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Expanded horizons: looking beyond building projects
New buildings grab attention, but they are not always the best way of increasing a museum’s influence and audiences
The Met gets a second chance to get contemporary art right
After 75 years of fumbling, the New York museum can use the Breuer building to play to its strengths and explore art-making across time
Sharjah discusses meaning of art in the time of Isil and Hezbollah
Anna Somers Cocks attended the annual March Meeting and found it did not shy away from the pain, extremism and corruption of the world today
Lighten the bureaucracy so India’s heritage can flourish
Its rich store of treasures deserves better, and that requires unburdening private collectors and welcoming in business
In the beginning: women kickstart South Asia scene
Female artists, collectors, curators and philanthropists are playing a leading role in developing the arts scene in South Asia
What is the government’s new plan for the future of the arts?
A forthcoming White Paper aims to set out the most far-reaching strategy for 50 years
Ten questions gallerists should be asking themselves now
Is gallery space still worth paying rent for or will Instagram replace it all? Art Basel director Marc Spiegler gives us the answers
Knoedler fakes trial could be a game-changer for the art market
It should provide guidance on who is responsible when forgeries are sold
Matthew Collings on his heady days with David Bowie
The superstar art lover backed the British critic's first forays into book publishing
The 21st-century Tate is a commonwealth of ideas
Museums must widen the ways in which they serve their audiences to reflect new forms of social interaction
The artists who flopped (and triumphed) in 2015
Who was hot and who was not this year, featuring Anish Kapoor, Rachel Rose and Chris Ofili
Kenny Schachter on Peggy Guggenheim’s one-woman fight to champion artists
In her lifetime, the art collector’s personal reputation was shredded, but, as Lisa Vreeland’s film shows, her influence on the art world was astonishing
How the Venice Biennale made social practice cool
Why political works continued to dominate this year
What is art for? Jane Kallir tells us
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut and Bamako, and as The Art Newspaper continues its debates in Moscow, the New York gallerist shares her thoughts on art's purpose, originally published after 11 September 2001
In Europe’s troubled times, museums can offer hope
With the European Union in crisis, museums have an obligation to demonstrate what cultural exchange can achieve
Public museums need a new way of working with collectors
State institutions shouldn’t collaborate with those who don’t understand their wider aims
Why is Saudi Arabia destroying the cultural heritage of Mecca and Medina?
Even sites associated with the Prophet's family make way for skyscrapers and mega-hotels
Comment: The Tate should take BP’s money—and ask for more
Protests about the gallery’s lack of transparency concerning the energy company's sponsorship miss the point of how big business and the arts interact
Comment: it’s the economy, stupid—and the art market is no longer immune to its vicissitudes
While the 2008 global financial meltdown largely failed to dent sales, in 2015 our editor-at-large warned that the falling oil price experienced at the time could prove much more serious
Development, tourism and neglect endanger sites as much as conflict and natural disasters
Does Unesco have the power to stop the decline of crucial heritage sites?
Comment: The immorality of using Detroit’s art to bail out bankrupt city
Even if it proves legal to sell paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, there is a moral case to consider
The big hole in Britain’s National Gallery: Bring back the Victorians
The omission of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood could be rectified by judicious loans
Why American art museums are reluctant to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
It was a different story for the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth in 2009
Serota on a sustainable future for museums: why Tate needs to change in a changing world
Moving on from traditional didacticism and adapting to a new level of modern communication
Why the US military's proposal to dispose of Saddam Hussein’s Victory Monument is misguided
They represent good and bad aspects of Iraq’s modern history and cannot simply be obliterated