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What’s the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz?

The legendary Paris gallery now has a regional outpost. Will it live up to the name? Jonathan Glancey takes a high-speed train to find out. Continue reading

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Leonardo da Vinci painting is put at risk by loan from Poland to London

Polish art experts warn over journey of Lady with an Ermine to National Gallery Continue reading

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Daunting, dazzling - and doomed

Why have painters been so drawn to the Tower of Babel? Jonathan Jones finds the answer in an eerie, compelling show about Babylon, the ancient city where it once stood In pictures: Take a look around Babylon Continue reading

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Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven – review

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Continue reading

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Military History Museum – review

Daniel Libeskind’s visceral redesign for Dresden’s Military History Museum has as striking an effect on the exhibits inside as on the facade itself Continue reading

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9/11 anniversary: lockdown as New York is able to prepare to mark this fateful day

Citizens heed mayor’s advice to keep calm as terrorism alert brings grim reminders of 2001 Continue reading

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Museum of Liverpool - review

It’s part of a world heritage site, but the showy Museum of Liverpool fails to complement the city’s proud past Continue reading

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Picasso to make biggest impression at Sotheby’s sale.

La Lecture, portrait of the artist’s mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, is star lot at modern art auction. Continue reading

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From Morandi to Guttuso: Masterpieces from the Alberto Della Ragione Collection – review

Estorick Collection, London Continue reading

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Modern British Sculpture in the Royal Academy - review

Our ignorance of the history of British sculpture is only partly due to the wholesale destruction during the reformation and civil war. Much of this early sculpture would anyway have been destroyed by the elements and even more by changes in taste. Before and after the iconoclastic purges, there is little evidence that, as a nation, we were especially hostile to sculpture. Continue reading

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