English museums should only charge tourists if digital ID checks in place, UK politician says
The idea of charging tourists entry to English museums has been met with criticism by some in the cultural sectorPhoto:…
US National Gallery of Art gifted more than 1,200 Mitch Epstein photographs
Mitch Epstein, West Side Highway, New York City 1977, 1977, printed 2025 National Gallery of Art, Gift of Mitch Epstein…
Restored Victorian greenhouse links Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to its living neighbours
Kim Council, Brooklyn’s deputy borough president, spoke at the new Green-House after a “green garland” ribbon cutting on Thursday (16…
Marc Restellini’s ‘atom bomb’ of a Modigliani catalogue raisonné is finally published
Restellini began the research in 1997 with support from the Wildenstein InstitutePhoto by Malaïka Marie Jeanne © Malaikastudio.artAfter almost 30…
‘I’m interested in breaking binaries, barriers and boundaries’: Sarah Rosalena on her new LACMA commission
Sarah Rosalena Photo: Star Montana; courtesy Sarah Rosalena Growing up in north-east Los Angeles, Sarah Rosalena was deeply influenced by…
British Art Show—exhibiting UK's 'most exciting' art in past five years—announces line up for tenth edition
Alex Margo Arden's Accounts (2025) © the artist. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre London.The artist list and themes have been…
London's Southbank Centre to receive £10m government funding boost
Founded in 1951, the Southbank Centre is the UK's largest arts centre.Photo: Ogulcan Aksoy. Courtesy Adobe StockThe UK government has…
Miami Beach’s Bass Museum picks architect for new pavilion
View of the Bass Museum of art in Collins Park, with Ugo Rondinone's Miami Mountain (2016) at left Photo by…
Lebanon appeals to Unesco to intervene amid fears protected citadel has been destroyed
The Chama’ Citadel in 2024, after attacks on the sitePhoto: Lebanon ministry of culture directorate general of antiquitiesLebanon’s ministry of…
Drum and trumpet with human skulls attached complicate plan for restitution from Los Angeles to Ghana
People of the Asante kingdom, photographed in Kumasi in 1887. Nine years later, the British military invaded the kingdom, at…
How Wayne McGregor’s epic ballets draw on help from his artistic friends
The Cuban artist Carmen Herrera designed the scenography for Wayne McGregor’s Untitled, 2023; “There’s something really interesting about how she…
Sea change: inside LACMA’s new curatorial strategy
© Todd Gray; photo: © Museum Associates/LACMA/Kristina SimonsenEven before planning began for the David Geffen Galleries, LACMA’s chief executive and…
Petroglyphs and cave paintings, some more than 4,000 years old, discovered in Mexico
The railway construction route was modified to preserve these heritage sites at El Venado in Mexico's Hidalgo state Photos: Gerardo…
Museum openings: V&A East and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Plus, William Blake in Dublin—podcast
Thomas J. Price’s 18ft bronze sculpture A Place Beyond (2026) on the forecourt of the V&A East MuseumDavid Parry/PA Media…
V&A exhibition honours designer Elsa Schiaparelli's unique synthesis of fine art and fashion
Schiaparelli’s bow sweater made her name after it appeared in her 1927 collection © SchiaparelliArt of Luxury magazine, published twice…
As Cuban crisis deepens, diaspora artists have a message of compassion
Exile, a vessel built from steel barrels to bring Cubans across the Florida Straits, passed Miami’s famed Freedom Tower en…
‘A fresh look at contemporary culture’: Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, takes us inside the new London museum
Gus Casely-Hayford, the director of the new V&A East Museum in east London © Lewis VornThe V&A brand is expanding…
New Bienal de Yucatán to spotlight Mexican region’s growing art scene
Lux Perpetua gallery in Mérida during the Week of Art Yucatán exhibition of Mexican artist Omar Barquet Photo Mimi CerveraThe…
‘It was my job to create the view’: US artist Liza Lou on making colourful works in her windowless warehouse
Liza Lou says colour is "an ineffable search" Photo: Mick HaggertyArt of Luxury magazine, published twice per year by The…
Ruins of ‘unique’, circular water temple discovered in Egypt
