NewsMuseums
Tate suspends curator for publicly criticising its decision to delay Guston show
Mark Godfrey has been disciplined after posting a long statement on his Instagram account describing postponement as "extremely patronising to viewers"
NewsMuseums
Scottish museum joins Tate in cutting ties with dealer Anthony d’Offay
Hundreds of works will be returned following harassment allegations dating back to 1997
AnalysisControversies
Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show
Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed
NewsBritish Museums
UK museums are back open—but visitors are staying away
Our data shows that most major London art museums had many available booking slots for next-day entry despite operating reduced capacity
NewsMuseums
Museums grapple with ethics of China projects
Institutions including Tate, V&A and Pompidou are forging partnerships with the country despite terrible human rights abuses
NewsMuseums
European museums defend their partnerships in China
As China faces growing criticism over its detention of Uyghers and crackdown in Hong Kong, Tate, V&A and the Pompidou explain why it is important to continue working in the country
NewsArt crime
Man who punched £20m Picasso painting at Tate Modern is jailed for 18 months
Repairing the piece—on long-term loan from a private collection—will take more than a year and cost up to £350,000
NewsTate
Ten artists who won Turner bursaries from Tate 'fully support' museum's striking workers
Open letter says that redundancies contradict Tate’s commitment to "champion the richness of art for everyone"
NewsMuseums
Tate will axe more than 300 jobs from its commercial arm next month
Director Maria Balshaw says the organisation has been left with “no option” but to resize as visitor figures and revenues plunge due to the pandemic
NewsUnions
Strike action looms at Tate and Southbank Centre as unions fight restructuring plans
Around 600 jobs are set to be axed across both sites as financial fallout from coronavirus pandemic intensifies
BlogDiary
Impostor anxiety, epic disco in gay clubs and 'clashing clothes'—Tate director Maria Balshaw opens up on Desert Island Discs
NewsMuseums
Tate Modern reopening overshadowed by protests over job cuts
Due to the pandemic, around 300 jobs are at risk at Tate Enterprises, which operates retail, catering and publishing services across all of the Tate sites
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Tate and National Gallery commercial units to cut hundreds of employees
While the museums’ staff have avoided layoffs, their colleagues in retail and catering have not been as lucky
NewsMuseums
National Gallery will be first major London museum to reopen after coronavirus closure
Visitors will be requested to wear masks and stay two-metres apart from 8 July
BlogDiary
Still running: Kara Walker’s fountain will go back on show at Tate Modern post-lockdown
NewsMuseums & Heritage
In numbers: the visitors, ticket sales and fundraising revenue UK national museums can expect as they reopen
We do the sums as the culture sector plans to get back to business
InterviewMaria Balshaw
London's Tate museums set to open early August—here's how it will work
Director of the Tate, Maria Balshaw, tells us about financial concerns, coordinating openings with other institutions, and how many visitors they are expecting
NewsPrizes
Turner prize 2020 is cancelled and replaced with £100,000 fund for artists
Ten £10,000 "Turner Bursaries" to be announced late June
NewsKara Walker
Kara Walker’s celebrated Tate fountain—closed to the public early due to coronavirus—will be destroyed
The artist had previously said that she hoped “some aspect of it would have another life”
FeatureCoronavirus resources
Artful resources to keep kids entertained and educated at home
Organisations and museums offer plenty of online art projects for parents
Newscoronavirus
Tate to close all four locations until 1 May due to coronavirus
Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool will shut their doors from 18 March
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
NewsAwards
UK New Year’s Honours 2020: awards for ceramicist Magdalene Odundo and artist David Shrigley
Turner prize winner Steve McQueen made a knight; museum chief Tim Marlow and curator Ann Gallagher also recognised
ArchiveTate
The Art Newspaper investigates Tate's documents on the Reynolds' Omai bid
The files included a letter from Serota himself
NewsAppointments
Tate’s Andrea Lissoni to lead Munich’s troubled Haus der Kunst
Challenges include financial problems and a major planned renovation
NewsClimate Change
Extinction Rebellion target Tate Modern
The climate activist group projected “Time’s up, act now” on the side of the London museum's chimney
ReviewExhibitions
The Empire strikes back? Kara Walker's fountain makes a splash at Tate
