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The customers were always right at Wiener Werkstätte

But then they did include Gustav Klimt, his Lady in Gold and his lover

Sharjah Biennial follows recipe of crops, earth, water and cooking

The curator Christine Tohme broadens the event’s potential audience by also taking it to Dakar, Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut

Paolo Viti

The many cultural initiatives of Olivetti’s and Fiat’s arts director

Modernism gives Art Dubai sales a boost

Rediscovered work from the 20th century has new relevance today

Brexit vote prompts ICA to move online home

UK museum is an early adopter of .art domain

Centre Pompidou could pop up in Shanghai, in city’s West Bund ‘cultural corridor’

Paris contemporary art centre in negotiations to open space after setback ten years ago

Beirut bets big on museums

As Lebanon’s political situation improves, the city develops plans for a museum mile—but will it pay off?

European cobalt blue imported to China from early 18th century

Scientific tests reveal Qing-dynasty artisans used it to produce famille rose porcelain

Philadelphia Museum of Art breaks ground on Frank Gehry-designed core renovation

While the museum’s building is classical, the project is not "classic Frank Gehry"

Contemporary art dominates US museums, our visitor surveys confirm

Decisive shift away from historic art exhibitions began in mid-2000s

Another Tate Modern? Former power station to be converted by Herzog & de Meuron into art hub

New York building known as the Batcave has been occupied by graffiti artists and squatters

Egyptian pharaoh rescued from watery Cairo grave—but which one does it depict?

Early reports identified it as a statue of Ramses II, but now scholars think it may be a later king

Tate St Ives offers first glimpse of £20m refurbishment

The Tate’s Cornish satellite, which reopens this week, is preparing its first semi-permanent display on the St Ives School