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Vanessa Thorpe

Notebooks that paint a picture of surrealist artist’s mental torment

The sketchbooks of Leonora Carrington, auctioned off to buyers worldwide, have been reassembled for a Freud Museum exhibition

Mon 23 Feb 2026

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Barnaby Phillips
Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot
Sir Richard Lambert
Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook

Mon 12 Jan 2026

Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook
Vanessa Thorpe
Who’s in the frame for the Tate’s top job? (Warning: there’s red tape attached)

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Who’s in the frame for the Tate’s top job? (Warning: there’s red tape attached)
Andrew Gumbel
How Columbia University is tearing itself apart to please Trump

Mon 28 Apr 2025

How Columbia University is tearing itself apart to please Trump

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