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Why does Palmyra matter?
There’s been global concern over the fate of Palmyra after ISIS seized the site. Why are its ancient ruins so significant?
Crossing paths: the chance meeting that spawned ‘River Crossings’
It all started in 1995 when a jet-lagged Stephen Hannock walked into the Met
Casting a Queen: Louis XIV’s forgotten wife
Too well behaved to be remembered: a rare bust of Marie-Thérèse offers a glimpse of the Sun King’s consort
Chris Burden’s final work takes flight
Evan Moffitt on the artist’s legacy and his final creation, ‘Ode to Santos Dumont’, at LACMA
Selling the collection to save the house: Russborough and Irish heritage
Ireland should be more concerned over the dispersal of its cultural heritage
Avert your Eyes: Censored Art Masterpieces
The Picasso painting censored by Fox 5 News is just the latest major artwork to be deemed indecent
London Diary
Hockney’s psychedelic new creations at Annely Juda; Thomas Struth’s exceptional photographs at Marian Goodman; and Andre Kertesz at James Hyman
Tretyakov Gallery searched in Moscow art smuggling investigation
We asked Russian art expert James Butterwick for comment
The public Paolozzi that should stay; especially after the saga at Tottenham Court Road
Head to the Economist Plaza
The manipulative imagery of the Bali Nine executions
How art has been used as a pawn in the crisis
Art and the Election
What have politicians promised; how are artists getting involved; and is anything likely to improve for the culture sector?
Ed Vaizey and museum professionals face off at pre-election hustings
It might have been an entertaining clash were there not so much at stake
Michelle Obama’s challenge to museums
The First Lady called on US museums to widen access at the Whitney’s ribbon-cutting ceremony
Changing of the guard: who will lead the UK’s museums?
Young and international: is a new type of director coming to London?
Major blaze rips through Clandon Park
The great Palladian country house in Surrey has been very badly damaged
Vote Art! Why artists are getting involved in the UK election
Does art have an important role to play in the upcoming UK election? Perhaps
Diary: the crisis facing regional museums
Whatever the outcome of the UK’s general election, funding for museums will not increase. How can they adapt?
Making it New: the trend for recreating exhibitions
What’s behind the current appetite for reinstalling, re-exhibiting, and restaging landmark shows?
Art and the Election: what exactly have the main political parties promised?
There’s not a lot to go on…
King’s College London is ripping down London’s history
Those behind the plans either don’t understand what makes this a great city, or don’t care
Museums have finally woken up to the potential of 3D printing
3D prints are the new plaster casts
Have the SuicideGirls trumped Richard Prince?
An inventive 21st-century response to copyright infringement