Afghanistan’s heritage comes to the fore in acclaimed Doha show
Installation view with an early 13th-century ewer (Ghurid or Ilkhanid period) with silver and copper inlaid decoration displayed on the…
Mexico City's art scene gravitates to Santa María la Ribera neighbourhood
The artist Cecilia Barreto working at her studio in the Santa María la Ribera neighbourhood of Mexico City Courtesy the…
A brush with… Louis Fratino—podcast
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Saudi Arabia looks to its Modern art history as the art world eyes up the Gulf
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Thaddaeus Ropac expands to New York, with Emilio Steinberger at the helm
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David Beckham dutifully does the art rounds in Doha
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Giorgia Meloni’s face removed from Rome fresco after complaints
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UK’s Hepworth Wakefield announces new co-directors
Portrait of Laura Smith and Olivia CollingThe Hepworth WakefieldThe Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, one of the UK’s most important…
Fourth Lahore Biennale, to take place during 80th anniversary of Partition, will explore cross-border connectivity
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Mexico City exhibition explores dynamic exchange between Americas and Southeast Asia
The show features Tjitji (1949) by Hendra Gunawan of Indonesia Courtesy of National Heritage Board, SingaporeCultural and economic ties between…
Mexico City’s Zona Maco fair continues to draw upbeat crowds and eager buyers
Visitors during the opening day of Zona Maco's 2026 edition Benjamin SuttonMexico City’s hulking Centro Banamex convention centre is once…
Artist Princess Pea wins inaugural Swali Craft Prize
Princess Pea (also known as Natasha Preenja will exhibit a 6ft-tall embroidered wooden sculpture depicting a squatting woman at India…
How an artist's sketch was turned into a museum
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India Art Fair strengthens its role as launchpad for South Asian talent
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Art Basel Qatar VIP day: fair’s debut encourages patience
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‘I'm going to miss the quiet life we had’: Greenlander artist Inuuteq Storch on Trump, travel and his ambitions to build a photography museum
Left: Image from Inuuteq Storch’s Soon Will Summer Be Over (2023). Right: Inuuteq StorchSoon Will Summer Be Over: Courtesy of…
‘I had all kinds of altercations’: the photographer who captures humanity at close quarters
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Alabama advocacy group expands its historical sites
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France’s ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigns from L’Institut du Monde Arabe amid Epstein revelations
Jack Lang attends the 31st annual Lumieres Awards Ceremony at the Arab World Institute on 18 FebruaryPhoto: Menigault Bernard /…
Renowned Mexican art collection to be managed by Spanish bank
Frida Kahlo’s Diego on My Mind (1943) © 2026 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F.…
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Rome introduces Trevi Fountain tourist fee
The Trevi Fountain is a popular destination for touristsPhoto: Shutterstock City authorities in Rome have introduced an entrance fee to…
Vancouver Art Gallery show celebrates Emily Carr's affinity with nature
Emily Carr's Loggers’ Culls (1935) Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery; Gift of Miss I. ParkynA sweeping exhibition of Emily…
A Gerhard Richter pavilion and a new creative visa—Qatar’s Sheikha al-Mayassa reveals future plans
From left: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Maja Hoffmann in conversation at…
Dangling sculpture—‘evacuated’ from Russian frontline—will be focus of Ukraine's pavilion at Venice Biennale
Visualisation of the sculpture Origami Deer by Zhanna Kadyrova to be exhibited in Venice Courtesy of the Ukraine pavilionThe Ukrainian…
What the US’s removal of Nicolás Maduro means for Venezuela’s heritage
Supporters of Nicolás Maduro last month protesting their leader’s toppling, the latest twist in the country’s long-running political crisis Lucio…
Saudi painter Safeya Binzagr outshines Picasso at Sotheby’s second sale in Diriyah
Safeya Binzagr's Coffee Shop in Madina Road (1968) was sold for $2.1m at Sotheby's Origins II sale in Diriyah, Saudi…
M.F. Husain in Qatar: bridging Asia and the Arab world
M.F. Husain in Mumbai. The artist was born in India in 1913 to a Shia Muslim family of Yemeni heritage…
In Rotterdam, a new art museum explores the city's rich history of migration
Creating a storm: the centrepiece at Rotterdam’s new Fenix museum is Tornado, a double-helix staircase designed by Ma Yansong of…
In pictures: Rujeko Hockley’s Frieze favourites
Joey Terrill, Still-Life with Triumeq, Art catalogs and a Brown Window Washer (2025), at Ortuzar Steven Molina ContrerasRujeko Hockley is…
Record-breaking female Surrealists spice up underwhelming Christie’s New York sales
Adrien Meyer sells the top lot of Christie's 20th-century evening sale, Monet’s Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule (1891) for…
Chile to get a new contemporary art museum
Rendering of the New Museum of Santiago, Chile Courtesy the Engel FoundationA new museum project is underway in Chile. Led…
The art of being Pope Leo: from a Raphael portrait to the first pontiff to be captured on film
Leo XIV (left) greets the crowds from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, accompanied by two cardinals, following his election…
Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?
