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Venice must keep its Murano glass industry intact
The future of the historic craft will only be secure if contemporary artists and audiences understand it better
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is the ultimate sourcebook for artists
Ovid’s epic mythological poem has fired the imaginations of artists since the Renaissance
A bundle of bungles at the Museum of Failure
A museum dedicated to disastrous products and ideas is set to open in Sweden
Remaking history in New York
New galleries mean a fresh start for the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library
Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths
100 years after the revolution, this show unites the political and personal stories of those who witnessed history in the making
Stanley Spencer’s endless autobiography
The painter’s reams of autobiographical writing are as idiosyncratic as his art
Walker Evans
The American photographer’s first career-retrospective in France spans more than 50 years, and features more than 300 vintage prints
Who’s collecting German experimental prints?
There has always been a market for early 20th-century German prints, but it’s constantly evolving as tastes and expertise change
Roger Mayne, the ‘Laureate of Teenage London’
The Photographers’ Gallery hosts the first major London exhibition of Roger Mayne’s work since 1999
Pissarro was the unifying force behind Impressionism
This overdue survey gives some sense of Pissarro’s extraordinary range
‘It’s hard to figure out why Giacometti is so good’
Carol Bove on Alberto Giacometti, the Venice Biennale, and being ‘spiritually Swiss’
A guide to this month’s best art fairs
Art Brussels, Art Cologne, and the London Original Print Fair all return in the coming weeks, and the countdown to Art en Vieille-Ville in Geneva begins
Jim Dine’s six-decade experiment
The American artist is a maverick, especially in the world of printmaking
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Stanley Spencer: Looking to heaven’, edited by John Spencer (Unicorn Press)
Pierce Brosnan picks up the paintbrush
The former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is to exhibit his paintings in Paris
Which London shows are worth going indoors for?
Spring is here and the sun is out, so choose your exhibitions wisely…
The fake feud between Picasso and Matisse
Shortly after Matisse’s death, Clive Bell called time on the artist’s rivalry with Picasso – and rightly so
The man in charge of modernising the Uffizi
Reforming Italy’s most famous museum is a huge and sensitive task for new director Eike Schmidt
How street art became a hobby for posh kids
Instagram promotion, protests daubed in Latin… graffiti is starting to look like a genteel pastime
The painful practice of cashing in on the Crucifixion
The clergy in Manchester have condemned a wheeze to sell crucifixion experiences
How Kansas City got its magnificent museum
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art built its collection from scratch in the 1930s, and is still going strong today
Acquisitions of the month: March 2017
The finest new additions to public art collections, from rare Fabergé animals in London to Canadian masterpieces in Ottawa
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