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Books: James Brydges, munificent benefactor or bad-taste merchant?

A reappraisal of the life of the first Duke of Chandos, patron, collector and philanthropist

Books: Basquiat from street artist to superstar

Banksy’s rise from street artist to gallery star, embraced by the commercial art world, is by no means unique

Books: Is Hogarth the greatest British artist of all time?

Three publications illuminate the subject of Tate Britain’s major exhibition

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Books: Kirk Varnedoe’s Mellon lectures prove to be a fitting swansong for the famous MoMA curator

Given three months before his death, these last lectures are now in print

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Nazi crime revelations raise questions about the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

The late collector Heini Thyssen forced himself to forget his family’s Nazi involvement, but so did the countries that vied for his and his father’s pictures in the 1980s. This well documented book gives the details

V&A to scrap academic reproduction fees

Publishers will also be able to download images directly from the website

Collectorsarchive

A response to Peter Watson's The Medici Conspiracy: Collectors should be defended

"The picture he paints is one where the only people to have any legitimate interest in ancient art objects are closeted archaeologists"

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How to build a contemporary collection

The British collector Frank Cohen reviews a guide to the intricacies of buying new art

The real meaning of Rubens’ women

A new analysis suggests the artist was sending mixed messages in his work

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Books: Sixties art in the US, a tale of two coasts

Eva Hesse’s tragic vision and the multifarious works by artists in California

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The political power of a painting

The story of Raphael’s St George and the Dragon

Collectingarchive

Art consultant Philippe Segalot reveals his views on the market and which contemporary artists he thinks will stand the test of time

In the second extract from Adam Lindemann’s Collecting Contemporary, we learn that the most committed collectors also make the most money

Author chosen for Bacon catalogue

Diplomacy will be required to deal with warring factions

Interview with Roger Ballen on his new book Shadow Chamber: Going fishing, metaphorically speaking

The South African photographer talks about his work, techniques and latest book

Books: Less opportunism and more rigour in study of Rothko, please

The 10 essays of Seeing Rothko are distinctly varied in quality

Featuresarchive

The Art Newspaper exclusive on the memoir MoMA declined to publish: The details

Here we publish an account of the memoirs of the late William S. Rubin, director of the paintings and sculpture department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for 15 years