Phoenix Art Museum receives $5m gift for new Sri Lankan and South Asian art galleries
Pala Pothupitiye’s Lion (2024) Photo: Katie Jones-Weinert, courtesy Phoenix Art MuseumThe Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona has received a $5m…
‘The struggle creates genius’: as it grows and matures, Atlanta Art Fair spotlights the city’s hard-working artists
Visitors at the 2026 edition of the Atlanta Art Fair, until 4 October Photo: Vi Dao @viavividmessFew major expos can…
Fifth edition of Mexico's Guadalajara Art Week reaffirms city’s status as a cultural destination
Alejandro García Contreras's studio at a former train hangar during Guadalajara Art Week Photo © Constanza Ontiveros VadlésIn its fifth…
‘An inexhaustible source of inspiration’: how the spirit of jewellery designer Jean Schlumberger lives on at Tiffany & Co
Sketches made by Schlumberger Courtesy Tiffany’s Art of Luxury magazine, published twice per year by The Art Newspaper, explores how…
Blind man sues British Museum over lack of Bayeux Tapestry audio description
The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum in London opened on 10 September and runs through 11 July 2027…
How Turkey is racing to save Gallipoli’s vanishing shipwrecks
A diver is dwarfed by the wreck of a minesweeper off the coast of Gallipoli. The identity of the vessel,…
Flea market picker strikes gold as $30 Gertrude Abercrombie painting brings record $1.3m at auction
Gertrude Abercrombie, Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951 Courtesy Freeman'sIt is the stuff of dreams for a treasure-hunting flea market buyer. Or,…
$450m Impressionist collection—including a potentially record-breaking Van Gogh painting—to be sold at Sotheby's New York
Vincent Van Gogh’s Châtaignier en fleurs roses et blanches (May 1890), estimated at $180m, is expected to beat Van Gogh’s…
‘Humour makes us Cree, makes us human’: Kent Monkman’s first public sculpture is a condominium for beavers on Toronto’s waterfront
Kent Monkman with The Colony (2026), commissioned by Lassonde Art Trail Photo: Michael SeleskiThousands of years ago, giant beavers roamed…
‘He has committed no offence other than wanting to defend heritage sites’: arrest of Iraqi archaeologists sparks backlash
Ali Tabar was until recently an archaeologist at the Iraqi government’s State Board of Antiquities and HeritageCourtesy of Ali Tabar…
Untitled Art, Houston taps into a city where artists can thrive
A view of the Untitled Art, Houston fair on Thursday (1 October). Casey Kelbaugh / CKA courtesy Untitled ArtThe second…
Exhibition at New York's Met examines how Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock's relationship enriched their art
Left: Jackson Pollock's Easter and the Totem (1953); right: Lee Krasner's Rising Green (1972) Both: © 2026 Pollock-Krasner Foundation /…
Ukrainian Museum in New York marks 50th anniversary by showing collection to its neighbours
Installation of Memory Collage: Materials from The Ukrainian Museum Collection by Molly Gochman Image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by…
Art and copyright: How I learned to stop worrying and tolerate AI
Despite technological change—or perhaps because of it—art was able to develop in new and hitherto unimaginable ways, even in the…
At The Armory Show, emerging galleries are clear-eyed about the risks and rewards of doing fairs
A view of the 2026 edition of The Amory Show at the Javits Center in New York. Photo by Kunning…
Chinese opera, queerness and Cantopop star Leslie Cheung: artist Isaac Chong Wai on the inspirations for his new performance
Isaac Chong Wai's solo exhibition at Tai Kwun Contemporary included the live performance An Intimate Surrender, with dancers from Taiwan,…
Staten Island's historic Britton Cottage gets $2.1m transformation
The 17th-century Britton Cottage was last open to the public nearly 50 years ago Photo: Jahtiek Long, courtesy of Historic…
Art Basel Miami Beach scales down main gallery sector and floorplan for 2026 edition
A recent edition of Art Basel miami Beach Courtesy Art BaselThis year’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the most…
Nine Swiss museums to investigate provenance of thousands of objects from Cameroon
A horn filled with medicines from Sackbayémé, Littoral, Cameroon, given to the Museum der Kulturen Basel in 1914 by the…
Moca Los Angeles picks longtime public media executive as next director
Jonathan Abbott Photo: Owen Kolasinski for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesFollowing a yearlong search, the Museum of Contemporary…
