Art
Dodgy deals and a suspect stele
There is an infinite number of ways of conning collectors, investors and even institutions too
Artwashing
Lisa Hilton at the Venice Biennale
Studio: Donatello at the Palazzo Strozzi
A magnificent celebration of the artist who was midwife to the birth of humanism
Fenella Jeavons: Sponsorship Facilitator
Milking the Philistines — someone’s got to do it
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
Studio: The 2022 Venice Biennale
Cecilia Alemani has produced an exceptionally intelligent and delightful Biennale
Evening Vespas and Gelato alla Gordon’s
When in Florence…
Cancelled at Cannes
Sidelining the creator of a national movement is pure, unashamed revisionism
Ukraine’s patriotic master
The painter Ilya Repin straddled both Ukrainian and Russian cultures