NewsUnited Kingdom
UK art schools begin 14-day strike action
Dispute centres on zero-hours contracts, pay devaluation, rising workloads and the gender and ethnicity pay gap
PreviewExhibitions
In a novel collaboration with Rem Koolhaas, Guggenheim embraces the countryside
NY museum explores the theme of nonurban areas in its first show that has nothing to do with art or architecture
ReviewExhibitions
Largest US exhibition of works by J.M.W. Turner opens in Nashville
The Frist Art Museum has secured more than 70 works from the Tate’s Turner Bequest
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the first US retrospective devoted to the pioneering female photographer Madame d’Ora to an immersive Joan Miró experience at Acquavella Galleries
NewsForensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture founder barred from entering US ahead of Miami retrospective
Eyal Weizman, the director of the London-based art and research group, says embassy officials told him an algorithm had identified him as a security threat just two days before his planned departure
PreviewExhibitions
Neri Oxman harnesses the powers of 17,000 silkworms for New York show
The designer has employed natural processes and used materials from plants and shellfish for her exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art
PreviewExhibitions
Léon Spilliaert’s doom and gloom to light up the Royal Academy of Arts
The first major UK show will include 80 works by the little-known Belgian artist who has always "escaped easy categorisation"
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Anselm Kiefer on why size matters
Hammer Time: Sotheby's picks up the pace during a sluggish art week with $270.7m contemporary art sale
Hammer Time: records set but reserves remain low at Christie's post-war and contemporary art sale
Hammer Time: consistency and caution are key at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern evening sale
Hammer Time: Christie's Impressionist and Modern evening sale November 2019
NewsArt market
Art Basel launches online viewing rooms following the cancellation of its Hong Kong edition
The debut of the digital initiative was moved to March to offer exhibitors a sales platform for the works they planned to show
NewsArchitecture
Miami’s Oolite Arts taps Barozzi Vega to design new campus
The Barcelona architecture firm will design artists’ studios, exhibition space and theater
NewsArt market
Donald B. Marron's $450m collection to be sold by Acquavella, Gagosian and Pace galleries in New York
The unprecedented three-way exhibition of more than 300 works will open in May, coinciding with the city's auction week
BlogDiary
Performance artist who ate Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana launches interactive food show in New York
Visitors to "Hungry Artist" are invited to rip off and eat common snacks displayed on gallery Ca’d’ Oro's walls
NewsOpenings
Back to school: Massachusetts college museum gets a $12.5m makeover
The free-entry MassArt Art Museum, formerly known as the Bakalar & Paine Galleries, opens this weekend
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NewsParthenon marbles
Leaked draft of EU paper stirs Parthenon Marbles dispute
But the clause is unlikely to refer to the ancient Greek sculptures in the British Museum, expert says
NewsArt crime
Suspect list in stolen Klimt saga grows
A woman connected to the museum where the painting was found is under investigation by the Italian police
AnalysisArt market
'You have the right to culture with a capital C': Africa's growing collecting class shifts focus to home
From Marrakech to Cape Town, the continent's growing fairs and auctions scene is catering to a burgeoning domestic buying base
NewsBooks
Monet's beloved pottery cat comes to life in children's book
Story directly inspired by The Art Newspaper’s article on the artists’s Japanese ornament, which sat in the dining room at his Giverny home, will be published in May
BlogThe Buck stopped here
The vagina dialogue: Linder's sensory Kettle's Yard show channels the house's mistress Helen Ede
BlogDiary
Fashion Institute of Technology issues apology for 'racist' accessories featured in its inaugural Master of Fine Arts runway show
The show, held at Manhattan's Pier 59 Studios on 7 February during New York Fashion Week, was designed to showcase the work of ten fashion and design graduates
NewsMuseums
Smithsonian provost overseeing Cooper Hewitt after ouster of director
Caroline Baumann was reportedly forced to resign from the NY museum after concerns raised about her 2018 wedding
NewsConservation & Preservation
Restorers making headway in rehabilitation of Erbil Citadel
After setbacks related to ISIS's offensive, preservationists in northern Iraq report progress
NewsNative American
President Trump blows up Native American grave site for his border wall
“Sacrilegious” act on Unesco-recognised site in Arizona which contains remains of Indigenous peoples
NewsMuseum of Modern Art New York
'Universally admired' arts patron Agnes Gund stars in new documentary at MoMA
The film, directed by her daughter Catherine, shows the roots of the collector's social activism
NewsKunsthalle Wien
Are three heads better than one? How to run a museum as a collective
Curatorial group WHW (What, How & for Whom), who are joint directors of Vienna’s Kunsthalle, on their experimental approach to museum leadership and exhibitions
NewsMuseums
Aspen Art Museum closes Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room due to building code violation
The installation, which opened on 20 December, is closing 11 weeks early
FeatureLost art
Lost art: works with a death warrant
Should we mourn the loss of art that was only made to be destroyed?
