Jan Dalley

He continues to use his interventions around the world to needle establishment norms

The would-be president’s musical passions seem to have struck a chord with voters

Apparently, I had a huge grin on my face when I walked into the Rijks restaurant in Amsterdam. Or so I was told by Taco Dibbits, the general director of the Rijksmuseum, who was waiting for me with chef Joris Bijdendijk. And he knew why: I had just been round the museum’s Frans Hals exhibition. It seems the great Dutch painter has that effect, and the vibrant, bustling atmosphere of the busy museum was an added delight. “What’s the difference between Rembrandt, Vermeer and Frans Hals?” Dibbits…

“They say that the man who comes down is always different from the man who went up.” French businessman turned arts patron Frédéric Jousset is speaking of his ascent of Everest in 2019. “And that was true in my case. On the way down, I thought I’d like to pivot and do something else in my life — and after 20 years of looking after myself and my children, devote more time to others.” His decision was to become an almost full-time supporter of the arts after the sale of his successful call-centre…

An American soldier, the kind you really don’t want to mess with, trains his gun on a pair of quivering, cringing targets. “Hey, there’s some kind of misunderstanding here,” one of them pleads desperately. “We’re American.” “OK,” comes the reply, very slowly; the soldier’s eyes are still murderously narrowed. “But what kind of American are you?” It’s a scene from Alex Garland’s new action movie Civil War, which imagines a US ripped apart by fully weaponised conflict, state against state, libera…

It is rare in the arts world for a major appointment to be greeted with universal acclaim. But the announcement that Indhu Rubasingham is to succeed Rufus Norris as the artistic director of the Royal National Theatre in 2025 has been met with delight, within the industry and without. Colleagues at the Kiln theatre in Brent, where Rubasingham has been director since 2012, have joined with commentators in describing her as inspiring, compassionate, risk-taking, visionary and — crucially — tough.…

The former Google executive has launched a collaborative platform for artists and technologists

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

The grand fair is welcoming less established dealers in its new Paris+ edition