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Old worlds and new horizons
Highlights of 2018 include Thomas Cole’s paintings at the Met and Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s mural at MoCA
Does the Louvre Abu Dhabi live up to its aims?
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is undeniably impressive, but can it succeed in becoming the universal museum it wants to be?
A trip along the East Coast of the United States
From post-war German art at Harvard to Leonardo at the Worcester Art Museum, here are some gems beyond the blockbuster exhibitions
Early photography, ancient Egypt, and postmodern architecture
Highlights of 2018 include Victorian photographers, Egyptian influences, and models from Kinshasa
Video games and the many gardens of Manifesta
European highlights for 2018 include three promising young artists and Palermo’s eco-focused edition of Manifesta
Avant-garde legends and art to change the world
Prominent exhibitions in 2018 will explore how art challenges power and how far it can transform the world
Studio ceramics and Charles I’s reunited treasures
Masterpieces by Titian, Dürer, and Van Dyck return to London from their far-flung homes, and pottery comes to Cambridge
Pain, precision and poetry
Highlights of 2018 include violent visions in Dulwich, Bruegel in Vienna, and T.S. Eliot at Turner Contemporary
Turning the spotlight on Sir Richard Wallace
The Wallace Collection celebrates the 200th anniversary of its founder’s birth
Sexing up the cherry
The cherry has come a long way over the centuries – as medieval badges, Renaissance paintings, and a video by Beyoncé reveal
At home with the Ceaușescus
The dictator and his wife lived in luxury at their Spring Palace – with a golden bathroom and the only colour TV in Romania
How a digital dictionary will advance furniture history
A new digital resource holds a trove of information and will make furniture history more widely accessible
Enrico Castellani (1930–2017)
The Italian artist, minimalism’s chosen forefather, was a key figure of the post-war avant-garde
The business of luxury in modern Vienna
The Wiener Werkstätte was a commercial flop, but its designs still embody the spirit of Viennese modernism
Acquisitions of the month: November 2017
This month’s acquisitions include a hoard of Soviet nonconformist art, a significant example of brutalist architecture, and a Danish masterpiece
Why Ottoman style is in vogue in Erdogan’s Turkey
Ottomanism is in and modernism is out – as the state of three mosques shows
A revamped Leeds Art Gallery cements the city’s cultural life
Extensive refurbishment has allowed the museum to rethink how its historic building and collection are presented
Vienna’s new window on the world
The city’s ethnographic museum has been reimagined to explain how its exceptional collections migrated to the city
Power dressing – a formidable collection of samurai armour in Dallas
Gabriel and Ann Barbier-Mueller have amassed one of the most important collections of its kind in the world
How the British fell for Chinese art
The redisplay of Chinese art at the British Museum demands that we look back at a rich collecting tradition
The Asian Art in London Art Awards 2017: The Winners
Apollo presents the winners of this year’s Asian Art in London Art Awards
Acquisitions of the month: October 2017
A hoard of Viking-era treasures has gone to the National Museums Scotland, while the Towner Art Gallery has secured an impressive contemporary installation
‘Until recently, no institution in Tokyo was dedicated to Hokusai’
After 20 years of planning, the Sumida Hokusai Museum has finally opened its doors
A singular artist makes a rare solo appearance
Frith Powell has been exploring the possibilities of painting for half a century – but has rarely exhibited
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