Artists including Theaster Gates, Miranda July and Martine Gutierrez receive Guggenheim Fellowships
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Catholic artists celebrate Antoni Gaudí’s place on the path to sainthood
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Democratic lawmakers urge J.D. Vance to save the Smithsonian from Trump
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SXSW London's exhibitions line-up puts emphasis on art and technology and artists from London’s Caribbean diaspora
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Howay man, that was one hell of a night! Antony Gormley's Angel of the North celebrates Newcastle United's victory
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Monet riverscape could splash down for more than $30m during New York auctions
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An inside track on the Huntington’s rapid social media growth
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What’s on: Our pick of some of the best exhibitions to see during Art Dubai
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Los Angeles wildfire memorial project seeks to save chimneys from famous architects’ houses
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Is the art market coming to the end of the age of eternal growth?
Modigliani’s Portrait of Lunia Czechowska sold last month for the same price as a similar work 14 years previouslyChristies ImagesThe…
Arts clubs: the art world’s best kept secret—and not just for artists, dealers and curators
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The Big Review | Paris Noir at the Centre Pompidou ★★★★
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How AI models are helping to reveal South America's archaeological sites
One of the ancient geoglyphs—mysterious designs in the desert in southern Peru, created by the Nazca people around 2,000 years…
Tune in and zone out: new project shares the sounds of Unesco World Heritage Sites
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Getty Museum acquires painting by Spanish Renaissance master Luis de Morales following extensive conservation
Luis de Morales, Christ Carrying the Cross, around 1565 Getty MuseumThe J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a painting by…
‘It’s all about tenderness’: Gazan artist known for her portraits reportedly killed by Israeli airstrike
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Basquiat's family portrait painting could bring $30m at Christie's auction
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Canadian art museum gets $36m funding boost for expansion from provincial government
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How the Imperial War Museum became the reluctant owner of an official Nazi portrait of Adolf Hitler
The Nazis entitled the portrait Adolf Hitler, Creator of the Third Reich and Renewer of German Art, but today it…
Qatari sheikh wins case against Phoenix Ancient Art over allegedly forged antiquity
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Art Dubai is cementing its position as the region’s key art market
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Holy smoke! London’s National Gallery used to allow visitors to spark up just metres from the art
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Prestigious prize for women artists celebrates 20 years with Florence show
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teamlab’s vast new interactive art museum opens in Abu Dhabi
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Marharyta Polovinko, 31-year-old Ukrainian artist, killed on frontline
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New app for antiques dealers hopes to make streamlining inventory ‘less daunting’
“This should be of interest for anyone collecting anything”: art technology firm Ronati’s new mobile app Ronati Studio is intended…
‘We tried to train it like it was a kid in art school’: artist David Salle on using an AI model to enhance his painting practice
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Podcast | Art Dubai 2025: is the city emerging as a global hub for digital art?
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Work honouring anarchist sparks outrage in Milan
Enrico Baj’s I Funerali dell’anarchico Pinelli seen here in on show at Milan’s Palazzo Reale. In its new permanent home,…
Comment | A buoyant art scene—and an exciting new generation of artists—mean this could be ‘the African century’
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New book tells the story of a century of Middle Eastern art
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So long, stag parties: Barcelona banks on art to tempt ‘quality’ tourists
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Retail therapy: Louvre takes reproductions to French shopping centres
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‘The violence hasn’t stopped, it has just learned to behave’: Maurizio Cattelan on why his new works chime with the times
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A brush with… Kent Monkman — podcast
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Dealer Daniella Luxembourg to sell $30m of art from personal collection at auction
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UAE launches fund to help local artists participate in global art fairs
Burj Al Arab seen from madinat jumeirah in Dubai UAE. Traditional Arabian mini cityMichal BednarekA new fund managed by Art…
Dallas Art Fair offers first test of collectors’ appetites amid Trump’s trade war
The Dallas Art Fair Foundation Preview Benefit on Thursday 10 April Courtesy the Dallas Art FarThe art world has its…
Jeu de Paume puts on wide-ranging survey of work created by artists working with artificial intelligence
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Comment | Metadata is not just a major pillar of online access, it is a step towards decolonising the museum
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Lismore Castle’s art gallery celebrates 20th anniversary with an exhibition dedicated to the kunstkammer
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Venice Biennale 2026: The Netherlands and Lithuania reveal artists
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Alleging pre-emptive censorship, artist ‘hijacks’ website of Norwegian gallery showing his work
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For Madrid's Prado museum, the good times just keep rolling
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Union and association representing museum and library workers sue Trump administration
US President Donald Trump during an event at the White House in 2019 Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour,…
The Broad breaks ground on its $100m expansion
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Museum visitor figures, William Morris mania and Marguerite Matisse—podcast
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National Endowment for the Humanities cancels grants as Trump administration redirects agency’s resources
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Global art sales plummeted by 12% in 2024, latest Art Basel/UBS report finds
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King Charles III gets busy with his pencil
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No one wants my art, sulks Hunter Biden
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Yinka Shonibare’s first major solo show in Africa opens in Madagascar
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Turmoil at Bavarian state museums as director quits and state prosecutor investigates
Bernhard Maaz is stepping down as director of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, which oversees Munich museums including the Alte…
Climate activist found guilty of ‘defacing’ Degas sculpture at US National Gallery of Art
Timothy Martin (left) and Joanna Smith (right) in front of La petite danseuse de quatorze ans (1880) by Edgar Degas…
Billionaire collector Thomas Kaplan to sell Rembrandt lion drawing to raise funds for wildlife conservation
Rembrandt van Rijn, Young Lion Resting (1638-42) © Leiden Collection, currently on view at H’ART Museum, Amsterdam A Rembrandt drawing…
Was Van Gogh’s mutilation of his ear connected to his brother’s engagement?
Engagement photographs of Theo van Gogh and Jo Bonger (early 1889)Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)Adventures with Van…
Trump turns on museums and libraries, the art market’s 12% fall, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett—podcast
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Trump administration will use humanities grant money to build patriotic sculpture park
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A profile of Annabelle Selldorf | ‘I’m not afraid of asserting myself—but it’s not about wanting to be powerful for the sake of it’
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Trump administration will use humanities grant money to build ‘Garden of American Heroes’
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