NewsPublic art
Seesaw installation at US-Mexico border wins Design of the Year award
The joyful project became a counterpoint to the division and violence sown by the Trump administration
NewsDesign
Heatherwick’s Vessel closed to the public after third suicide in less than a year
The community board has asked the developer to raise the height of platform barriers to prevent further deaths
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Sneak peek: Snarkitecture designs new gallery in Detroit for Library Street Collective
The art space in a historic building in the Belt neighbourhood will open with a show curated by the street artist Kaws
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Kenzo Takada, the designer and artist who created the first global, multicultural, fashion brand
In everything he made—clothes, spectacles inspired by his trademark round lenses, home furnishings, parfumerie—Takada's love of fine art remained close at hand
NewsDesign
Archives of Ivan Chermayeff, the designer behind Smithsonian sun and MoMA logo, donated to New York’s School of Visual Arts
The influential designer taught at the school and for years and students will now have access to his professional and personal work
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Terence Conran: a design maestro who rose alongside groovy London in the Swinging Sixties
From Habitat to the Design Museum, from the Soup Kitchen to Quaglino’s, he transformed Britain’s cultural landscape
NewsDesign
Mississippi voters approve new state flag design, trading controversial Confederate symbol for magnolia flower
The replacement banner was approved by a 71% majority, and was created by a local graphic designer
Previewelection 2020
Bureaucratic but not boring: exhibition explores the visual history of US election ballots
With early voting already underway in the 2020 presidential election, a show at New York's Cooper Union reveals the "power of design in our civic process"
BlogDiary
Number one priority: NASA will give designers $35,000 for a toilet that will work on the moon
NewsObituaries
Milton Glaser, the man behind ‘I ♥ NY’ logo, has died, aged 91
The influential designer helped define the visual culture of the 1960s and 70s in America
NewsPalestine
A global pandemic brings new life to Palestinian artist's face masks
Gazan-born artist Mohammed Musallam finds new meaning in a past face mask project, which is based upon a traditional keffiyeh design
BlogDiary
Of doorknobs and disinfectants: Carnegie Museum of Art considers the history of door design in the time of Covid-19
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
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
ReviewBooks
Revamped art book prize wants to become the Oscars of arts publications—is it succeeding?
A year on from its announcement, we look at whether the Richard Schlagman Art Book Awards is meeting its ambitions
BlogDiary
Post-Banana Art: Maurizio Cattelan offers a light bulb in his likeness
ReviewBooks
Demanding artists and receptive architects in book about design and function of the studio
This book shows how, from the end of the 19th century to the Second World War, artists collaborated with architects to craft an image of themselves
AnalysisBuyer's Guide
How to buy a...Les Lalanne
A sale of the artist duo's collection at Sotheby's Paris this week could further fuel market demand for Les Lalanne's playful works that fuse flora and fauna
InterviewSantiago X
Native American artist Santiago X on rebuilding Indigenous cities, one mound at a time
The forgotten history of Indigenous mound building will be reclaimed at this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial
PreviewExhibitions
Thoroughly Modern Maharaja: how an Indian prince amassed one of the world’s greatest interwar design collections
Paris exhibition includes furniture by Eileen Gray, sculptures by Constantin Brancusi and photographs by Man Ray
PreviewArt & Design 2019
The year ahead in design: all the key dates you need
The biggest biennials, fairs and exhibitions over the next 12 months
NewsControversies
Nazi design exhibition at Dutch museum braces for protests
The show called Design of the Third Reich features the Volkswagen Beetle and Riefenstahl’s films
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the relationship between humans and nature at the Cooper Hewitt to love and unity at the Ford Foundation
ReviewBooks
The Arts and Crafts special relationship: how the British movement permeated US design culture
Companion book to an exhibition at the University of Texas at Austin offers new dimensions on the vast subject
ArchiveArt market
A rising market: contemporary decorative arts
Is it design, or art, or craft? Who cares. One thing is certain: the British are best at it
ReviewExhibitions
‘Less is a Bore’: ICA Boston takes Maximalism to the max
Exhibition celebrates patterns yet transcends decoration
ArchiveMetropolitan Museum of Art
Star exhibit at the Met: the Christopher Dresser album the V&A could not afford
Modern designs at the Met
NewsDesign
Poster House, the first US museum dedicated to the medium, opens in New York
“We don’t want to be an art museum,” the director says
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: Hubert Bonnet
The Belgian art collector tells us what he's bought and why he loves it
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
ReviewExhibitions
Harvard’s sublime show makes you see Bauhaus everywhere
The university has a long history with the movement’s artists, many of whom fled from Germany to Cambridge, and has drawn from its impressive archive for a 100th anniversary exhibition
NewsDesign
When form plus function equals art
High-profile shows are breaking down the boundaries between designers and artists
NewsCathedral of Notre Dame
Artist Wim Delvoye enters design competition to reconstruct Notre Dame
The Belgian, known for his sculptures in a Northern European Gothic style, is already devising a new spire
ReviewBook Shorts
A picture book of avant-garde gardens and gardening
Not a guide nor a history, but a collection of unusual gardens and their makers
NewsFondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent
Jasper Conran buys Yves Saint Laurent's Villa Mabrouka in Tangier
The villa was the fashion designer's home in the last decades of his life
FeatureExhibitions
How museums are stepping up exhibition design
A wave of innovative exhibition design has graced our museums in recent years. What are the keys to holding the viewer’s gaze?