An aerial view of the archaeological site at Tell el-Farama, Egypt Courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and AntiquitiesA…
Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehung, including five paintings by Van Gogh—plus one forgery
The rehung Emil Bührle Collection at the Kunsthaus Zurich with its Van Gogh paintings. In the central wall these include…
Staff at Goldsmiths art college plan industrial action ahead of redundancies
Goldsmiths is well known for its School of Art and artist alumni.Photo: CelsoazevedoStaff at Goldsmiths, University of London, one of…
The Big Review: Rothko in Florence ★★★★★
An exhibition view of Rothko in Florence at the Palazzo Strozzi, with Untitled (1952-53) seen on the left and No.…
Stealing the show: Mona Lisa heist inspires Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 by a Louvre employee Photo: aylereinMusicals supremo Andrew Lloyd Webber is shifting his…
Comment | The market grew in 2025 but ‘interest in art is waning’
Back in the black: The Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report says that the art market grew by 4%…
Art Basel reveals 33 medalists for second edition of its awards
The Art Basel Awards ceremony in December 2025. Photo: Hannah Daniells ConroyArt Basel has named the 33 medalists for the…
Is Dubai’s loss Palma's gain? Newly revived Mallorca fair offers ’sun, sand and safety’ for wealthy Germans
Visitors to Art Cologne Palma Mallorca, standing in front of Georg Baselitz's Horta de Ebro (1988), shown at THK galleryCourtesy…
How did a 16th-century European basin end up as a sacred object in West Africa?
The large brass Aya Kese is decorated with figures of lions Photo: The Art NewspaperMystery surrounds where a huge northern…
Toronto Biennial takes waterways as inspiration for its fourth edition
Opening day of the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art Photo: Rebecca Tisdelle-Macias, courtesy the Toronto Biennial of ArtThe Toronto Biennial…
Marcel Duchamp at MoMA, Dorothea Tanning book, Leonora Carrington at the Freud Museum, London—podcast
Duchamp’s famous (and much reproduced) signed urinal, Fountain (1917)Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of ArtFrom breaking news and insider insights to…
Barcelona museum refuses to return Sijena murals to monastery
After being damaged during the Spanish Civil War, the Sijena murals were transferred to Barcelona and have been displayed at…
Olafur Eliasson stages public wake for the Great Salt Lake in Utah
Olafur Eliasson’s A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake (2026) © Olafur Eliasson. Photo: Marielle Scott/Salt Lake…
France's Château La Coste hosts four decades of work by designer Marc Newson
Marc Newson's Lockheed Lounge (1988). Courtesy Marc NewsonArt of Luxury magazine, published twice per year by The Art Newspaper, explores…
Art Dubai announces updated gallery list for postponed 2026 edition
The postponed Art Dubai 2026 will take place at its usual venue of the Madinat JumeirahCourtesy of Art DubaiArt Dubai…
More than 200 cultural figures sign statement criticising international response to destruction of Iran’s heritage
The 400-year-old Golestan Palace reportedly sustained damage from a nearby missile blast in MarchMore than 200 scholars and cultural professionals…
Louisiana State Museum reaccreditation decision delayed until June 2027
The Cabildo—one of the venues run by the Louisiana State Museum systemPhoto: Mark J. Sindler, courtesy Louisiana State MuseumThe Louisiana…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries reframe 6,000 years of history
The David Geffen Galleries building at a first-look reception in June 2025 Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images; © Museum Associates/LacmaThe eastward-facing…
Defiant women and daring paintings: Emin, Webster and Wylie create a buzz in the UK's exhibition calendar
Rose Wylie (left), Sue Webster (centre) and Tracey Emin (right) Wylie: Photo by William Ford @w.illiamf.ord, © Rose Wylie, courtesy…
1,000-year-old Toltec altar with four human skulls found in Mexico
Altar found near the Tula archaeological site Photo: Gerardo Peña, courtesy the National Institute of Anthropology and History, MexicoMexico’s National…
Spanish culture ministry denies loan of Picasso's Guernica to Bilbao
Guernica (1937) has been displayed in a purpose-built gallery in Madrid's Reina Sofía since 1992.© Succession Picasso 2026. Photo: Olya…
Antwerp exhibition celebrates its homegrown fashion designers, the influential Antwerp Six
The Antwerp Six, from left to right: Marina Yee, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs and…
Comment | Catherine Opie shows us that in dark times, looking for joy can be radical
Catherine Opie’s Self-Portrait/Nursing (2004), one of the many works being shown at her To Be Seen exhibition, which is running…
Berlin exhibition focuses in on women photographers of the Bauhaus
Getrud Arndt’s self-portrait was taken in 1926 while she was a student at the Bauhaus in Dessau Courtesy Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin;…
The story of London's Great Exhibition, as seen through the eyes of artists
Edmund Walker’s watercolour A View of Crystal Palace in Hyde Park (1850) which is in the V&A, a museum that…
Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani’s Seated Man With a Cane (1918) Photo: Brian SmithThe New York Supreme Court has ruled that David Nahmad…
Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum
Melissa Chiu Photo: Greg Powers, courtesy the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DCMelissa Chiu, the longtime director of the…
Canada returns 11 artefacts to Turkey in the first repatriation between the countries
One of the works repatriated to Turkey from Canada this week Courtesy of the Turkish Culture and Tourism MinistryThe first…
In The Christophers, an aging artist’s unfinished masterpieces are subjects of speculation and scheming
Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in The Christophers Claudette BariusArt heists are reliable headline generators and perennial subjects for fiction…
Closure of DePaul Art Museum leaves collection in limbo
The museum, which is part of DePaul University, is set to close on 30 June, despite opposition from students and…
London galleries Edel Assanti and Emalin both announce expansions
Rendering of Edel Assanti's new Bury Street gallery Courtesy of Edel AssantiEdel Assanti is opening a second space in London,…
Robilant and Voena gallery founders part ways to start separate ventures with their children
Marco Voena with his children, Virginia and Edoardo Courtesy VoenaAcross the art industry, gallery founders are grappling with the question…
Getty Center will close for a year to undergo major renovations
The Getty Center’s iconic tram will be replaced as part of the revamp Photo: John Linden, © 2002 J. Paul…
SP-Arte underscores Latin America’s resilient rise amid global market recalibration
Attendees gather in São Paulo for SP-Arte, Brazil's leading art fair. Courtesy of SP-ArteSão Paulo's Ibirapuera Park hosts the 22nd…
London’s National Gallery announces architects for new £350m wing
Renderings. Left: The entrance to the new wing. Right: the new bridge connecting the National Gallery's old and new wings,…
The artist who blocked an Ice projectile with her drawing board during protests
Isabelle Brourman’s Poisoning the Country’s Lungs (The Battle of Eat Street) (2026), which was made in Minneapolis during protests against…
UK National Gallery to recoup £2m a year after completing staff ‘voluntary exit scheme’
The exit take-up means that no compulsory redundancies are on the horizon at the National GalleryPhoto: TraversLondon’s National Gallery will…
Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath?
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC Photo: Timothy Hursley, courtesy the USHMMThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)…
Museum acquisitions round-up: Andy Warhol in an apron, a solid-silver relief and Christo's luggage rack
Courtesy Archives of American Art, Smithsonian InstitutionAndy Warhol in an apron with his Big Shot Polaroid camera in the Factory…
‘It’s essential for understanding what is going on in Ukraine’: new exhibition explores wartime limb loss
Nikita Kadan working on A New Integrity, commissioned by RIBBON International, 2025Photo: Adam Simons and RIBBON InternationalContemporary art in Ukraine…
A new Istanbul gallery is offering an outlet for Iran’s artists
Iranian artist Shaqayeq Arabi features in Echoes, the gallery’s inaugural exhibition Courtesy Shiva Zahed GalleryOn 28 February, a new gallery…