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Australia: The influential Sydney-born art critic Robert Hughes, who reached a mass audience in 1989 with his book and TV series The Shock of the New, died last month. In 2008, Hughes said about Damien Hirst’s shark suspended in formaldehyde: “One might as well get excited about seeing a dead halibut on a slab in …
Tate chief pledges support for new creative arts school
Serota backs Plymouth School of Creative Arts
Proposed finance bill will slow switch to trust status
Change in business rates would reduce savings
Opposition to break-up of Mendham Collection grows
Online petition protests at Law Society’s decision to sell 300 rare volumes
North-east consortium awarded £2.4m by Creative People and Places
ACE initiative awards £16m to seven projects
Coins and medals stolen from Derby Museum
Museum thefts could have been carried out with "inside knowledge"