An unintended consequence of QE: an art market boom
A LOT TO BE DESIRED Growing, growing, gone! A curious side-effect of the US Federal Reserve’s monetary easing is a…
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National Gallery sending Masterpieces on a Grand Tour
Paintings are, from time to time, called tours de force, but now three masterpieces are being forced to tour. (Groan.)…
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HS2 should speed ahead
Anyone who has been fortunate enough to take the Eurostar will have felt no small wonder at the speed and…
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Review: Collecting Art for Love, Money and More by Ethan Wagner and Thea Westreich Wagner
Texts on collecting art tend to the pious (and thus dishonest): one only collects for love! tends to be the…
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A wolf in dog’s clothing
As I grew up in a city, we were small-dog people — my first was a Pekinese called Typhoo who…
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A wolf in dog's clothing
Before I had a baby, I thought of myself as the consummate dog-lover. Dogs were friends, always excited to see…
ByWhat's the best way to give to the Syrian refugee crisis?
Emergency appeals are a fantastic way of raising large sums of money very quickly. UK donors have shown themselves to…
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Watch: What opera in Beirut tells us about the rest of the Middle East
In today’s Monday Minute (published on Tuesday because of the bank holiday), Josh Spero reflects on what a trip to…
ByReview: Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, Tate Britain
The opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympics depicted a Britain locating and departing from its industrial heritage. Revered and…
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Nin Brudermann, the artist who’s part secret agent, part historian
IT’S STORY TIME again in the art world. Modern Art ditched story. It was goodbye, gods, heroes, nymphs! Farewell saints.…
ByReview: American Lady, The Life of Susan Mary Alsop
American Lady The Life of Susan Mary Alsop Caroline de Margerie (Viking USA) Reviewed by Mark Le Fanu FOR MANY…
ByBook Review: The Battle of Bretton Woods
The Battle of Bretton Woods John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order Benn…
ByThe day my father defeated Disney’s theme park plans
Author: by Daisy Prince IT’S FINALLY GLORIOUS weather in New York: seventies with a light breeze, which makes it hard…
ByThe day my father defeated Disney's theme park plans
When Disney admitted defeat, faced with mounting local opposition, they could place the blame at my father’s feet IT’S FINALLY…
ByDigital art today: from (literally) killer pieces to virtual auction houses
Some thought technology would usher in a brave new immaterial world of digital art and slick cyber-galleries. But so far…
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HayMax is more than a hayfever cure, it highlights everything that’s beautiful about small
A Nose for Business WHEN MAX WISEBERG makes a delivery at Waitrose, his little green Austin A30 — made, as…
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Spear’s city boys head on a country adventure
‘All the flavours and tastes reminded me of my childhood, of how things were done then and most of all…
ByDiary: Helena Newman
The chairman of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Europe, on auctions in unusual locations, evenings where music and art…
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9 famous pieces of stolen art
Author: Peter Matthews Last week, a large-scale investigation in Germany into a collection of over 1,400 Nazi-looted paintings and sketches…
ByMike Atherton on the uncertain future of test cricket
A LOUD APPEAL Test match special? You’re darn right it is. But how to preserve the long format of the…
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