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Robert Armstrong takes a swipe at explosive landscapes
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The painter's latest, excellent work is rooted in the psychiatric history of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris
Time to check your record collection – there may be a masterpiece on the sleeve
Writer and art historian Francesco Spampinato explores collaborations between musician and artists in his new book Art Record Covers
As the world flirts with disaster, Germany puts its cash in culture
The Barberini Museum in Postsdam is the latest venue in a stunning list of new concert halls and museums
Merkel to take a wait-and-see approach to Trump
German leader sends senior officials to New York to sound out the Trump team
The multimillion dollar question: is modern art worth it?
Edvard Munch painting on sale while Eric Clapton is selling another Gerhard Richter
Super-gallery puts San Francisco at the centre of the art world
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, reopened after a $305 million expansion, is now the biggest gallery of its kind in the US and has been transformed into a suitably blue-chip space
Gottfried Helnwein’s Tipperary castle a great backdrop for his art
The painter’s life and art is a hybrid of trad and neo-Gothic with a touch of Hollywood
Visual art round-up: Vivid displays of painterly power
Three exhibitions showcase different aspects of modern painting to great effect
Charles Tyrrell finds human fallibility in the logic of the grid | Visual art
Tyrrell’s paintings, in the tricky Uillinn gallery, aim for the ‘rightness’ of nature
Bidding frenzy as Sotheby’s close to making art auction record
Lichtenstein and Rothko draw bidders while Christie’s sells most expensive painting in history
Vera Klute studies the human animal in its natural habitat
The German-born artist’s exceptional show is disturbing and even slightly creepy
Ghosts of the Civil War brought back to vivid life
Visual Art: The third in Mick O’Dea’s trilogy on a seminal era of Ireland’s history is perceptive
Brought to Book: Vona Groarke on the unbearable lightness of reviews
‘What has being a writer taught me? Precision. Restraint. Slyness. Envy. Thrift. The value of a good noun’
Painful break-up: why do we want art collections to stay together?
There’s an aversion to art galleries breaking up collections and selling their works – but is it a short-sighted policy, and should museums sell some of their pieces to help their home cities?
Warhol ‘Silver Car Crash’ fetches $105m
New York auction of post-war and contemporary art gives Sotheby’s its biggest take
A new era for the art market
A five-part summer series analyses the current state of the global fine art and antiques market
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