US artist takes on British Empire’s legacy and the Transatlantic salve trade in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
NewsTate Modern
Tania Bruguera’s 2018 Turbine Hall commission becomes permanent at Tate Modern
The museum will continue to name its main building after local community activist Natalie Bell
NewsMuseums & Heritage
The William Blakes that got away—and why
As the Tate Britain show opens, we reveal the inside story of the Tate’s failure to acquire 19 watercolours from a portfolio that turned up in a Glasgow bookshop
NewsEthics
How ethical can museums afford to be? We ask five major UK art institutions about funding challenges
We find out how mounting public scrutiny of private money could affect the bottom line of London's National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate
NewsDiscrimination
Wheelchair user blasts Olafur Eliasson show at Tate Modern over rampless work
After consulting with the Danish-Icelandic artist and technicians, Tate says installation “cannot be made safely accessible for wheelchair users”
NewsPhotography
Huge photos of school children to appear on London billboards as part of Steve McQueen’s Tate initiative
The outdoor exhibition across the capital is a forerunner to the filmmaker’s Year Three Project at Tate Britain
NewsJ.M.W. Turner
Export bar placed on Turner's masterpiece The Dark Rigi
The watercolour painting, considered one of the artist's finest works, was sold to a private collector in 2006
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Ackroyd & Harvey unveil 52 Beuysian oaks in centre of London as Tate declares climate emergency
NewsExhibitions
Olafur Eliasson: the art world is 'trying to find its feet' on climate change
Artist's Tate Modern retrospective features works drawn largely from European collections in an effort to reduce carbon footprint
ArchiveRobert Ryman
White-out at the Tate as Ryman exhibition begins its journey
Robert Ryman exhibition shared with MoMA, New York, will also travel to Madrid, San Fransisco, and Minneapolis
ArchiveEllsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly: The art world’s quiet American
As Ellsworth Kelly comes to London, we look at the exhibition at the Guggenheim and at MoCA
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
NewsTurner Prize
Stagecoach sponsorship of Turner Prize ends after pressure over bus firm founder’s homophobic views
Artists and dealers had written letters in protest over the involvement of Brian Souter’s firm
NewsAnthony d'Offay
Artists protest Tate decision to resume ties with Anthony d’Offay
Over 35 artists and curators have signed an open letter to the institution asking it to reveal details of its investigations into allegations of sexual harassment made against the retired dealer
NewsExhibitions
Tate to show $6m Blake watercolours that sold for £1,000 in a Scottish bookshop
Discovered after 165 years, eight of the 19 paintings will be included in the London exhibition in September
NewsSponsorship
Tate to stop accepting donations from the Sackler Trust
The move follows a mutual decision by the National Portrait Gallery and the Sackler Trust to not proceed with a £1m grant
NewsTate
'State decline, spawning vanity and inequality': Mike Nelson's Tate Britain show offers bleak portrait of UK
Artist sourced defunct industrial machines online for new installations, reflecting “an eating away of ourselves”
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Former Tate director's hidden tribute to Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
James Manson paid homage to the artist by painting his own bouquet
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
How Van Gogh's Sunflowers have inspired generations of British artists
Painters from Brangwyn to Nash paid homage to the masterpiece, all illustrated on the Art UK site
NewsExhibitions
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America comes to Tate Liverpool
The artist's radical video sparked debate about race relations in the US
NewsClimate Change
Olafur Eliasson's latest work is melting away on the bank of the Thames in London
Public sculpture unveiled to coincide with the COP24 climate summit in Poland
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
When the National Gallery used a London taxi to move a Van Gogh painting
Back during Tate’s 1947 exhibition, loan arrangements were more casual
NewsAppointments & departures
Former Tate Modern chief Chris Dercon takes the reins at the Grand Palais in Paris
The Belgian curator, who quit the Volksbühne Theatre in April, has been appointed head of the culture body Rmn-GP
NewsPodcast
A monument to the Holocaust in textile: Anni Albers’s Six Prayers
On this week’s podcast, we hear about the solemn memorial at the heart of Tate Modern’s survey of the Bauhaus artist
BlogDiary of an art historian
Tate, WTF is up with you using Wikipedia?
