'Double Portrait of Natalia Nordmann and Ilya Repin’ (1903) 5:26pm

Repin: A Russian Master’s Life and Work in Finland, Kadriorg Art Museum, Estonia

Though his works were venerated in the Soviet Union, this show reveals the Russian artist as quieter, apolitical and concerned with the personal

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Council probes sale of Banksy mural

Haringey consults police on protecting similar street art

Guido Reni’s ‘The Rape of Europa’: part of Sir Denis Mahon’s donation ©ArtFund From WORLD Feb 19, 2013

Italian masterpieces donated to the UK

Baroque collection of Sir Denis Mahon distributed to six galleries

Beauford Delaney’s ‘Portrait of Charlie Parker’ (1968) Feb 18, 2013

Blues for Smoke, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Though there is a conceptual void at the heart of this exhibition, it’s a provocative show that’s impossible to dismiss

'Cecil Court, London W.C.2. (The Refugees)' by RB Kitaj Feb 17, 2013

R B Kitaj: Obsessions – Jewish Museum, London & Pallant House, Chichester

This important exhibition acknowledges the ambitious and complex painter’s overriding obsession with Jewish history

Peter Aspden Feb 15, 2013

And the best is silence

The experience of art is most intense during private, contemplative moments; there are better spaces for noise

Detail from Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Bride' ©Succession Marcel Duchamp, 2013 Feb 15, 2013

A fascination with endgame

Five artists interact with their ‘guy to beat’, Marcel Duchamp, in an ambitious new London show. Jackie Wullschlager reports

Yayoi Kusama’s 'Pumpkin' From COLLECTING Feb 15, 2013

The Art Market: Bangers and smashed records

Contemporary sales set off fireworks while a rediscovered ‘Caravaggio’ has become the subject of a court case

©Alejandro Cartagena Feb 15, 2013

Snapshot: ‘Car Poolers’

Alejandro Cartagena’s photo series offers a bird’s-eye view of workers as they hitch a ride to work in the backs of pick-up trucks

Detail from Murillo's ‘A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit (Personification of Summer)’ ©Scottish National Gallery Feb 15, 2013

Murillo at Dulwich

Griselda Murray Brown on the 17th-century Spanish artist’s religious paintings on show at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London

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