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The letter recognises the famous conquistador Hernán Cortés (right) as the <i>gobernador</i> (governor) of Mexico News

Conquistador letter found

One of the oldest missives to the New World, sent by Charles V to Hernán Cortés, had been missing for more than a century (The letter recognises the famous conquistador Hernán Cortés (right) as the gobernador (governor) of Mexico) Published online: 21 May 2013
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The battle for Egypt’s ancient Roman site, Antinopolis

Archaeologists denounce the “disgraceful” plundering of the city, built by emperor Hadrian

Published online: 21 May 2013

Paddle8 moves to buy stake in Artnet

The online auction house is looking to take over a 3% stake, currently controlled by Redline Capital Management, the company that tried to take over Artnet last year

Published online: 20 May 2013

Lawsuit raises questions about Warhol authentication process

Foundation’s sales agent also worked for authentication board; foundation’s president rejects claim that decisions may have been made for financial gain

Published online: 17 May 2013

European paintings get (back) the space they deserve

The Met’s Old Masters galleries reopen in rooms lost in the 1970s when the era of the blockbuster began

Published online: 16 May 2013

Interpol targets Qaddafi family treasures

Art high on the list of items sought by new Libyan government

Published online: 16 May 2013

Audio archive breaks silence on Sehgal

Curator’s interviews with performers could prove a “goldmine” for scholars, skirting the artist’s ban on documentation of his work

Published online: 16 May 2013

 

When art fought the Cold War

A touring exhibition recreates the CIA’s 1946 secret weapon that scandalised conservatives

Published online: 16 May 2013

Activists occupy Budapest’s Ludwig Museum

Protests over the removal of museum director Barnabas Bencsik

Published online: 15 May 2013

Down but not out, European countries invest in Venice Biennale pavilions

Despite cuts to culture budgets, funding for national pavilions and collateral events is in line with 2011 or has even increased

Published online: 15 May 2013

German galleries block VAT increase

Dealers and even the country’s culture minister oppose a 12% tax rise on the purchase of original works of art

Published online: 15 May 2013

 

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Martin Creed gets Freudian

Martin Creed’s sparse conceptualism is not an obvious candidate for psychoanalytical readings but, as part of the UK-wide Museums at Night festival, the maverick artist appeared at the Freud Museum in London on 16 May and turned a 100-strong audience into psychoanalysts as he free-associated his >>>

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Video: Turner Prize nominee David Shrigley—a “verified” artist

David Shrigley, known for his comical cartoons, was one of four artists shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize. The Art Newspaper interviewed the artist at opening of his 2012 show at the Hayward Gallery in London, and he talked about how it feels to be accepted by the art world establishment.

Out with the thematic at Tate, in with the chronological

Director says of revised British art display: "It follows real time rather than art-historical time"

 

Gert and Uwe Tobias, from Tuesday, 16 April in London

When twins work together in the name of art, it inevitably triggers a fascination with the siblings’ working relationship, prompted by familiar tales of near-telepathic understanding. Gert and Uwe Tobias, born in 1973 in Brasov, Romania, but now based in Cologne, joined forces at art college in...