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From female artists who made their mark on New York to designs for cities of the future
BlogIn the frame
Snarkitecture’s pop-up installation brings beach season to Chicago’s Navy Pier
CommentDesign
Davos 2019: Cooper Hewitt museum director on the power of inclusive design
Empathetic, user-centred products that can shape a more equitable world for people with disabilities go on show at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week
PreviewExhibitions
Grace Wales Bonner explores black spirituality for London show
Mystical rituals lie at the heart of the fashion designer’s first major exhibition taking place at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery
NewsConservation & Preservation
Restored Soviet apartment listed on Airbnb takes guests back in time to ‘1930s Russian utopia’
The 35m sq. one-bedroom flat has been carefully renovated to include avant-garde furniture and design
InterviewArtist interview
Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández: 'death to planned obsolescence'
The Design Miami Visionary award-winners tell us about their projects at the fair
InterviewThe Haas Brothers
Agony Uncles: the Haas Brothers
The stylish siblings answer your questions about the art world
BlogIn the frame
Bjarke Ingels’ 2016 Serpentine Pavilion pops-up in Toronto
BlogThe Buck stopped here
See it, shop it: Atelier E.B at London's Serpentine Galleries
NewsConservation & Preservation
Chicago resurrects its master craftsman
Edgar Miller finally gets his due as the city prepares to celebrate the overlooked designer’s eclectic work
NewsProtest
Peter Kennard among artists to remove their art from London's Design Museum in protest over arms event
Directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black say ‘professional activists exploited the situation’ and they stand by their ‘curatorial independence’
NewsControversies
Shepard Fairey joins group of artists demanding their work be removed from the Design Museum after ‘arms trade’ event
The London institution says it did not endorse the private event organised by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo
News
Stockholm's revamped ArkDes centre champions design's role in public life
New exhibition and project space put spotlight on civic activism and emerging voices
NewsConservation & Preservation
The amazing technicolour Chippendale: museum injects colour back into 18th-century work
Show at Leeds City Museum is one of this year's many events commemorating the tercentenary of the furniture maker’s birth
NewsArt Basel 2018
In pictures: Disco balls and whale watching at Design Miami/Basel
This is what caught our eye
News
Leading Chinese art academy opens international design museum
Alvaro Siza-designed space in Hangzhou celebrates Germany’s influential Bauhaus school
NewsArt market
Object lessons: nature-inspired works by Axel Salto, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Giacomo Manzù
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
NewsSerpentine Galleries
Mexican architect is youngest-ever designer of Serpentine Pavilion
Frida Escobedo will combine Mexican and British influences for the temporary structure in Hyde Park
NewsBuilding projects
Royal College of Art's new £108m campus gets green light and will focus on art, technology and science
Building designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be a centre for robotics and drone technology
News
Stedelijk Museum cancelled Ettore Sottsass show to ‘protect lenders’, chief curator says
Italian designer’s estate withdrew agreement to loan works and denied permission to publish texts after disagreement over the exhibition’s layout and content
PreviewFairs
San Francisco fairs target tech wealth
Fog Design+Art blurs genre boundaries and Untitled upgrades its venue in a bid to convert Bay Area browsers into buyers
NewsArt market
Beyond Leonardo: the artists who led the auctions in 2017
We survey the top five results in key markets, from Old Masters to Post-war and contemporary
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
In pictures: Design Miami
Best seat in the house
NewsArt fairs
American heritage is back in style at Design Miami
Some of the fair's Curios presentations look to traditional craft and wood furniture
NewsDesign
V&A's first foray into China opens to visitors
Design Society in Shenzhen, steered by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, unveils four galleries this month, with two to follow in 2018
NewsExhibitions
Show by late curator Martin Roth goes ahead in Qatar despite Gulf blockade
German design survey has opened alongside Deutsche Bank collection exhibition in beleaguered state
NewsPAD London
Rich mix: PAD London 2017
Design fair reflects market’s eclectic tastes and aims to attract crossover collectors in town for Frieze
Review
Practical kitsch: on Ettore Sottsass at the Met Breuer
Disorientation over the designer's work has settled into quaint admiration
NewsArchitecture
Four things to see during the Chicago Architecture Biennial
From imaginative scale models to a pop-up ‘freak’ show, we pick the must see projects around the city
NewsArt fairs
Will If So, What? be Silicon Valley’s first “smart” art fair?
