The Art Newspaper

British art critic Brian Sewell has died

Acerbic writer suffered the occasional black eye but never pulled his punches

Mecca’s collapsing crane was part of a criticised building boom

Saudi Artist Ahmed Mater has captured the rampant redevelopment around the Islamic holy place

The great debate: why galleries could take even more money from their artists

This was the controversial suggestion of a recent survey. We asked its author and four art-world figures to comment