NewsArt market
Tough going for Christie's skinny £36.4m Impressionist and Modern art sale
Early Schiele drawing is the low-key star of an unremarkable sale, topped by a flashy Picasso
NewsArt market
Australia has underrated Sidney Nolan, expert says, as artist's widow's estate comes up for sale
Mark Fraser makes the remarks as a group of works by the Australian artist is about to be offered at Bonhams in Sydney with a combined estimate of AUS$1.3m-$1.8m
NewsVincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s gun, 'most famous weapon in art history', sells for €162,000
The discovery of the revolver suggests it was suicide, not murder
NewsConservation
British Library shares conservation experts with Palestinian Museum
New partnership will preserve the Birzeit museum’s most ‘at-risk’ objects on paper
ReviewBooks
How Rheims Cathedral's destruction in the First World War had a happy ending
New book explores how the burnt cathedral created a 'profound intellectual rift' between Germany and France, then reconciliation
PreviewExhibitions
Can art bring the walls down? Washington DC show explores the migrant experience
Exhibition at the Phillips Collection is curated by Massimiliano Gioni and will include works by Arshile Gorky, Mona Hatoum and Vija Celmins
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Art Basel and William Kentridge
How Dada inspired William Kentridge’s The Head and the Load
Painting, identity and injustice: Howardena Pindell and Oscar Murillo
The rise of the mega-dealers, plus artists take over the Guggenheim
Manga and Camp: the art of going over the top
NewsExhibitions
Photograph using ‘redface’ pulled from Brooklyn show
The work by the Taiwanese artist Ching-Yao Chen features him and three women wearing feathers, buckskin and body paint
NewsObituaries
Robert Therrien, whose outsize art teetered between fantasy and reality, has died at 71
The artist delved into quotidian objects like a 10-foot-high kitchen table
NewsArtists
Artist to install earthwork calling attention to immigration and human trafficking
Trail of red sand will be visible to travellers in flight and on the ground in Seattle
NewsArt law
Artist's copyright infringement suit heads to US Supreme Court
North Carolina used film director’s images without obtaining his permission or compensating him
NewsRussia
Putin grants Russian citizenship to collector Sergei Shchukin’s grandson ahead of blockbuster Pushkin show
André-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud urges Russia to reunite collection in Moscow
NewsTroy
British Museum to finally display treasures of Troy in major exhibition—after failing to buy them 150 years ago
The Trojan antiquities went to Berlin after the London museum rejected an offer to acquire them
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How Dada inspired William Kentridge’s The Head and the Load
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Inside the Chinese art market: The Art Newspaper meets Kejia Wu
Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s night at the Louvre Museum
NewsAppointments & departures
Serpentine Galleries chief Yana Peel resigns amid controversy over Israeli cybersecurity firm
The move follows a Guardian report linking Peel to the NSO Group, which has been criticised by Amnesty International
CommentArt market
Sotheby's newfound privacy gives it greater freedom, but at what cost to the rest of us?
Former public company status left the auction house at a disadvantage to rival Christie's, but its quarterly finance reports provided rare insight in a secretive market
ReviewBooks
Agents of faith: the art of votive offerings
Bard Graduate Center's 25th anniversary exhibition considers devotional offerings across religions
ReviewConservation
Quarries, quarrels and a lesbian affair: the life of sculptor Mary Spencer Watson
The Dorset farmhouse in which she lived with her father, the portrait painter George Spencer Watson, has been recently restored by the Landmark Trust
NewsSotheby's
Sotheby's goes private as it is sold for $3.7bn
French-Israeli media billionaire Patrick Drahi's company BidFair USA buys firm from shareholders
BlogIn the frame
Toddler sends €50,000 sculpture flying at Art Basel
NewsPride
Swann Auction Galleries joins in Stonewall celebrations with its first Pride sale
Salesroom hopes that capitalising on the trend for curated auctions will help to generate a renaissance in an underserved market
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa like you've never seen her: Louvre to use VR for first time in Leonardo fifth centenary show
Museum officials say they still hope to include Salvator Mundi in major autumn show
ReviewBooks
Michelangelo for beginners, and a new view of the master’s bronzes
Three new books offer fresh angles on the Renaissance master
NewsMuseums
Jewish Museum Berlin director steps down after a tweet misfires
Germany’s Council of Jews said Peter Schäfer “lost the trust of the Jewish community”
NewsNational Academy of Design
New York's National Academy of Design has no plans to reopen its museum
After weathering financial and structural crises, the institution is looking for new ways to fulfil its mission
NewsCollectors
Sikh Empire collector hopes to open dedicated museum
The London-based collector Davinder Toor holds one of the most significant collections of Sikh works in the US and the UK
BlogThe Buck stopped here
The aerodrome: Michael Stanley remembered at Ikon Gallery
The show is loosely structured around Rex Warner's eponymous novel and co-curated by George Shaw and David Austen
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s astonishing week in the asylum, 130 years ago—when he painted an olive grove and a starry night
By coincidence, both pictures ended up at New York’s MoMA, which is now planning a redisplay
NewsArt Basel 2019
Now showing: why do art fairs neglect video art?
