We’re delighted to announce that @AxelRuger of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has been appointed as the new Secretary and Chief Executive of the RA. Rϋger will be joining the Academy in June.

Inside the private collection of a legendary London dealer, Oliver Hoare, from Man Ray's lips to treasures of Islamic art telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/ins… via Telegraph Luxury

End of an era - Sotheby's stock stopped trading 10/3/2019

We've had a first shot at a list of museums, libraries etc that have released hi res images into the public domain. We know plenty are missing – please let us know. And what else could we do to make this list more useful? apollo-magazine.com/open-access-im… Apollo Magazine Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦

Find out the fate of Don Marron's $450m+ collection, amassed over a half-century by the former PaineWebber chairman. Hint: It's not going to Sotheby's Christie's or PHILLIPS wsj.com/articles/three… via The Wall Street Journal

Plus que quelques semaines de patience ⏳ Rendez-vous en avril pour découvrir l'#HôtelDeLaMarine, joyau de la place de la Concorde à Paris le CMN ✨

Eight years and 2m arachnids later, spider silk fabrics go on show in London theguardian.com/culture/2021/s…

What distinguished Eskenazi from his fellow Asian art dealers in London is that he wanted a gallery, not a shop. Our interview with the London-based East Asian art specialist: on.ft.com/3DsuhjV

What distinguished Eskenazi from his fellow Asian art dealers in London is that he wanted a gallery, not a shop. Our interview with the London-based East Asian art specialist: on.ft.com/3WqTOm6

I challenged three art experts to correctly identify which is the AI-generated image between a real historical artwork and another made in the same style by the DALL-E/Stable Diffusion. It proved tricker than expected! theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Un air d'Italie 🇮🇹 L'exposition "Ca'd'Oro, chefs-d'œuvre de la Renaissance à Venise" présentée au sein de la collection #AlThani est prolongée jusqu'en mai ! Préparez votre virée parisienne à l'Hôtel de la Marine : hotel-de-la-marine.paris/Actualites/Ca-…

'An Old Woman Frying Pancakes' by Diego Velázquez, 1618.  *removes 'proficient in Photoshop' from CV*

So french 🇫🇷 Aujourd'hui, traversons la Manche pour découvrir certains trésors des collections du V&A exposés à l' Hôtel de la Marine dans l'expo "Quand les anglais parlaient français" ! 👇 #thread

‘When the English spoke French.’ The wonderful new V&A display of medieval treasures - in collaboration with the Al Thani collection - on show in Paris. We are Bastille Day ready…

Wonderful evening Leighton House and Sambourne House to launch Oliver Hoare’s book about a Persian manuscript secretly swapped for a painting by de Kooning. Extract read by Rupert Everett, who did very well with the Persian names. Many thanks to Matthew Paton for my copy of the book.

Gauguin’s ‘Le Toit Bleu’ headlines a roundup of major institutional acquisitions this month - Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide ow.ly/n21f50TzVN6

How a Persian manuscript was swapped for a Willem de Kooning owned by the Iranian government. theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/12/how…

A portrait by Caravaggio has a public debut in Rome after decades hidden away in a private collection. Now Italy wants to buy it. nyti.ms/4fDgGYB

One of my #TopPicks for FAD Magazine, Dan Flavin is on show at Ordovas until 25th May. Free to visit >> fadmagazine.com/2025/03/22/the… #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions