Podcast

Anselm Kiefer on why size matters

On the podcast, we speak to the German artist about his new works inspired by String Theory, now on show at White Cube in London

Auctions

Hammer Time: Sotheby's picks up the pace during a sluggish art week with $270.7m contemporary art sale

Record prices were set for Charles White, Brice Marden, and Wayne Thiebaud, while a Clyfford Still painting prompted a prolonged bidding war

Auctions

Hammer Time: records set but reserves remain low at Christie's post-war and contemporary art sale

Ed Ruscha's visual pun Hurting the Word Radio #2 rose to $46m, a new world record for the artist, but most lots barely reached their estimate in a slow sales season

Auctions

Hammer Time: consistency and caution are key at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern evening sale

The newly private auction house led the night's lots with its known money-maker Claude Monet, and set a world record for the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka

Auctions

Hammer Time: Christie's Impressionist and Modern evening sale November 2019

In our new video series, deputy art market editor Margaret Carrigan recaps the highlights of New York's billion-dollar auction week

L.S. Lowry

Podcast sneak peek: how actor Timothy Spall captured the essence of Britain's beloved L.S. Lowry

With the UK release of the film Mrs Lowry & Son, we speak to the actor on our forthcoming podcast about portraying the artist's peculiar relationship with his mother

Museums & Heritage

Art heaven or hell? Museum’s epic £15m tunnel brings to life Dante’s Divine Comedy

Alfredo Jaar's new immersive installation inside a tunnel at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania simulates heaven, hell and purgatory

Artist interview

How Dada inspired William Kentridge’s The Head and the Load

A snippet from our podcast interview with the South African artist as his show opens at the Kunstmuseum Basel

News

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Damien Hirst

Exclusive: Damien Hirst channels Jackson Pollock for latest works

We take a sneak peek inside the British artist's studio to see him creating his Blossom paintings

Art market

Inside the Chinese art market: The Art Newspaper meets Kejia Wu

The author of the Tefaf Art Market Report talks about China's art market in the last four decades, from state-controlled antiques shops to competition from Western galleries

In the frame

Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s night at the Louvre Museum

The surprise video for the couple's song Apeshit was shot at the Parisian institution

Performance art

Down under: Australian artist Mike Parr buries himself under a road for 72 hours

Veteran performer's tribute to victims of totalitarian violence is part of Dark Mofo festival in Hobart

Artists

Livestream: Antony Gormley, Norman Rosenthal and Louisa Buck talk about the genius of Joseph Beuys

The panel discussion at London's Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac coincides with exhibition of the German artist's early work

Artists

'A deeper source of truth than appearances': Antony Gormley on Joseph Beuys

Talk at London's Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac coincides with exhibition of the German artist's early work

Artists

Michelangelo: The Art Newspaper's editor talks about a British treasure

HENI Talks: Alison Cole examines the Taddei Tondo—the only marble sculpture by the Italian master in the UK

Artists

Damien Hirst visits Peter Blake in his studio

Heni Talks: Model elephants, collage, and an argument with Joseph Beuys… Two giants of the art world meet

Artists

What do Queen Elizabeth I and Surrealist Frida Kahlo have in common?

Heni Talks: Through portraits, Penny Huntsman finds parallels between the lives of these two great women

Feminist art history

Women in the art world: our founding editor speaks on her experiences in the field

During International Women's History Month, Anna Somers Cocks takes part in Art Talks London

Will Ferrell and Joel McHale try to make sense of the art at LA’s Hammer Museum

We’ve all been there: walking through an exhibition like the Hammer Museum’s Stories of Almost Everyone, a show “about the interpretation of art objects”, asking ourselves, “Is that thing art?”

Exhibitions

I threw a pie at an artist and didn't enjoy it as much as you would think

Jennifer Rubell's performance uses pie-throwing, and its roots in both political protest and slapstick humour, to explore consent and violence

Sculpture

Live stream: Phyllida Barlow, Antony Gormley and Richard Deacon talk about Medardo Rosso, unknown to most of us, but venerated by Rodin and Henry Moore

Listen to what they have to say at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac’s study meeting, Friday, 2 February, 2018, 2.00–6.00pm (GMT)

Conservation & Preservation

The life of Riley: meet the dog protecting the works at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tate Britain

Video: The Art Newspaper meets Alex Farquharson

The director of Tate Britain reveals his plans for a major rehang and picks his favourite works in the collection

Forgotten artists

Forgotten artists: Joseph Laoutaris

Grandson of reclusive British artist launches campaign calling for recognition of painter's work

Abu Dhabi Art

Video: Abu Dhabi Art opens as the world watches

Is the UAE now the art capital of the Middle East?

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Video: Will Louvre Abu Dhabi become famous as a new wonder of the world?

Not just a spectacular building, the museum is a treasure house of art arranged in a radical, intercultural manner

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati Voices: Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak on Louvre Abu Dhabi's Qur'an, Bible and Torah display

Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority talks about his favourite objects from the museum's collection

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati Voices: Noor Al Suwaidi on Louvre Abu Dhabi's Madonna and Child

Emirati artist and curator talks about her favourite object from the museum's collection

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati Voices: Zaki Nusseibeh on Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Bactrian Princess

Leading cultural figure talks about his favourite object from the museum's collection

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati Voices: Khaldoon Al Mubarak on Louvre Abu Dhabi's golden eagle

Emirati entrepreneur talks about his favourite object from the museum's collection

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati Voices: Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak on the impact of Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati entrepreneur talks about how the museum will become part of the fabric of the country

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati voices: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi on the impact of Louvre Abu Dhabi

Leading Emirati commentator talks about how the museum will change the Gulf

Video, film & new media

Exclusive video: Personal shopping with Cornelia Parker

Miranda July creates multifaith charity shop on the third floor of Selfridges for Artangel commission

Video, film & new media

Exclusive video: Personal shopping with Marcus Coates

Miranda July creates multifaith charity shop on the third floor of Selfridges for Artangel commission

Frieze 2017

Exclusive video: Personal shopping with Georgina Starr

Miranda July creates multifaith charity shop on the third floor of Selfridges for Artangel commission

Frieze 2017

Exclusive video: Personal shopping with Seth Price

Miranda July creates multifaith charity shop on the third floor of Selfridges for Artangel commission

Video, film & new media

No Woman, No Drive

Satirical video by Saudi Arabian comedian Hisham Fageeh

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati Voices: Noura Al Kaabi on Louvre Abu Dhabi's impact

UAE minister talks about how the museum will change visitors and residents alike

Emirati Voices: Dr Lamees Hamdan on Louvre Abu Dhabi's Bactrian Princess

Commissioner of first UAE pavilion at the Venice Biennale talks about her favourite object from the museum's collection

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Emirati voices: works from the Louvre Abu Dhabi

UAE citizens talk about the work of art that speaks to them most