Monday, 22 June 2015

What should we save?

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Deliberate destruction of ancient remains by the Taliban and Islamic State force us to confront the tragic fragility of our cultural herita...
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Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Changes for the worse at the British Museum

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Picture: British Museum A couple of months ago I had a few days off work, so I popped along to the Print Room at the British Museum. I...
Tuesday, 2 June 2015

The stupid fetish of free admission, and the end of the British Museum

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Picture: Wikipedia Free admission to museums is quite nice, but it's not so terrible in places like, er, the whole of the rest o...
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Recent Reading (non-art)

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Douglas McWilliams The Flat White Economy: How the digital economy is transforming London and other cities of the future Duckworth 2015 £...
Sunday, 17 May 2015

Rijksmuseum to public: "If you don't like it, buy your own Rembrandt"

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Picture: MS It's a cliché that blockbusters are overcrowded, but Late Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum was the worst I can recall. It...
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015

The final sale of a great collection: I.Q. van Regteren Altena at Christie's

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I'm just back from a few days in Paris and Amsterdam where I caught the viewing of the final part of the stupendous I.Q. van Regtere...
Tuesday, 5 May 2015

UK Arts Policy Election Special

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          The parties vying for votes in tomorrow's UK general election have quite rightly not focused their campaigns on cultural po...