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Basalt in St James’s Park
Jill McManners’ watercolours of the forbiddingly beautiful Shiant Isles look compellingly out of place in central London
The Week’s Muse: 22 February
Our weekly round-up from the Muse Room: art in the rubbish bin; a president’s apology; and the great ideas behind art and design
A Collection of Ideas: Five Innovations
Luke Baker introduces five of the unusual design items in MoMA’s ‘Collection of Ideas’
Obama’s apology to art historians
Obama has sent a handwritten apology to Professor Ann Collins Johns for the ‘off-the-cuff remarks’ he made about art history
Florida artist destroys Ai Weiwei vase
A Florida artist has been charged with destroying a vase by Ai Weiwei in an apparently deliberate attack
Artangel Open 2014
The Artangel Open has been behind some iconic works of British contemporary art, and is looking to commission the next set
Poetic Painters: Turner and Helen Frankenthaler at Turner Contemporary
This unusual exhibition is a delightful and energising experience
Gallery: Photographs at Play
We asked the curator of ‘A Collective Invention’ to select nine photographs from The Morgan’s upcoming show
Richard Deacon: February Apollo
Zoe Pilger talks to the sculptor Richard Deacon, whose retrospective exhibition opened recently at Tate Britain
Nancy Holt: 1938–2014
The celebrated land artist Nancy Holt, wife of Robert Smithson, has died at the age of 75. There has been a resurgence of interest in her work in recent years
The Wild Side of Indian Art: Two Book Reviews
Two fascinating books explore the significance of the depiction of animals in Mughal art
Quiet Transformation: ‘A Dialogue with Nature’
The German and British Romantic landscapes at the Courtauld sing rather than shout of a new vision
Spaced Out: why the universe outshines art
I’m genuinely not sure how much artists can bring to the table when it comes to the subject of space
Highlights: Brancusi, Rosso, Man Ray
A slideshow of fascinating works by Brancusi, Rosso and Man Ray at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Good Form: Hans Arp at Hauser & Wirth
‘Chance – Form – Language’ is a tight, neatly balanced show at Hauser & Wirth’s Savile Row gallery
Well Cut: Hannah Höch at the Whitechapel Gallery
Dada artist Hannah Höch’s witty, feminist work in collage and photomontage is as inspiring as ever
An Eye on the India Art Fair
What to expect from this year’s programme, plus co-owner Sandy Angus on the difficult but growing market in India
Spot the Difference
One set of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was popular enough – it’s worth braving the crowds at the National Gallery to see two side by side
Editor’s Letter: Public Gestures
Should the public have a say in exhibition programming? The MFA in Boston seems to think so…
All Change at the Ashmolean Museum
Alexander Sturgis will take over from Christopher Brown as the Ashmolean Museum’s director in October 2014…
The Great War in Portraits
This show looks at how the First World War was represented through portraits of those caught up in the conflict,…
Capturing a Capital
James Robertson’s haunting 19th-century photographs are currently on display in Istanbul, the city that inspired them
Private Views
How do you open a private collection up to the public? A recent symposium at the Courtauld Institute looked at the topical issue
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Flip Charts: Flipping art in contemporary auctions
Trophy works by hot young artists are frequently sold repeatedly in a short space of time. What does it mean for the art market?