The trend of corporations and large businesses investing in art is nothing new. Banks and other large “proto-corporate” ventures have been documented at least as far back as the Renaissance as investing in art both to beautify their quarters and as an investment. Today this trend continues among corporations large and small. They invest in [...]
The ‘Portlandia’ co-creator and Sleater-Kinney band member reveals her favorite foodie app and the comedy series she binge-watches unabashedly. …read more
Discovery of Hildebrand Gurlitt’s Nazi-confiscated art hoard caused a scandal. His cousin Wolfgang’s story is less well known, but asks troubling questions of collections across the world …read more
Embassy and art fair launch new prize in wake of crackdowns on local and international artists’ work …read more
Opening of State Russian Museum outpost in Malaga and Diaghilev show depends on the schedules of visiting dignitaries …read more
New FAA regulations may restrict the use of surveillance technology in works of art …read more
Collector David Walsh supports plan to mark Gallipoli centenary in Tasmanian capital but heritage experts object …read more
In Hollywood, especially before the Golden Globes, everyone makes a big deal about parties, but the truth is, it can be as fun—if not more so—to celebrity spot while just going about our business around town. …read more
By Laura Cumming Science Museum, London Images talk to each other over time in this remarkable survey of more than 200 photographs, from ghostly heliographs to megapixel prints, collected by the Royal Photographic Society The pictures that changed photography: our pick of the Royal Photographic Society collection There is an image at the start of [...]
Reviews of exhibitions by Dina Litovsky and Reinier Gerritsen, plus ‘The Photographer’s Playspace’ in this week’s On Photography. …read more
The first exhibition of works never before displayed opens next week, followed by a rare Goya private album …read more
As Frederick Wiseman’s documentary film of the London museum opens in the UK, he and the National’s director Nicholas Penny explain that its making was a mutual journey of discovery …read more
Berlin, Montenegro and, ironically, Kiev are popular destinations as Moscow curbs free speech …read more
Marat Guelman, the former director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, will open new cultural centre in resort town of Budva …read more
Focus on business models of Sotheby’s and Christie’s as chief executives go …read more
