Material gains Meredith Etherington-Smith hails the collectibility of textile art, including a 1,000-year-old tapestry from Peru and the dyed-cotton installations of Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté
How African masks inspired the greats of Modernism In this week’s column, Meredith Etherington-Smith looks at how artists from Picasso to Basquiat have been influenced by African art — and previews an historic sale that traces this dialogue
The return of the Romantic British landscape From mysticism, ancient myths and a 20th-century William Blake to the artist making underground installations in Milan, Meredith Etherington-Smith reveals the names and trends on her radar this month
7 hot trends for 2016 The decline of the art fair, growing interest in women artists and the emergence of treasures from the sea — Meredith Etherington-Smith looks into her crystal ball for the year ahead
Exotic luxury in the Dutch Golden Age The worthy and very rich Dutch burghers of 17th Century Amsterdam must have felt they were at the centre of an exotic and unknown world — as a glorious new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum reveals
How to put a room together — and rare footage of Monet, Renoir et al An interiors book doing something different — and uncovers rare archival footage of Paris’ turn of the century artists
Tribal territory Meredith Etherington-Smith discusses why Tribal is on trend, giving her highlights from two fairs showing the very best of the genre
Ceramics star Meredith Etherington-Smith turns her antenna to the exhibitions giving ceramics a shake up
Forgotten and unseen As the art world tops up its tan, Meredith Etherington-Smith celebrates the forgotten and unseen
African heritage There’s a strong African theme running through the exhibition schedules for this summer
Major finds at London Art Week Galleries showing during London Art Week revealed some unique discoveries, and rediscoveries from five centuries of European art
Portraits from past to present Highlights from London Art Week — including remarkable new discoveries and rare ancient works
Double Creature Feature Spotting a distinct trend for all things animal at London Art Week
A positive Masterpiece London’s rejuvenated Masterpiece fair
Pieces of Old China Furniture and photographs that capture the forgotten world of Imperial China
Modernism’s African roots A new exhibition at Paris’s Musée du Quai Branly and the enduring influence of Tribal art
The palettes of history’s greats An exhibition that transforms the idea of the artist’s portrait, giving a revealing insight into the creative process of masters from Monet to Matisse
A brief opportunity to experience that ‘1948 moment’ London's Stephen Friedman Gallery is paying tribute to Pierre Matisse's seminal New York exhibition of 1948 in a truly original manner
Grand Theft Art Art has entered the mainstream gaming industry — big time
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