Comment
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
Editor’s Letter: Will any UK politicians speak up about culture?
Politicians seem to be observing a blanket silence on the subject. Why?
London Diary: 19 April
Ravilious is bonkers and brilliant in Dulwich; Space sparkles at Daniel Blau; and is ‘Woman in Gold’ so bad it’s good?
Stamping down on the students: has the UK’s largest art school gone too far?
Students are asking legitimate questions about the future of art schools: UAL should listen
The destruction of Nimrud is a crime against humanity
Islamic State has posted a video online that appears to show the destruction of the Assyrian city
The Week’s Muse: 11 April
Tiffany Jenkins on Neil MacGregor’s exceptional leadership; Kader Attia on the archival impulse; Jack Orlik on the distinction between art and architecture
How Neil MacGregor saved the British Museum
The retiring director is one of the great museum leaders in history
The Week’s Muse: 4 April
News and comment from our April issue: Thomas Marks and John Curtis on the cultural desecration of Iraq; Don Quixote in NYC; plus, should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?
Forum: Should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?
Matthias Frehner and David Lewis discuss the problematic bequest
Editor’s Letter: The cultural desecration of Iraq
As Iraq and its heritage suffer, we must seek out and celebrate the great Assyrian artefacts in our own museum collections
This Week’s Muse: 28 March
Museum of London to move to Smithfield; fresh perspectives on Henry Moore and Basquiat; spotlight on education in museums; Asian art at the Met
The Museum of London is Good News for Smithfield Market
Move should improve the museum and protect Smithfield fabric
The Week’s Muse: 21 March
Bardo museum shooting; Regional museums in crisis; Changing times for Helsinki’s museums; Richard Long on mud and mark-making; and art fair highlights
Work in Focus: Surreal subjects at ‘Classicicity’
Classical and contemporary collide at Breese Little gallery
Regional museums are in crisis. Can they survive?
Key speakers debated the issue at a Courtauld event this week
How should private collectors and public museums work together?
This year’s TEFAF Art Symposium looked at an old but not unproblematic relationship
TEFAF Treasures
An early Mondrian hidden among Old Masters; Auerbach’s striking self-portrait; and a curious Collector’s Cabinet
TEFAF Treasures
Personal favourites from Maastricht, including an ancient Egyptian fragment and an unfinished old master painting
The Week’s Muse: 14 March
Fire at the Battersea Arts Centre; Why ‘avant-garde’ is a slippery term; and what’s wrong with the BBC’s Big Painting Challenge
The BBC’s Big Painting Challenge is not the publicity British art needs
Is it better to throw in your lot with dozens of other Sunday painters than go to art school?
Making it New: the trend for recreating exhibitions
What’s behind the current appetite for reinstalling, re-exhibiting, and restaging landmark shows?