Latest edition of Portland triennial offers powerful projects but lacks a cohesive theme
Marcus Fischer performs at Converge 45 Photo: Mario Gallucci, courtesy Converge 45Converge 45, the citywide triennial in Portland, Oregon, has…
Pola Museum reveals new direction—but stays true to its large trove of Monets
The exhibition places contemporary and Modern works in dialogue with Monet Photo: Shu NakagawaFew museums have reshaped their collections over…
The Japanese photographer who turned an empathetic eye on rural communities of the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th century
Contact sheet of self-portraits by Frank Matsura Courtesy Argot Pictures, Vancouver International Film FestivalThe new documentary film Our Mr. Matsura,…
Doubts over financial sustainability of Brussels’s new Kanal museum cloud upcoming opening
Kanal is housed in a converted Citroën garage© David Levene With its own bakery and playground, Kanal is no ordinary…
Vancouver Art Gallery makes its interim leaders permanent co-chief executives
Eva Respini and Sirish Rao, co-chief executives of the Vancouver Art Gallery, in the permanent collection vault Photo: Vancouver Art…
Contemporary Istanbul founder planning new fair on city's Asian side
Visitors to the 21st edition of Contemporary IstanbulCourtesy of Contemporary IstanbulContemporary Istanbul took place last week at Tersane Istanbul for…
‘He said the secret to a happy life is attention to the details’: William Morris Gallery reopens after major rehang and restoration
Left: Lock of William Morris's hair, Catterson-Smith, Robert and Philip Webb, 1896; Right: Lily & Pomegranate design, William Morris, 1886…
Meet Alan Dunn, the New Yorker cartoonist who put Modernism in its place
An early cartoon by Dunn, published in the Chicago Tribune in 1947, considers the perils of lightweight buildings Courtesy of…
International designers collaborate with creators from Japan at London's V&A
A lamp made with braided cords that was a collaboration between South African artist-designer Atang Tshikare and Japanese artisan Tomoyuki…
New York's Split Level art fair returns to Madison Avenue design showroom for second edition
A view of the 2025 Split Level fair at Rimadesio. Courtesy Split LevelThe second edition of Split Level, the upstart…
Toledo Museum of Art acquires landmark 19th-century photographic series
F. Holland Day’s The Seven Words (1898) Courtesy the Toledo Museum of Art, OhioThe Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has…
Inadequate public funding may be the biggest threat facing world heritage
Takiyyat Ibrahim al-Gulshani, Cairo Courtesy World Monuments FundWorld Monuments Fund (WMF) released key insights from a study on Wednesday (30…
For two artists in Iran, collecting and archiving are forms of resistance
Roghayeh Najdi (left) and Nasser Bakshi in a scene from Mani Haghighi's I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets…
British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry
The British Museum has changed its photography policy for its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition Photo: The Art NewspaperThe British Museum (BM)…
Two Nazi loot claims may test California statute intended to remove roadblocks to restitution
Lucas Cranach the Elder's Adam and Eve (around 1530) Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CaliforniaTwo Nazi-looted art claims landed in California…
Historic Chilean church to be restored after arson attacks
A second protest-related fire in October 2020 burned the church’s roof, altar, apse and nave Photo: Daniella Toledo; courtesy Latin…
Ukraine’s historic Academy of Sciences severely damaged by Russian drone
A man flees a burning section of the Academy of Sciences on 28 September following the attackPhoto: Volodymyr Tarasov via…
Turner Prize 2026 opens in northeast of England at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Marguerite Humeau's Torches, Kira Freije's Unspeak the Chorus, Simeon Barclay's The Ruin, and Tanoa Sasraku's Morale Patch installed as part…
Buyer of mysterious £6.75m Rembrandt painting revealed
Long thought to be a portrait of Rembrandt’s son, Titus, recent research and conservation revealed that the painting’s subject is…
Workers at the Whitney Museum vote to strike
View of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from Gansevoort Street Photograph by Karin Jobst, 2014Unionised staff…