BlogInsta’ gratification
Instagram residencies: the artists moving into museums' digital spare rooms
As the Musée d’Orsay in Paris appoints an Instagram-artist-in-residence, we look at the growing trend in museums for social media takeovers and collaborations
NewsRestitution
India asks Ashmolean Museum to return 15th-century bronze idol believed stolen from temple
Independent scholar uncovers questionable provenance for the sculpture that the Oxford institution bought from Sotheby's in 1967
NewsAi Weiwei
Ai Weiwei's censored films to go on show in Berlin
The works cannot be shown in China where the dissident artist says his identity has been erased
NewsRaphael
For this week only: unrepeatable chance to see Raphael’s tapestries with Michelangelo’s ceiling
The Vatican Museums celebrate Raphael’s 500th anniversary by hanging his tapestries in the Sistine Chapel for which they were created
BlogDiary of an art historian
What can mysterious markings in stone teach us about British art?
Research for a new book begins with a pilgrimage to find prehistoric rock art in northern England
NewsControversies
Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky caught up in politician sex tape scandal is arrested in Paris
Dissident wants to create a “political porn” website focusing on behaviour of people in power
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Mr Brainwash to open Los Angeles museum
The vacant Paley Center in Beverly Hills will be transformed into a space for both his own and other artists’ work
BlogFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Diary: Grimes hits the decks, the art of small business and Frieze hits the rocks (in a good way)
Plus Miss Ellie gets a makeover, and fair denizens tone up
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Artists go bumper to bumper at Frieze with auto-themed works
The car's the star as galleries move into the driving seat
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Turrell's Roden Crater gets some starry support
Proceeds from sales of colour-shifting works by the artist will go toward a fundraising and awareness-raising initiative for the crater
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Plans for Berggruen Institute's 'scholars' campus' in the Santa Monica Mountains move forward
First cohort of artist fellows includes Nancy Baker Cahill, Agnieszka Kurant and Pierre Huyghe
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Sun and sales on the best coast: LA’s second edition of Frieze firms up the city’s art market potential
Strong sales during VIP hours at both Frieze and Felix have dealers embracing the California dream
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2020
'We need to dance our asses off': artist and activist Patrisse Cullors on the joys of Black resistance
The Los Angeles-based artist discusses how dance can bring political power to marginalised communities
FeatureFrieze Los Angeles 2020
LA's grassroots spaces keep growing
With more alternative art galleries than ever, many are slowing down on exhibitions and stepping up on programming
ReviewExhibitions
Saudi Arabia's art festival 21,39: tackling climate change in the desert
This year's edition of the art initiative is a call to action on the climate emergency
NewsAustralia
Street art auction in aid of Australian bushfire clean-up includes works by Banksy and Shepard Fairey
The Bushfire Relief Auction in Melbourne has been organised by the collectors Sandra Powell and Andrew King and prices start at £200
AnalysisArt market
Phillips’s sale reveals contemporary art's hottest stars but still misses its low estimate
Auction results this week are expected to be down by almost a quarter signalling a "low tide" in London
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Kirk Douglas played Van Gogh in 1950s film Lust for Life: a look at the biopic and the myths it made
The Hollywood star, who died last week aged 103, became famous for his portrayal of the "tortured artist"
NewsArtists
British artist calls for 'unethical' Unseen fair to cease operation after bankruptcy and buy-out
The Amsterdam-based photography event has failed to pay Felicity Hammond for commissioned work, but still plans to host a 2020 edition
NewsPublic art
Carousel in Frankfurt to recall the Kindertransport that saved thousands of children from the Nazis
Yael Bartana's public sculpture commemorates those who were shipped out before the Second World War
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Face-off with a founding father: Brooklyn honours African art by placing it amidst its other collections
New exhibition seeks to “fill in the blanks that are still present in museums and art history books”
PreviewExhibitions
From trans to the Taliban: Barbican to explore the many sides of masculinity
Sweeping photography show will shine a light on the fluid and plural nature of what it means to be a man
BlogDiary
Peter Blake’s heartfelt Valentine’s painting reveals unrequited love for Pauline Boty
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Climate change fundraisers and a new space for Perrotin: dispatches from Frieze Los Angeles
Plus, Sprüth Magers's Los Angeles outpost will host a posthumous survey of John Baldessari’s last painting series
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Pose for a Polaroid with Gary Simmons at Frieze Los Angeles
The artist restages his 1993 Backdrop Project at the fair
BlogFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Frieze Los Angeles diary: glass orbs of LA smog and a Baldessari biscuit
Plus, Eric Doeringer pranks the Broads and Serpentine Galleries embraces the golf cart
FeatureFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Not here to stay: what makes private museums suddenly close?