Illustration: © TheArtIllustrator.comGeorgina Adam, our editor-at-large, comments on major art market trends and their impact on the trade. Her column…
Tschabalala Self sculpture of two Black lovers will adorn exterior of New York's New Museum when it reopens
Tschabalala Self in her studio Photo: Christian DeFonteAs audiences return to the New Museum later this year, they’ll find a…
‘An immense void in the world of contemporary art’: Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, has died, aged 57
Koyo Kouoh Image: courtesy of the Venice Biennale Koyo Kouoh, a giant of the contemporary art world who tirelessly championed…
The Waverley rules were designed to protect UK cultural heritage—are they having unintended consequences on the art market?
The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough was bought by US railroad magnate Henry Edward Huntington in 1921, who then took…
A young Richter’s painting of an even younger Polke and a once-grimy Brazilian landscape by Frans Post: our pick of the May auctions
Courtesy PhillipsThis work, appearing at auction for the first time,connects three of Germany’s most celebrated painters. In Mann mit zwei…
Frieze VIP day defined by dealers’ resilience
James Cohan gallery’s stand was devoted to Tuan Andrew Nguyen; on VIP day, one of the artist's mobile works was…
Marquee May auctions in New York come at a volatile moment
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Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope Leo XIV—why does this matter to the worlds of art and heritage?
Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election at the Vatican on 8 May…
Future Fair updates portraiture for 2025
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SFMoMA lays off 29 employees amid $5m structural deficit
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Korea’s first privately owned Van Gogh unveiled at newly opened museum
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New Manhattan gallery slips into historic property
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Black magic: Tefaf fund helps restore manuscript
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Iraq's important archaeological sites under threat from real-estate development
The Great Mosque of Kufa, one of the only remaining ancient sites in the city. Nearby Tell Al Sayyagh was…
Tefaf New York: determination in the face of Trump’s tariff chaos
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The secrets are out at Nada New York
The artist Charles Degeyter stuffs Tatjana Pieters’s stand with taxidermied hermit crabsCourtesy the artist and Tatjana Pieters GalleryThe 11th edition…
Tate Modern, the ‘cathedral to contemporary art’, celebrates 25 years
London’s calling: Tate Modern opened in May 2000 with a royal opening, 4,000 guests and a laser show © Peter…
Together in doom: tense paintings of social ills feature at Tefaf New York
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Malak Mattar becomes first Palestinian artist to get solo show at London's prestigious Central Saint Martins
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Comment | Muted grey, bloody red, or dark blue—here’s why the colour of museum walls matters more than you might think
In the years leading up to the 2025 refurbishment and rehang, London’s National Gallery has consistently favoured reds and greens…
US participation in 2026 Venice Biennale in limbo amid Trump's arts defunding
The US pavilion at the Venice Biennale Photo by Bill Thompson, via FlickrThe status of the United States’ participation in…
New York’s Hotel Chelsea honors the late artist Teruko Yokoi with new restaurant
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New documentary bringing Metro Pictures gallery to the screen
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Tefaf New York wish list: objects and treasures to suit every collector’s taste
Courtesy Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Bill Maynes and Ortuzar, New York. © Lee Bontecou, 2025Price on requestOrtuzar and Marc Selwyn…
Tadao Ando’s only building in the Southern Hemisphere faces uncertain future
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Marquee May auctions come at a volatile moment in the wake of Trump's 'Liberation Day'
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Frieze New York Diary: sparring artists are boxing clever, Whitney gets set for almighty dick pic, and Bates mansion is reincarnated
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