Art

Q&A | ‘I don’t think I ever thought we could ask to borrow The Hay Wain’

Emma Roodhouse, curator of Walking Constable’s Landscape, talks about the enduring quality of the artist’s work in the year that marks the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth

Legal ruling over ivory sale could have consequences for museums

Experts warn of 'unsolicited donations' as collectors and dealers struggle to sell artworks

The Light: New Durham museum announces August opening date

Former Durham Light Infantry Museum and Art Gallery transformed after decade-long closure

Digital | Moving paintings, fashion history, whaler’s memories

We take a close look at the cache

The Asian gaze | A Brief History of British South Asian Art, by Alina Khakoo

Postwar British visual art is given a new context in this slim but rewarding book

Bookworm | Our round-up of the latest museum reading

From art connoisseurship, to heritage management and building museum games

DCMS and Art Explora to create UK’s first permanent mobile museum

£1.6m government initiative aims to bring art to communities everywhere

Case study | Creating trails for temporary exhibitions

IWM's trail encourages families to engage with artworks telling the story of the blitz

Gwen John: Strange Beauties – a meditative look at ‘God’s little artist’

Julia Carver visits this stimulating interpretation of the modernist painter’s work at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd – National Museum Cardiff

New museum of illustration opens in London

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has a dedicated library and exhibition spaces

From ‘grubby’ mass production to serious artist – Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy

These joyful, insightful works are given the critical attention they deserve at The Box, Plymouth, says Lara Goodband

Sainsbury Centre receives £91.2m donation

Money will be used to revitalise the Norman Foster-designed building at the University of East Anglia, Norwich