From mounting bills and funding problems to art-washing and embezzlement, collections are disappearing from public view at a rate of knots
PreviewDriehaus Museum
Chicago’s Driehaus Museum has announced the second installment of its contemporary art initiative
Nate Young and Mika Horibuchi will create site-specific works that respond to architecture and history of the Nickerson Mansion
NewsAboriginal art
Emily Kame Kngwarreye show in New York highlights spike in interest for Australian indigenous art
The exhibition brings together museum-quality pieces, most consigned by US collectors
NewsAppointments
Cabinet reshuffle: Oliver Dowden appointed new UK culture secretary
The Conservative MP for Hertsmere in Hertfordshire replaces Nicky Morgan
NewsExhibitions
British dealer James Butterwick cleared of defamation for describing Russian Avant-garde works in Mantua exhibition as fake
Italian judge said his opinion of the 2013 show was based on his “proven and recognised competence and experience”
NewsExhibitions
Tate Modern to show Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Room in year-long exhibition marking 20th anniversary
Louise Bourgeois’s Maman spider sculpture will also return to the Turbine Hall
AnalysisArt market
Christie’s contemporary sale fails to pack a punch as auction house records lowest total in a decade
Brexit casts a shadow over consignments in London, but young American female painters add some pizazz
AnalysisArt market
When artists and galleries split, what are the legal implications?
As successful artists increasingly seek non-exclusive contracts with multiple galleries, clarity becomes critical in navigating splits between artist and gallery
NewsHeritage
Hidden LGBTQ histories of London's royal palaces to come out in new guided tours
Immersive performances will begin this month at Tower of London, with more planned at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Dressing for success, an artist helps women demand their due
Michele Pred is asking artists, their dealers and potential collectors to commit to a price hike for works of art by women
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Los Angeles galleries search for the next hot art spot...
An evolving real estate landscape is keeping the city's dealers on their toes
NewsArt market
Blain Southern shuts all three galleries
Harry Blain, who split from co-founder Graham Southern last year, says he is "unable to secure the gallery’s future long term"
BlogDiary
Miles Greenberg—mentee of Marina Abramovic—stages visually absorbing performance in New York
Greenberg has previously performed at Manifesta 11 and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Championing African American abstraction: inside the collection of Pamela Joyner
The San Francisco-based philanthropist tells us what she's bought and why
InterviewArtist interview
‘At 99, I’m another person entirely’: Luchita Hurtado on fossil fuels and new challenges ahead
As her touring retrospective arrives in Los Angeles and then heads for Mexico, the nonagenarian artist is excited about showing her new work—and the prospect of making more
BlogThe Buck stopped here
'We abstracted our experience—that is how we saved ourselves': emotional opening at Margate's show of African American art
AnalysisArt market
US banker buys Brexit Banksy at Sotheby's, making a bigger splash than David Hockney’s pool painting
Auction house fields a steady contemporary evening sale in London
CommentBTS Connect
Why I'm working with the South Korean boyband BTS on an art project
The curator of the global public art collaboration Connect, BTS suggests that new definitions of art are required to democratise it
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