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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the little-known Renaissance painter Bartolomé Bermejo at the National Gallery to the Hayward Gallery's huge group show exploring gender fluidity
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This carefully selected exhibition of the Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo is small and perfectly formed
The MA curatorial show at the Barber Institute, Birmingham, challenges many of our assumptions
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Meet the last Renaissance man: Goethe's influence on art explored at the Bundeskunsthalle
The vast show examines Goethe's influence and his dominance of the 18th and 19th century European intellectual world
NewsNational Gallery
'Exceptional loan' of Francesco Melzi painting from Russia comes to London's National Gallery
Unusual month-long display of recently restored work by Leonardo’s favourite and heir will be lent by the State Hermitage Museum
CommentCathedral of Notre Dame
Stone is cool: Gothic vaulting probably saved Notre Dame from total destruction
Tragic fire destroys the roof, but vaulting saves the interior
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Munch's angst-ridden prints at the British Museum to Van Gogh's love affair with the UK at Tate Britain
FeatureArt's Most Popular 2019
Ranked: the top ten most popular shows in their categories from around the world
Including Old Masters, Contemporary, Post-Impressionist and Modern, and more
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Emma Kunz's powerful abstract drawings at the Serpentine Gallery to Mike Nelson's industrial sculptures at Tate Britain
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The music of Mark Rothko finally sounds in the land of Mozart
First exhibition in Austria reveals Abstract Expressionist’s identification with the work of the Old Masters
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New London shows lift the lid on Boilly, the prolific painter of Parisian life
Exhibition at the National Gallery and a display at the Wallace Collection focus on artist virtually unknown in the UK
NewsObituaries
'Authority, concision and style': historian Theodore K. Rabb dies, aged 81
The specialist of the Early Modern period was a regular contributor to The Art Newspaper
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Jean-Jacques Lequeu's fantasies finally find favour with Paris show
Petit Palais exhibition explores the architect's explicit drawings and designs for unrealised buildings including a cow-shaped dairy
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the treasures of an Assyrian king at the British Museum to Lorenzo Lotto’s insightful portraits at the National Gallery
NewsMichelangelo
Rothschild Bronzes definitely by Michelangelo, new book claims
Pair of nude males, acquired by the family in 1877, last sold at auction in 2002
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Big on Bruegel: Vienna museum assembles largest show on the artist
A literally once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Assyrian warrior king Ashurbanipal rides into London with treasures in tow
Exhibition at the British Museum includes carved ivories and a recreation of his huge library of cuneiform tablets
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the erotic drawings of Klimt and Schiele at the Royal Academy to a last chance to see two hard-hitting shows by Mika Rottenberg and Hannah Perry
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a “once in a lifetime” show of Henry Walpole's reunited treasures to a final chance to see a Michael Jackson thriller at the National Portrait Gallery
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'Prime minister of taste': Horace Walpole's collection reunited at Strawberry Hill
Exhibition in collector's former Thames-side home follows a successful (and ongoing) treasure hunt
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From the rise of the Colourists to refugees in Scottish art: the Fleming Collection at 50
Two exhibitions in Scotland celebrate the collection’s birthday
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From Waldmüller to Klimt: bouquets in abundance at Vienna's Belvedere
Exhibition looks at Austrian obsession with flower painting since the 18th century
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Crowd-magnet Vermeer borrowed for Alte Pinakothek’s curtain-raiser
Munich museum has undergone a four-year €12m renovation
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Three to see: London
Rodin takes on the Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum while James Cook sets sail for the British Library
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Rodin’s debt to Parthenon sculptures explored in British Museum exhibition
Eighty marble, bronze and plaster works by French artist are put in dialogue with ancient Greek art
NewsObituaries
Turner Prize nominee Gillian Ayres dies, aged 88
Abstract artist and printmaker was made a Royal Academician in 1991, but she resigned temporarily in 1997
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How Delacroix went from lycée dropout to establishment favourite
Exhibition at the Musée du Louvre is first major survey of the painter’s work in more than 50 years
NewsThree to see
Three to see: London
From Picasso's year of masterpieces at Tate Modern to his fellow Spaniard Murillo's portraits at the National Gallery
NewsReligion
Church of the Holy Sepulchre re-opened after three-day protest closure
Shrine was shut amid escalation of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities
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All the city's a stage: Munich celebrates Goethe's Faust with group show and festival
Exhibition commemorating German play includes works by Eugène Delacroix, Robert Mapplethorpe and Martin Scorsese
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Thomas Cole's Old World roots and art-world inspirations examined in transatlantic show
Exhibition on US painter opens at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art before travelling to London
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Fit for a king? What the British press is saying about the new Charles I exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts show has received near unanimous reviews
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Three to see in New York in 2018
Our pick of must-see shows opening in the coming year
NewsAppointments & departures
Architectural historian appointed director of The Queen’s art collection
Tim Knox, currently director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, is a keen connoisseur of works of art
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Hail, Caesar, as Rome’s first 12 emperors return
Metropolitan Museum of Art reassembles 16th-century silver table ornaments for first time in two centuries
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Merrie Monarch’s collection goes on show at the Queen’s Gallery
Despite the dispersion of his executed father’s vast holdings, Charles II acquired a formidable set of works
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‘Everything refers to everything else’: Vienna exhibitions reveal impact of other artists on Raphael and Rubens
Concurrent surveys in Austrian capital also show how travel inspired the Old Masters
FeaturePodcast
Podcast episode five: what's the story behind the $100m Leonardo?
What will happen when the only painting in private hands by the Renaissance master heads to auction? Plus: the New Museum's big new show on gender, and our literary editor talks 18th-century princesses
NewsThree to see
Three to see: London
From slick and surreal photographs at the Serpentine to art in canal boats for the Art Licks Weekend
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Deh vieni, non tardar: opera for all at the V&A
London museum and Royal Opera House bring the elite musical form to the masses
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Three to see: London
From Rachel Whiteread’s mummified air to the burial rituals of the mysterious Scythians
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Elusive Scythians brought to life through show of archaeological discoveries
British Museum exhibition organised with Hermitage traces history of a culture with no written records
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A long history of scholarship drives a survey of Raphael’s drawings
The Ashmolean Museum joins forces with the Albertina in Vienna for the show
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Royal Collection highlights the man who made Canaletto famous
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Naming names: on the Le Nain mystery at Louvre-Lens
An exhibition attempts to assign discrete attributions to the works of the brothers Le Nain
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Germany marks the 500th anniversary of Luther’s Theses
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Sebastiano's debt to Michelangelo made clear in London show
The follower limps while the master strides through all six galleries in the National Gallery's latest exhibition
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Sebastiano and his mentor Michelangelo arrive in London
The National Gallery looks at the fruitful but doomed association between the two artists
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Old Master exhibitions not to miss in 2017
Coming to a museum near you: mentors, medals and monarchs… oh my!
NewsObituaries
Lord Snowdon, photographer of British high society, dies aged 86
Princess Margaret's former husband worked for Vogue and his pictures were shown at the National Portrait Gallery
CommentIn the frame
What art did the Queen show Donald Trump?
We take a look at the art that Her Majesty dug out of the Royal Collection for the US president
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