Once an expert authority on Van Dyck, the museum now has nothing more to say about him than a link to an unverified website
NewsFrieze London 2018
Tania Bruguera: Why I renamed Tate Modern
The performance artist on using her Turbine Hall commission to reach out to local people
NewsCommissions
Tania Bruguera renames Tate Modern after local London activist as part of Turbine Hall commission
Heat-sensitive floor work and crying room part of “stealth” piece pushing positive aspects of migration
NewsPodcast
Christian Marclay on the physical demands of making The Clock
The Swiss-American artist tells this week’s The Art Newspaper podcast about the effects of the three years’ editing of his masterpiece, now on view at Tate Modern
NewsArtists
Portrait of the future at Tate: Steve McQueen plans to photograph every seven-year-old in London
Images of primary school children will go on show at Tate Britain alongside survey of Oscar winner’s work at Tate Modern
News
Tate outsources artist biographies on its website to Wikipedia
The museum does “not have the resources to create biographies for every individual” in its collection, spokeswoman says
NewsExhibitions
Tate's Ophelia heads down under for blockbuster Pre-Raphaelite show in Canberra
Australia deepen ties with the London museum as trove of masterpieces travels to the National Gallery of Australia for first time
NewsConservation & Preservation
Tate restores colour and depth to John Nash painting
The picture is on display in Tate Britain's show Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One
BlogThe Buck stopped here
William Kentridge outplays the England match with Tate premiere of performance The Head and the Load
FeatureTate
The struggle behind Tate Modern's birth
Recently opened Tate archives reveal wrangling over division of British and international art in early 1990s
NewsTate
Tate drops ticket prices for young people and seeks trustee to represent 16-25s
New appointee should be “a cultural entrepreneur and digital native”
NewsTate Modern
Tate Modern hit with protests over cleaner dispute
There has been controversy at the gallery over the sponsor for the Picasso 1932 exhibition
NewsProtest
Tate's artist-in-residence resigns over institution's 'appalling response to sexual harassment'
Liv Wynter says Tate is failing women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds
NewsTate Modern
Tania Bruguera to create next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
Cuban artist has previously shown performance piece with horse mounted police officers in museum’s cavernous space
NewsConservation & Preservation
Tate awarded $1.5m research grant to conserve contemporary works 'that challenge the structure of the museum'
The project, funded by the Mellon Foundation, will concentrate on time-based media, digital and performance art
Analysis
The top ten museum acquisitions of 2017
We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year
NewsPrizes
Lubaina Himid wins 2017 Turner Prize for 'uncompromising' approach to race relations
At 63, she is the oldest artist to receive the Tate's prestigious £25,000 award
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Tate’s Art Now supporters circle launched with venom and elixir
PreviewExhibitions
Tate Modern takes special precautions to make sure its Modiglianis are real in market bedevilled by fakes
New exhibition will look at artist’s early sculpture and include nude from show once shut down for indecency
PreviewExhibitions
World tour of Cairo’s Surrealists comes to Tate Liverpool
Show examines role of Art et Liberté in international fight against fascism, nationalism and colonialism
News
Tate St Ives’s cliffside extension set to boost local economy by £10.5m a year
New 500 sq. m column-free gallery makes space for performance art
NewsFrieze 2017
New Tate fund puts performance centre-stage
Scheme aims to bridge gap between collecting and displaying the medium
ArchiveExhibitions
Tate Modern chronicles the rise of Black Power in post-war America
Soul of a Nation includes around 150 works looking at the realities of the African American experience
ArchiveExhibitions
