Who should decide the stories museums tell?

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

Whether it is adding contemporary paintings to a gallery of Old Masters or branching out into territories as diverse as Modernist chairs, Iranian tiles or Churchill memorabilia, the passion for collecting seems to run in some families, as Eleanor Doughty discovers

Exhibition of the week Kerry James Marshall: The ...

Who Owns Beauty? Bénédicte Savoy (Polity, £25) ...

DURING A TIME OF RAPID DISRUPTION, A RISING COMMUNITY OF WOMEN ARE RETHINKING THE FUTURE OF THE ART WORLD IN IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING WAYS. FRIEZE DIRECTOR EVA LANGRET INTRODUCES THE ARTISTS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES POWER PLAYERS TO KNOW

Starting a new collection can be daunting. Art advisor Patrick Monahan shares his top tips on what and how to buy and what to avoid