International galleries, auctions and museums forced to scale their operations forced to scale their operations in a disturbing scale, seems to be a slower point of view.
So we work in an era of longer and deeper exhibitions, more concerned with the actual visual connection? Ben Luke speaks with Anny Shaw, a contribution to editor Art diary.

Visitors admire Johannes Vermeer Esmain (1657-58) in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam
Photo: Bumble Dee
In the Netherlands, as in the US, the right politicians can have a significant impact on international development in art projects. As Tefaf, the main international art fair will open in Maastricht, talking to Senay Boztas, our correspondent based on Amsterdam’s funding crisis.

Pieter Bruegel The main, Snow hunters (1565)
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
And this work of this weekly passage is one of the biggest paintings ever made: Snow hunters (1565) Pieter Bruegel elderly. It is part of an exhibition called Arcimboldo – Bassano – Bruegel: The time of natureThis week was opened at the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum. The museum director, Jonathan Fine, tells us more.
- Arcimboldo – Bassano – Bruge: The time of natureKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, June 29