Tate pairs off Weimar-era artists Dix and Sander for a discussion about the failed republic
The two exhibitions will evoke a dialogue about their shared themes
ArchiveExhibitions
Rauschenberg's dance and performance related work front and centre of new survey exhibition at Tate Modern
Coming in hot from its stint in the States
ArchiveExhibitions
Tate survey exhibition reunites Giacometti’s Venice Biennale sculptures for first time in 60 years
This display aims to flesh out Giacometti's practice, which is not limited to his iconic bronze figures
ArchiveExhibitions
Tate Britain banks on David Hockney retrospective to pull in the crowds
More than 150 works will be on display, from those executed early in his career to some whose paint is still wet
ArchiveFebruary 2015
Comment: The Tate should take BP’s money—and ask for more
Protests about the gallery’s lack of transparency concerning the energy company's sponsorship miss the point of how big business and the arts interact
ArchiveTate
Longer shows pay off for Tate as Matisse brings in the numbers
The Cut-Outs retrospective was seen by 563,000 visitors
ArchiveFrieze
Despite the war of words, UK-Russia shows go ahead
But some exhibitions have been cancelled as political stand-off continues
ArchiveRichard Tuttle
Richard Tuttle: Weaving his magic around the world
Trio of Richard Tuttle exhibitions includes his largest work to date in the Tate’s Turbine Hall
ArchiveCatalogues
Tate Turner catalogue delayed again
The Tate still has 21,000 works to publish online—but those already posted suggest it will be worth the wait
ArchiveJ.M.W. Turner
Turner’s final flourish: Tate show traces his highly productive late period
150 works produced from 1835 until his death in 1851 will dispel oversimplifications of this later works
ArchiveKazimir Malevich
Disputes in Russia concerning the authenticity of many works attributed to Malevich circulating the Russian art market
As a major Malevich show opens in London, claims grow that the avant-garde market is still plagued by the fakes
ArchiveMark Rothko
Tate celebrates return of restored Rothko
The product of 9 months of restoration leaves no traces of graffiti ink
ArchiveTurner Prize
Tate unveils Turner Prize shortlist
Three are graduates of the Glasgow School of Art
ArchiveNazi loot
Nazi loot claim for Tate’s Constable
Beaching a Boat, Brighton, has been claimed by the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany
ArchiveCatalogues
Peter Fraser: The photographer filling a gap
This Tate catalogue expands on the British photographer Peter Fraser
ArchiveNicholas Serota
Nicholas Serota discusses an international outlook and Tate’s new worldwide web
Developing a global reach is just as important for major cultural institutions as it is for big businesses
ArchiveTate
Works head to Tate fresh from Frieze thanks to the Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund
Younger and less recognised artists were the order of the day
ArchiveTate
Tate borrows £55m for building projects
Renovations and expansions at both London Tates have been costly, and loans were required to bridge gaps in cashflow
ArchiveGary Hume
Artist Interview: Gary Hume opens the doors of perception at the Tate
A pair of Hume’s swing doors mark the start of his Tate Britain show. But what lies beyond?
ArchiveTate Britain
Praise for Tate Britain rehang
The move from a thematic hang to a chronological one has been celebrated by critics
ArchiveTate
Tate Modern loses top museum slot by a hair
The gallery was beaten to the post by the British Museum
ArchiveTate Britain
Folk art at the Tate Britain
Next Summer's exhibition focuses on the boundaries between the mainstream and the marginal
ArchiveMay 2013
Starry night for Tate in New York: celebrity friends help museum fundraise in style
Sarah Jessica Parker and the mysterious Tate Americas Foundation raise money for Latin American acquisitions
Commentcoronavirus
Exhibitions need a perfect storm to succeed—but shows opening during Covid-19 are getting a disappointing drizzle
With no group student visits, no art-world private view, and limits on public access, the buzz of new exhibitions has potentially been short-circuited
Ben Luke