The National Gallery: a place of learning on the road
The Art Road Trip van arrives in Derry for its two-week journey with Greater Shantallow Community Arts Courtesy of Greater Shantallow Community Arts, DerryA van stocked with art materials and…
Artists and organisations respond to massive Bangladesh protests
Munem Wasif captured images of protestors in Dhaka on 5 August© Museum Wasif The photographer, curator and activist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested by Bangladeshi government officials in August 2018,…
Somerset House fire: Courtauld Gallery to reopen after blaze contained
Fire engines at Somerset House in central London © The Art NewspaperThe Courtauld Gallery was "unaffected" by a fire that broke out on the roof of Somerset House in central…
Netflix’s co-founder will redevelop Utah resort into a ‘skiable outdoor art museum’
Powder Haven, a section of Powder Mountain where skiers can purchase plots starting at $2m. Courtesy Powder Mountain, photo by Paul BundyA popular resort in Utah will be transformed into…
Medieval Siena gets its place in the spotlight at the National Gallery
The National Gallery show includes more than 75 14th-century works, including the Duccio triptych The Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets (around 1312-15)…
Warhol Foundation to sell the artist’s works on eBay to benefit its grantees
Andy Warhol’s Polaroid-glued-on-board Self-portrait (1971) is being offered for $9,500 in his foundation's eBay for Charity sale © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.Today (6 August), in…
Art activists bill businesses for billions in environmental damages
Kelli McCluskey and two pvi collective performers with one of the five mock invoicesIn a change from climate activists attacking art masterpieces with soup, a Western Australian art collective has…
Roving children’s photography workshops in Turkey seek to create community through art
A group of Fotohane Darkroom students Photo: Courtesy Fotohane DarkroomFor almost ten years, the Syrian photographer Serbest Salih has been leading free photography workshops in southern Turkey, driving a caravan…
Kasper König, pioneering curator and co-founder of Skulptur Projekte Münster, dies aged 80
Kasper König: donated 50 works to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, last year Dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock PhotoThe internationally renowned German curator Kasper König, a co-founder of Skulptur Projekte…
Mysterious Stonehenge altar rock was transported 500 miles, finds study
The altar stone is partially buried in the centre of the stone circlePhoto: MindestensMScottish band The Proclaimers famously sang that they would walk 500 miles. It turns out that ancient…