Tate was crowned the winner of the second iteration of the OOF Cup this weekend. The art world five-a-side football competition (hosted by OOF magazine and gallery) took place at …
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The co-founder of luxury art publisher Assouline explains why his books “really are haute couture” and how they will “never” go digital
Assouline is a publishing house resolutely centered on “the notion of true luxury”. Founded in 1994 by Prosper and Martine Assouline, the company has produced over 1,700 titles in four …
Ruth Baumgarte, Catalog Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and IllustrationsThe Kunststiftung Ruth Baumgarte (editor), Hirmer, 1120pp, $245 (pb) This catalog raisonné in three volumes retraces the life and work of …
Roger Ballen © Photo: Marguerite Rossouw Roger Ballen What is the best book you have read recently? The best book I’ve read recently is Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: …
New Orleans Art Museum faces public outcry over hiring white curator of African art
The New Orleans Museum of Art (Noma) is facing significant backlash over the appointment of a white woman as Curator of African Art. After making the announcement on June 29, …
Tel Aviv Museum cancels art restitution conference with Christie’s over $202m auction tied to Nazi fortunes
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art has canceled an event with Christie’s focusing on art looted by the Nazis during World War II after outcry over the auction house’s recent …
Prized Leonardo portrait in motion at US National Gallery of Art amid renovations
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, to see Leonardo da Vinci’s only painting on public display in the Americas – his first portrait of a …
The Victoria and Albert Museum lends a trove of medieval treasures to the Qatari collection space in Paris
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has lent more than 70 of its medieval treasures, including the famous Becket coffin, to an exhibition at the Al Thani Collection space in …
Silvio Berlusconi, the former cruise crooner who became three-time Italian prime minister, who died aged 86 in June, was known around the world for his diplomatic gaffes, his “bunga bunga” …
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told a Greek newspaper that the UK and Greece should share the Parthenon Marbles. In an interview with Your NeaKhan suggested that some of the 5th-century …