Collector interest in videos is rising, but the medium still struggles to find floor space
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Basel this weekend
From the towering ambitions of a young Picasso to Rebecca Horn's Body Fantasies
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: Robert Indiana's spooky sculpture and a rogue rat
Plus, would Marcel Duchamp approve of a snow-globe urinal?
InterviewLawrence Abu Hamdan
Interview: Lawrence Abu Hamdan—a self-styled 'private ear'
Your voice reveals much more about you than you think—and the Turner Prize nominee is listening
FeatureArt Basel 2019
The human side of AI
How do algorithms see and shape the world? An exhibition at Basel’s HeK explores the often uncomfortable coexistence of humanity and AI
CommentData
A crisis of faith: is Big Data the art world’s new religion?
The rise of Big Data means that connoisseurship is being replaced by "intel", which has far-reaching implications for the art world
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Celebrate Pride Month with commemorations of Stonewall's 50th anniversary
NewsConservation
Conservation project channels thinking of Angkor’s original builders
World Monuments Fund completes restoration of the eastern half of Phnom Bakheng temple
CommentLacma
LACMA is building an institution for the 21st century
Museums were never “encyclopaedic”—nor should they be, Michael Conforti says
NewsBiennials & festivals
São Paulo biennial ups its budget for a huge 2020 edition
The 34th exhibition will involve collaborations with more than 20 cultural institutions in the city and multiple openings throughout the year
NewsHumboldt Forum
Humboldt Forum opening delayed until 2020
The opening festivities were to begin this year, but the final stage of construction is behind schedule
NewsRefugees
Dear Christoph Büchel, this is how you provide context
An exhibition about migrant deaths at sea provides the information missing from the Swiss-Icelandic artist’s display in Venice
NewsPolitics
Arty Swiss diplomacy? Embassy of Switzerland in London seeks mediator who can use art for peace
The successful candidate must organise an international symposium in 2021
NewsArt Basel 2019
Off-floor selling boosts trade at Art Basel
Viewing rooms, appetite-whetting preview publications and digital platforms are all paying off for galleries at the fair
AnalysisArt Basel 2019
Art Basel: where political cartoons still have a home
As the New York Times bans satirical illustrations, Art Basel has plenty on show, from the 1920s to today
InterviewAndrea Bowers
Interview: Andrea Bowers discusses power dynamics post #MeToo
The artist, whose work is causing a stir at Art Basel, aims to keep alive conversations on the toxic nature of power that sparked the feminist social movement
FeaturePaula Rego
Paula Rego: 'retire? and do what? eat ice cream?'
