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  • Frank Auerbach

    Royal Academy of Arts, London, through 12 December.

  • The Print in Italy 1550-1620

    ‘The Print in Italy 1550–1620’ at the British Museum (27 September 2001–6 January 2002) is an exceptional exhibition of over 150 works from the museum’s own collection as well as a number of important loans. It is the first exhibition…

  • The Las Vegas Guggenheim Museum

    Rem Koolhaas, architect and author of Delirious New York, an important architectural tract of the mid-1970s, then made a telling New York skyscraper image entitled ‘Dream of Liberty’ with Madelon Vriesendorp. September 11 will have brought to mind this picture…

  • The Royal Institute of British Architects’ Stirling Prize 2001

    This year’s award ceremony in the Great Court of the British Museum (itself not a contender) was memorable in that the favourite didn’t win. Last year considerable added interest to the learned deliberations of the judges was given by Tracey…

  • Monuments for destruction

    Image and Idol: Medieval Sculpture Tate Britain, to 3 March 2002

  • Anthony d’Offay

    Anthony d’Offay’s recent and sudden announcement of closure seems shocking, if characteristically mysterious, after 36 years of meteoric rise. With an annual turnover of around $35 million the doors will close before Christmas to the triad of exhibition spaces which…

  • No trampoline needed for Manhattan now

  • Student Prince

    The decision of Prince William to pursue Art History roused Evening Standard (London) art critic Brian Sewell to severely criticise the appropriateness of his choice of study. But as a foundation year curriculum it is broadly based: architectural history is…

  • South Bank, underneath the arches

    … we while the time away. Well, it has taken several months in fact to appoint an architect in line with architect Rick Mather’s excellent Master Plan on London’s South Bank. That was two years ago. Then an architectural competition…

  • Risen Christ — spent force?

    Michelangelo’s drawing ‘Study for the risen Christ’, has been suspended from export following arts minister Baroness Blackstone’s order, for a period until just before Christmas. Scotland’s National Galleries (Director-General Timothy Clifford) are believed to be the force behind this move.…