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Exhibition Review / January 2025
In Your Wildest Dreams: Ensor Beyond Impressionism and Ensor’s States of Imagination
In Your Wildest Dreams: Ensor Beyond Impressionism Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp 28th September 2024–19th...

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Exhibition Review / December 2024
Caillebotte: Painting Men
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 8th October 2024–19th January 2025 Gustave Caillebotte (1848–94) was many things: a painter in the Impressionist ci...

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Book Review / November 2024
Rosario de Velasco
Edited by Jennifer A. Thompson and Laurel Garber. 304 pp. incl. 240 col. ills. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2024), £45. ISBN 978–0–87633–304–4.For art historians interested in understan...

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Exhibition Review / October 2024
Lavery: On Location
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 20th July–27th October John Lavery (1856–1941), a vibrant painter of the Impressionist era, was born and partly raised in Northern Ireland, grew ...

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Book Review / September 2024
Warhol After Warhol: Power and Money in the Modern Art World
by Richard Dorment. 276 pp. incl. numerous ills. (Picador, London, 2023), £20. ISBN 978–1– 5290–8149–...

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Exhibition Review / August 2024
The Allure of Rome: Maarten van Heemskerck Draws the City
Kulturforum, Berlin, 26th April–4th August  Few sixteenth-century Netherlandish artists have received mo...

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Exhibition Review / July 2024
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 26th March–14th July Organised to celebrate the 150th anniversary of what became known as the First Impressionist Exh...

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Exhibition Review / June 2024
Sonia Delaunay: Living Art
Bard Graduate Center, New York, 23rd February–7th July Visionaries are fundamental to the avant-gardes that appeared in Europe in the inter-war ...

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Exhibition Review / May 2024
Roelant Savery’s Wondrous World
Mauritshuis, The Hague, 8th February–20th May   On display in the Mauritshuis is an intimate selection of carefully chosen works by R...

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Article / May 2024
‘The swing’ by Jean-Honoré Fragonard: new hypotheses
This article has been made available free to read in line with the publication of Burlington Contemporary Journa...

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Exhibition Review / April 2024
Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now
The Box, Plymouth, 17th February–2nd June This exhibition boldly and gracefully traces the impact of Britai...

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Book Review / March 2024
Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris
Edited by Simonetta Fraquelli and Cindy Kang, with essays by Simonetta Fraquelli, Cindy Kang, Jelena Kristic, Christine Poggi, Rachel Silveri and c...

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Exhibition Review / February 2024
Africa & Byzantium
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 19th November 2023–3rd March 2024  Over recent decades the Metropolitan Museum of Art has presented a series of exhibitions that have addressed both By...

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January 2025
A one billion pound gift
‘Now you can gasp’, said the Chairman of the Trustees of the British Museum to guests at a recent fundraising dinner. He had just revealed the ...

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December 2024
A ‘grand life’: Belle da Costa Greene
New York’s Morgan Library & Museum was founded as a public institution in 1924 and its centenary this year...

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November 2024
The life cycle of art history
Art history is withering. Art history is flourishing. Which of these statements is true? Very mixed impressions can be gathered from across the Uni...

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October 2024
Restoring the ‘belle époque’
The Musee Jacquemart-André is a treasure house that graces the Haussmann boulevards in Paris and is perhaps not nearly as well-known as it should...

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September 2024
Turner 250
J.M.W. Turner’s work has a wonderful quality of generosity about it. He was so prolific, varied and inventive in his painting that it can be enjoyed and studied in numerous ways and retains an ex...

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August 2024
An enigmatic smile
Feted and endlessly scrutinised, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has a peculiar status. Paying homage to the painting as a talisman of Renaissance culture and a link to the mind of the man who crea...

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July 2024
Essential arts
Cuts, cuts, cuts: this seems to be the endless refrain that attends any discussion of the arts in the United Kingdom. On the one hand many recognise the profound benefits to a civilised society of ...

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June 2024
La Serenissima
Henry James famously wrote in his Italian Hours (1909) that there is nothing more to be said about Venice. As so much ink has been spilt over its charms you can see his point. However, James then p...

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May 2024
Theft
The British Museum has recently mounted a small and rather underwhelming display about Graeco-Roman gems. This fascinating, although esoteric subject, would not normally attract large numbers of vi...

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April 2024
Purchasing power
Securing acquisitions for museums and galleries is a complicated business at the best of times. Inflationary pressures, heavy demands on limited resources and restraints on what funders can provide...

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March 2024
The National Gallery
Two hundred years ago, in the spring of 1824, British enthusiasts for European painting had good reason to feel optimistic. In a House of Commons debate that took place on 2nd April the government ...

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February 2024
The end of reproduction fees?
This magazine is not usually thought of as a source for legal advice, but in the past month we have been contacted by several contributors asking...

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Acquisitions by public collections across the UK (2013–23)
Acquisitions by public collections across the UK (2013–23) made possible by the Acceptance in Lieu of Tax and Cultural Gifts Scheme
November 2023 - Recent acquisitions of European sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Recent acquisitions of European sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
June 2023 - Recent acquisitions (2016–22) of European works of art at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Recent acquisitions (2016–22) of European works of art at the Detroit Institute of Arts
December 2022 - Recent acquisitions at Musée Fabre, Montpellier (2004–2022)
Recent acquisitions, Musée Fabre, Montpellier (2004–2022)
Ten years of photography acquisitions at the Morgan Library & Museum
Ten years of photography acquisitions at the Morgan Library & Museum
April 2022 - Recent acquisitions at The Spanish Gallery, Bishop Auckland
Recent acquisitions at The Spanish Gallery, Bishop Auckland
January 2022 - Recent acquisitions at the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017–21)
Recent acquisitions (2017–21) at the J. Paul Getty Museum
December 2021 - Recent acquisitions at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Recent acquisitions at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
November 2021 - Recent acquisitions (2011–21) of sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Recent acquisitions (2011–21) of sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
October 2021 - Recent acquisitions at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2008–20)
Recent acquisitions at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2008-20)
April 2021 - Recent acquisitions (2016–21) at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Recent acquisitions (2016–21) at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
February 2021 - Recent acquisitions (2012–20) at the Fondation Custodia
Recent acquisitions (2012–20) at the Fondation Custodia
January 2021 – Recent acquisitions (2013–20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Recent acquisitions (2013–20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art
December 2020 – Dutch museum acquisitions (2015–19) supported by the Vereniging Rembrandt
Dutch museum acquisitions (2015–19) supported by the Vereniging Rembrandt
November 2020 – Recent acquisitions (2006–20) at the Mauritshuis, The Hague
Recent acquisitions (2006–20) at the Mauritshuis, The Hague
October 2018 – Acquisitions for the reopened Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2011–18
Acquisitions for the reopened Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
December 2017 – Acquisitions at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009–17
Acquisitions at the National Portrait Gallery, London
October 2017 – The donation of old masters in The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s new Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
The donation of old masters in The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s new Michal and Renata Hornstein Pa
August 2017 – Recent acquisitions (2007–17) by regional university collections in Britain
Recent acquisitions (2007–17) by regional university collections in Britain
March 2016 – Recent acquisitions (2013–16) at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Recent acquisitions (2013–16) at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
December 2016 – Recent acquisitions (2012–16) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Recent acquisitions (2012–16) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
June 2016 – Recent acquisitions (2007–15) of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Recent acquisitions (2007–15) of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of
August 2015 – The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2010–15) by British regional museums
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement Recent acquisitions (2010–15) by British regional muse
March 2015 – The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2006–14) at the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, London
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2006–14) at the Department of Pr
February 2015 – Dutch museum acquisitions (2010–14) supported by the Vereniging Rembrandt
Dutch museum acquisitions (2010–14) supported by the Vereniging Rembrandt
October 2015 – Acquisitions (1998–2014) at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Acquisitions (1998–2014) at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
April 2014 – Recent acquisitions (2005–14) at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Recent acquisitions (2005–14) at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
February 2013 – Recent acquisitions (2005–12) at the Dallas Museum of Art
Recent acquisitions (2005–12) at the Dallas Museum of Art
October 2012 – The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions by the Government Art Collection
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust: Supplement Recent acquisitions by the Government Art Collection
July 2012 – Recent acquisitions (2005–11) at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Recent acquisitions (2005–11) at the Cleveland Museum of Art
June 2012 – The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Cast
February 2012 – Recent acquisitions (2008–12) at the Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection, Paris
Recent acquisitions (2008–12) at the Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection, Paris
January 2012 – Acquisitions at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Acquisitions at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
November 2011 – Recent acquisitions (2001–11) of sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Recent acquisitions (2001–11) of sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
December 2010 – Acquisitions (2000–10) of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Acquisitions (2000–10) of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French art at The Metropolitan Mus
November 2010 – Sculpture acquisitions (2000–10) by regional museums in Britain
Sculpture acquisitions (2000–10) by regional museums in Britain
April 2010 – The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2004–09) at the National Portrait Gallery, London
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement Recent acquisitions (2004–09) at the National Portrait
November 2009 – Recent acquisitions (2004–09) of sculpture at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Recent acquisitions (2004–09) of sculpture at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
October 2010 – The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2004–09) at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The Michael Marks Charitable Trust Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2004–09) at the Ashmolean Museum
October 2007 – The Jerwood Supplement: Acquisitions (1987–2007) at National Museums Liverpool
The Jerwood Supplement: Acquisitions (1987–2007) at National Museums Liverpool
September 2007 – Recent acquisitions (1990–2007) at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
Recent acquisitions (1990–2007) at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
June 2007 – Recent acquisitions (2000–2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute of Arts
Recent acquisitions (2000–2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute o
May 2007 – Recent acquisitions (1994–2007) of sculpture and decorative arts at The Frick Collection, New York
Recent acquisitions (1994–2007) of sculpture and decorative arts at The Frick Collection, New York
December 2006 – The Jerwood Supplement: Recent acquisitions (2000-06) of sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Jerwood Supplement Recent acquisitions (2000–06) of sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
October 2006 – Recent acquisitions at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1998–2006
Recent acquisitions at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1998–2006
March 2006 – The Jerwood Supplement: Recent acquisitions at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London, 2002–2005
The Jerwood Supplement: Recent acquisitions at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British
February 2006 – Recent acquisitions at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1997–2005
Recent acquisitions at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1997–2005
November 1991 – Selected Acquisitions of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987–1991
Selected Acquisitions of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987–1991

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