Paintings by Van Gogh, Degas and Seurat are among the 62 modern works bequeathed by Paul Mellon, to enter the NGA collection recently
Outsider Art is gaining prominence in the UK, but it’s been a slow awakening: we're still catching up with Europe and the USA
The news of the shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month was sickening, but Jewish institutions must stay open
Should museums try to preserve traditional notions of 'good' taste, or encourage new ways of thinking about art and culture?
Has the time come for a revival of connoisseurship?
Marina Abramović intends to do nothing at the Serpentine Galleries this summer. But nothing has been done before...
This week's news and comment from the Muse Room: Michael Schmidt, the Glasgow School of Art, auction highlights, and troublesome renovations
A new installation mythologises Van Gogh's old apartment in London: but such properties are often disappointing
A round-up of news and comment from the Muse Room.
Should a museum, purportedly in order to save its head, sell off the jewel in its crown?
But authenticity is hardly Hirst's own strong point
Does art history have an image problem? A round-up of stories and comment from the Muse Room.
Museums enrich communities around the world; why not take a day to celebrate that fact?
The BBC intends to remake Kenneth Clark's seminal TV programme 'Civilisation'. Who should present it?
'Birth of a Museum' celebrates new acquisitions for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, but will it win round a critical public?
There's not a single museum director on The Guardian's latest list
A round-up of stories and comment from the Muse Room. This week, we pay tribute to Maria Lassnig and Sturtevant.
The current appetite for merging food and art is nothing new...
Apparently the Angel of the North likes a fresh, cheap baguette
Art isn't therapy. Museums need to diversify. Photography needs a change. A few of the discussions on the blog this week.
Why would one of the most painterly of contemporary painters decide to start issuing screenprints?
Start off with some light Vermeer. Ten reps. Feel you can manage more? Consider moving on to the Dürer
Photographers should produce poetry, not satire
Print collecting, digital catalogues and curator chic... some of the discussions on the blog this week
‘Outsider Art’ flourishes outside the UK
Outsider Art is gaining prominence in the UK, but it’s been a slow awakening: we're still catching up with Europe and the USA
A response to the Musée Juif de Belgique shooting
The news of the shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month was sickening, but Jewish institutions must stay open
Changing Tastes: should museums try to teach ‘good’ taste?
Should museums try to preserve traditional notions of 'good' taste, or encourage new ways of thinking about art and culture?
Editor’s Letter: Connoisseurship now
Has the time come for a revival of connoisseurship?
Nothing new? The row over Marina Abramović’s new show
Marina Abramović intends to do nothing at the Serpentine Galleries this summer. But nothing has been done before...
The Week’s Muse: 31 May
This week's news and comment from the Muse Room: Michael Schmidt, the Glasgow School of Art, auction highlights, and troublesome renovations
Hollow memorials? the problem with artists’ houses
A new installation mythologises Van Gogh's old apartment in London: but such properties are often disappointing
The Week’s Muse: 24 May
A round-up of news and comment from the Muse Room.
Mind the Gap: William Holman Hunt’s ‘Isabella’ should stay in Delaware
Should a museum, purportedly in order to save its head, sell off the jewel in its crown?
Florida pastor is convicted of trying to sell fake Damien Hirst paintings
But authenticity is hardly Hirst's own strong point
The Week’s Muse: 17 May
Does art history have an image problem? A round-up of stories and comment from the Muse Room.
Why do we need an International Museum Day?
Museums enrich communities around the world; why not take a day to celebrate that fact?
Civilisation 2.0: who could replace Kenneth Clark?
The BBC intends to remake Kenneth Clark's seminal TV programme 'Civilisation'. Who should present it?
Problem child? The Louvre Abu Dhabi is previewed in Paris
'Birth of a Museum' celebrates new acquisitions for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, but will it win round a critical public?
Money talks: the latest list of art’s most powerful people
There's not a single museum director on The Guardian's latest list
The Week’s Muse: 10 May
A round-up of stories and comment from the Muse Room. This week, we pay tribute to Maria Lassnig and Sturtevant.
Delicious or distasteful: Five modern masterpieces of food in art
The current appetite for merging food and art is nothing new...
Advert Averse: Anger as Morrisons turns the Angel of the North into a billboard
Apparently the Angel of the North likes a fresh, cheap baguette
The Week’s Muse: 3 May
Art isn't therapy. Museums need to diversify. Photography needs a change. A few of the discussions on the blog this week.
Prints and the ‘painterly’ object: Harland Miller’s limited editions
Why would one of the most painterly of contemporary painters decide to start issuing screenprints?
Pointless exercise: Alain de Botton’s ‘Art is Therapy’
Start off with some light Vermeer. Ten reps. Feel you can manage more? Consider moving on to the Dürer
Deutsche Börse Prize: are photographers making the most of the medium?
Photographers should produce poetry, not satire
The Week’s Muse: 26 April
Print collecting, digital catalogues and curator chic... some of the discussions on the blog this week