history is remembered
At last, some welcome relief for regional museums
Arts Council England had some good news for museums this week, but it can’t be the sector’s knight in shining armour
What is driving the soaring demand for art storage?
As insurers get more demanding and contemporary art works grow in size, there are more art-storage facilities than ever. So what should a collector look for?
Do the prices at auction muddy our interpretation of art?
In May, a painting by Basquiat sold at auction for $110.5m. But when does money overtake other judgements?
The quiet appeal of artists’ gardens
Raqib Shaw, Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, the Bloomsbury set… Why do so many artists become obsessed with their garden getaways?
Where do Israel’s antiquities belong?
The Israel Antiquities Authority’s move from the Rockefeller Museum in East Jerusalem to a purpose-built campus in the West has revived disputes about preserving the country’s cultural heritage
A new look for a 19th-century museum in Nantes
The Musée d’arts de Nantes reveals its new extension and rehangs its collection, making seamless connections between past and present
Public sculpture in the UK is about to become more visible
Art UK, which last year launched a digital catalogue of every oil painting in public ownership, has embarked on an equivalent project for sculpture
America needs its history museums more than ever
The discovery of a noose at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a grim justification of its existence
Why are there mass protests about Moscow’s mass-produced housing?
Moscow’s Khrushchev-era apartment blocks are hardly good housing, but their residents are unlikely to get a better replacement
Is LA’s art scene growing too quickly?
In the last few years LA’s art scene has grown immeasurably. But as rents rise and experimental spaces get priced out, is LA’s arrival on the international art stage worth it?
‘The first ROSC exhibition was, by all accounts, a seismic event’
Looking back on Ireland’s ROSC art exhibitions, which ran from 1967–88
Is this a golden age for older artists?
Innovation and potential are not merely the preserve of the younger generation – as these artists are proving
Do artists’ lives get in the way of their work?
An exhibition of Eric Gill’s art in Ditchling raises questions about how far we can separate art from life. Should biography shape our understanding of an artist’s work?
The productive failures of Vito Acconci
Remembering the pioneering performance artist Vito Acconci, who died in April aged 77
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Do museums need to be more socially engaged?
Alistair Hudson and Elisabeth Callihan ask whether today’s museums could be more useful