The first Art Basel Qatar art fair is now open in Qatar’s capital, Doha, and The Art Newspaper’s art market editor, Kabir Jhala, joins Ben Luke to discuss its impact, as well as reflecting on the wider artistic outlook in Qatar and the Middle East.
The author of a new catalogue raisonné of the work of Albrecht Dürer argues that a painting of the artist’s father in the National Gallery in London, long thought to be a copy after Dürer’s original, is in fact an autograph work. Our special correspondent in London, Martin Bailey, tells us about the arguments for and against its authenticity.
After Albrecht Dürer, The Painter's Father (1497) National Gallery, London
And this episode’s Work of the Week is actually a pair of works. That is because there is a compelling double header opening at the Albertinum in Dresden this weekend: the exhibition Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch: The Big Questions of Life. The show’s co-curator Andreas Dehmer discusses Selbstbildnis mit Hand am Kinn (Self-Portrait with Hand on Chin, 1906) by Modersohn-Becker and Vampir (Vampire, 1895) by Munch with our digital editor, Alexander Morrison.
Left: Paula Modersohn-Becker's Selbstbildnis mit Hand am Kinn (1906/07) and right: Edvard Munch's Vampir (1895) Modersohn-Becker: © Landesmuseum Hannover/ARTOTHEK; Munch: © Munchmuseet, Oslo
- Art Basel Qatar continues until Saturday, 7 February. Read all of our coverage of Art Basel Qatar here.
- Christof Metzger, Albrecht Dürer: The Complete Paintings. Selected Drawings and Prints, Taschen, £175 (hb)
- Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch: The Big Questions of Life, Albertinum, Dresden, 8 February-31 May