Restorers expose trove of 16th-century nude murals in Rome that were covered by disapproving nuns
The Hall of Divinities at Rome’s Villa Silvestri Rivaldi, which is being restored by the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro…
Large-scale projection on Brooklyn Bridge calls attention to marine life off the coast of New York City
Rendering of Anita Glesta's AQUA COSMOS: The Hudson Canyon (2026) projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge Courtesy Anita GlestaLocated just 100…
Turner painting estimated to make £50m auction record goes on view in Rome
Turner's Rome, from Mount Aventine which was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1836Sotheby'sA landscape by J.M.W.…
Sámi artist network wins Munch prize focused on freedom of expression
A member of the Dáiddadállu network takes part in a performanceCourtesy of DáiddadálluThe Sámi artist network Dáiddadállu, whose co-founder’s work…
Greek prime minister rejects idea that Bayeux Tapestry loan offers template for Parthenon Marbles deal
The Greek government first made a formal request for the return of the Parthenon Marbles in 1983Jeff Whyte Photography/Wirestock Creators…
Fourth Toronto Biennial of Art brings more than 30 artists and collectives together around the theme of rupture
Installation view of Raphaël Barontini's project at the Royal Ontario Museum as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art, 2026.…
Trump’s Greenland threats become playable arcade game in satiric collective’s latest public art intervention
Installation view of arcade rigs featuring Secret Handshake's arcade game Operation Epic Furious: Nuuk 'Em All installed in the District…
A friend's ode to Jean-Michel Basquiat privileges sound over sight
Roger Guenveur Smith performing In Honour of Jean-Michel Basquiat at New York Theatre Workshop Photo: Marc J. Franklin, courtesy New…
Rare view into Tom Wesselmann’s studio for pop-up duo show with Tomokazu Matsuyama
Installation view of Wesselmann x Matsuyama, featuring Tomokazu Matsuyama's Smoke On The Water (2026, left) and Tom Wesselmann's Still Life…
Buyer of mysterious $9m Rembrandt painting revealed
Long thought to be a portrait of Rembrandt’s son Titus, recent research and conservation revealed the painting’s subject is actually…
U-Haul Art Fair’s fleet doubles in size for next New York outing
Back of a lorry: the U-Haul Art Fair launched in 2025 in response to the high costs of conventional art…
Late greats David Hockney and Wu Guanzhong shown together at Christie's Hong Kong
Left: Wu Guanzhong‘s Fuyang, A Riverside City (Village Town) (1991); right: David Hockney's Nichols Canyon III (2017) Images: CHRISTIE’S IMAGES…
Santiago Sierra’s latest piece, a non-stop reading of names of Palestinians killed since 1948, opens in London
The performance will be livestreamed, including at the A/POLITICAL-curated exhibition Death & Money: A solo exhibition by Santiago Sierra at…
From ailing cooling systems to toxic chemicals, a museum tour shines a light on the effects of austerity
A storage freezer at the Museum of Vancouver that is believed to have been running continuously since the building was…
Public art on parade in New York City this autumn
Hitting the road: Composed of two pieces and featuring salvaged tyres, Chakaia Booker’s Gridlock (2008) at Socrates Sculpture Park transforms…
The astonishing story of Van Gogh collector Gertrud Dübi-Müller is finally celebrated in an exhibition at Switzerland’s Kunstmuseum Basel
Gertrud Dübi-Müller at the wheel, in her Pic-Pic cabriolet car (1911)© Gertrud Dübi-Müller/Fotostiftung Schweiz Adventures with Van Gogh is a…
‘If I love it, I know it’: collector and Pace Prints president Jacob Lewis on trusting first impressions
Moving forward: Jacob Lewis, shown at Pace Prints’ printshop in Flatiron, acquires across a range of media with printmaking always…
Cezanne in Paris, Taryn Simon in New York, Magritte in London—podcast
Taryn Simon's A squad agent informed me I’d be babysitting, 2026 (detail)© 2026 Taryn SimonFrom breaking news and insider insights…
UK government places export bar on ‘rare’ Renaissance sculpture worth £4.6m
Antico's Seated Nymph, around 1503Department for Digital, Culture, Media and SportThe UK government has placed an export bar on a…
‘It is not a political joke’: Ai Weiwei unveils 500 cast-iron combat helmets in Sydney
Ai Weiwei's Mushrooms (2026)Image Courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio, MCA Australia, Galleria Continua and Lisson Gallery ©Ai Weiwei Studio; Photography: Anna…