The Portuguese artist’s work focusing on issues such as abortion and honour killings is more relevant than ever – and curators cannot get enough
NewsMuseums
Employees at the Guggenheim seek to unionise
Labour representative says the organisation is engaged in “union-busting” tactics
ReviewExhibitions
How Renoir’s nudes helped the Clark get its groove back
An exhibition sheds refreshing new light on the artist’s development
FeatureBooks
Book excerpt: William Kentridge reveals how Antoine Bourdelle inspired his work
In Jori Finkel's book It Speaks to Me, Kentridge discusses the sculpture in Johannesburg that first made him feel the power of art
NewsArt Basel 2019
Art Basel removes part of Andrea Bowers's work in Unlimited
Bowers honours request by alleged harassment survivor who says she did not give permission for her image to be included in the piece
NewsDesign
Virgil Abloh picks five classics from Vitra Design Museum
The US fashion designer has curated a display at the museum and developed a line of limited-edition products
BlogThe Buck stopped here
The gadflies and the gifted: Johnny Dewe Matthews and Andrew Logan at Roche Court
Johnny Dewe Mathews on his exhibition of 1970s photographs at New Art Centre
NewsNazi loot
Mass theft of art from East German citizens revealed in new report
Study reveals that up to 8% of museum acquisitions were looted from private citizens
NewsArt Basel 2019
Auction prices: the elephant in the room at Art Basel
The first rule of art fairs is don't talk about auctions—but sometimes they can benefit artists and their dealers
InterviewWilliam Kentridge
Interview: William Kentridge on his life lessons
Self-interrogation is central to the work of the South African artist, whose latest piece on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel poses a series of questions that get half-answered
FeatureArt Basel 2019
Bringing up baby: making motherhood work in the art world
Being a mother has been cast as career suicide by Tracey Emin and Marina Abramovic. We speak to four women in the art world who beg to differ
InterviewCheryl Pope
Cheryl Pope on love, representation and the comfort of textile art
The artist is showing a new series of wool roving nudes at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago
NewsConservation
Ugo Rondinone’s day-glo desert installation Seven Magic Mountains gets a fresh coat of paint
The popular public art work has been restored with the aim of keeping it Instagram-ready through 2021 or longer
NewsArt & Technology
Get the app and the church door will open to you
How often on our walks do we get to an enticing old church, only to find that it’s locked? Mobile phones provide the 'open sesame'
NewsPhotography
Hossein Farmani's homecoming sees two photography centres open in Iran
The Lucie Awards organiser plans to open a museum in the city of Kashan next April
NewsChina
Tate to send its collection to Shanghai's forthcoming Pudong Museum of Art
The gallery signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned developer in Shanghai
NewsNational Portrait Gallery
Artists call for National Portrait Gallery to drop BP sponsorship
Gary Hume says funding for the arts is 'outweighed by the need to act urgently on the climate crisis'
PreviewExhibitions
Aids, crack and Ronald Reagan: Keith Haring show heads to Liverpool
Tate Liverpool hosts the first major UK survey of the provocative Pop artist
NewsArt Basel 2019
At Art Basel, dealers are looking to reap the rewards of the Venice Biennale
It is an open secret that sales are made in Venice, but dealers at the Swiss art fair are looking to capitalise on the buzz the Biennale creates
NewsPhotography
Hauser & Wirth to represent Annie Leibovitz worldwide
US photographer and gallery are looking at editioning her works
NewsGagosian Gallery
Gagosian's pop-up gallery in Basel to become permanent
Mega-dealer says “world-class museums” and Ernst Beyeler’s legacy are behind the move
InterviewArt Basel 2019
Interview: Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz on dancing in the Swiss pavilion
The duo explain why their Venice Biennale presentation Moving Backwards is actually a step forward
NewsCopyright
Bad guy? Billie Eilish video by Dave Meyers mirrors the work of artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
The director seems to once again have borrowed from the work of visual artists, which has previously led to lawsuits against Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grande
NewsJair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s museums dodge Bolsanaro’s cultural funding caps—at least for now
The Rouanet Law, which the Brazilian leader claims enables corruption, was amended in an official announcement
NewsHeritage
Gaudi’s Sagrada Família secures building permit—137 years later
A deal between the city and the church foundation aims to complete construction work on the architect’s quixotic final project
NewsState Russian Museum
State Russian Museum refurbishment cancelled amid protests
The renovation threatened the museum's architecture and collection, plaintiffs argued
PreviewArt fairs
Young, gifted and back: Liste drops the layout labyrinth
More than 70 galleries will show at the fair's 24th edition
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Former Louvre director donates his collection to forthcoming museum devoted to the 'Sun King'
Pierre Rosenberg has pledged his collection of works by Charles Le Brun and other artists to the new museum
CommentArt market
The Trump administration’s tariffs will not hurt China but they will hurt the US art trade
Art organisations join other US businesses at a series of hearings this week in Washington, DC on the proposed 25% tariff on $300bn worth of Chinese goods
Peter K. Tompa