The new event, which comes online April 2018, combines art and decor and takes its cues from design thinking
BlogIn the frame
Multi-religious monument at the V&A is Dubai (and Palestine) bound
Elias and Yousef Anastas’s latticed structure is made of more than 500 stone pieces
NewsBiennials & festivals
Rehab and reuse top of agenda at Chicago Architecture Biennial
The second edition promises visionary solutions and a few surprises
NewsArt market
Christie's adds London auctions in October, raises buyer's premium
House sees "great potential for growth" for lots under £1m in the photograph and design categories during Frieze week
NewsFairs
Collective Design Fair shifts from May to March for 2018 edition
Move follows NADA’s switch from Frieze Week to Armory Arts Week
NewsFeatures
The importance of being Ettore Sottsass
Diverse work by the larger-than-life designer who rejected Modernist good taste goes on show in Basel, Venice and the Met soon
NewsArchitecture
Metropolitan Museum surveys the past year of architecture with daylong event
Panels and talks feature prominent architects and artists discussing their most recent projects
NewsExhibitions
Dubai Design Week gets under way with more than 150 events
This year's second edition has plenty on offer, from national pavilions to algae-eating drones
NewsArchitecture
Interview: David Adjaye and Theaster Gates on working in Washington, DC
The London-based architect and the Chicago-based artist spoke with us ahead of their joint talk at the Hirshhorn Museum
News
Thomas Heatherwick steps up to the challenge of creating a centrepiece for Hudson Yards redevelopment
The British designer unveiled his hive-like staircase structure to be installed in a new public square on the West Side of Manhattan
News
Three to see: London Design Biennale
From an experimental snowmobile to toe chopsticks and Proustian sweets<br>
NewsDesign
Harvard museums bring back the spirit of the Bauhaus
An extensive public database chronicles the university’s rich holdings related to the Weimar art school
NewsIn the frame
Jean Royère, designer to royals, rolls into London
NewsIn the frame
Beyoncé, Jay Z and sophisticated scratch-and-sniff at the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial
NewsPolitics
Designers needed for travelling pavilion dedicated to Charlie Hebdo
Project on free speech launches on the first anniversary of terrorist attacks at Paris satirical magazine
NewsArt fairs
Design is about the human intent
Yves Béhar, the Swiss-born, San Francisco-based designer behind Jawbone’s Up fitness tracker and One Laptop Per Child, is the winner of Design Miami’s 2015 Visionary Award
NewsArt fairs
In pictures: Design Miami is presenting more design “voices” than ever
NewsDesign
London antiques dealer adds contemporary design to its roster
Mallett is organising a selling exhibition at its Mayfair headquarters, Ely House
NewsArt market
Four reasons high-end design is back in style in London
After several stagnant years, the market for design is reviving
NewsDesign
Top French design dealer to open London space
Patrick Seguin is showing a recreation of a Jean Prouvé house at Design Miami/Basel
NewsArt fairs
Seven of the best in Design Miami/Basel's 10th edition
The Art Newspaper's editor picks her selection from this year's fair <br>
NewsArt fairs
Robin and Lucienne Day’s daughter steps in to protect the designers’ legacy
Paula Day speaks to The Art Newspaper about being shocked at the misue of her parents' name
NewsDesign
New York design dealer branches out into contemporary art
Albertz Benda, a new 2,000 sq. ft space, to focus on emerging and mid-career artists
NewsArt fairs
Designs on Hong Kong
The Miami-born fair plans to keep pace with Art Basel
ArchiveState Pushkin Museum
Director of Pushkin wants to work with London’s V&A and help Moscow’s homeless design museum
The Pushkin design satellite will have both historic and contemporary design galleries
ArchiveV&A East
Will the Chancellor back V&A’s Olympian vision for a cultural quarter?
Art and design museum with space for London’s biggest exhibitions could open by 2020, subject to funding
CommentObituaries
Tribute to Marella Agnelli—doyenne of high society
The art collector and museum founder who married into the Agnelli dynasty was a woman of charm and intelligence
Anna Mathias