News
Guatemala museum that suddenly shuttered after court-ordered raid to reopen
The Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua closed abruptly last December, and its collection of 287 works has been in limbo ever since
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News
Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen caught up in alleged bribery scandal as civil servants dismissed
The city’s mayor said that two civil servants were found to have accepted “gifts from the municipality’s business contacts in exchange for possible preferential treatment”
News
Remembering Sliman Mansour, a defining figure of Palestinian art
Through his art, Mansour was a pioneering force of Palestinian cultural resistance
News
From the flower field to the infinity room: a story of Yayoi Kusama’s journey to becoming a superstar artist
Discouraged from pursuing an artistic career as a young woman, Kusama went on to inspire millions with her performances, installations, paintings and more
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Art market
Art Market
Frieze Abu Dhabi: which galleries are taking part in the inaugural fair?
Taking over the longstanding Abu Dhabi Art, the Frieze brand has lured international dealerships alongside a strong showing of regional names
Art Market
Founders of alternative art fair Basel Social Club to launch new event in Tokyo
Tokyo Jazz Club, taking place in a former capsule hotel during this year’s Art Week Tokyo, will “privilege experience over spectacle” according to organisers
Art Market
A guide to artist agents and consultancies
An A-Z of organisations and individuals that offer professional services to artists beyond traditional gallery representation
Art Market
When galleries go bust, artists and collectors can struggle to recover their works—here, legal experts offer advice
Without proper written agreements, consigners sometimes find themselves in a protracted and costly process
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Museums & heritage
Museums & Heritage
Ruth Mackenzie to reportedly oversee museums, libraries and relationship with Arts Council England for UK culture ministry
Mackenzie, who was made a peer in July, previously led various performing arts festivals and theatres in the UK and abroad, and was most recently director of arts at the British Council
Museums & Heritage
Smithsonian races to finalise site for national Latino museum
The board of regents will discuss opening the institution inside the historic Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall—a move that could circumvent congressional approval, and president Trump
Museums & Heritage
UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait
The export bar gives UK museums and galleries until 26 December to raise the funds to keep the painting in the country
Museums & Heritage
More than 100 works from Canada’s federal collection of Indigenous art are ‘unaccounted for’
The Indigenous Art Centre has been unable to locate 111 works from its collection of more than 5,000 pieces by First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Artist Piers Secunda creates paintings from ashes of Ukrainian buildings bombed by Russia
Works in the exhibition “Nature Morte”, on display at Fitzrovia Gallery, are accompanied by open-source information about individuals identified by the Ukrainian governmen as complicit in war crimes
Exhibitions
The Armory Show will launch two museum acquisition prizes at upcoming fair
The Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Bronx Museum will acquire works next month from the fair’s Focus and Presents sections, respectively
Exhibitions
‘These are party houses aren't they?’ Why Britain's stately homes are opening up to contemporary art
Showing works by artists including Tracey Emin and Phyllida Barlow over the summer is helping to attract new audiences and bolster income for historic buildings
Exhibitions
‘We don't think it should be controversial to talk about these subjects’: Bonniers Konsthall opens exhibition on art as antifascist resistance ahead of Swedish election
The group show ‘The Defeated: The Aesthetics of Resistance 2026’, which opened in Stockholm this week, is inspired by the antifascist, postwar literature of German-Swedish writer Peter Weiss
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Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
How a new generation of Indigenous artists is redefining Taiwan’s contemporary art scene
Breakout projects this year highlight a rethinking around tradition, identity and belonging
Venice Biennale
Former Pussy Riot member says she was recruited by Russian security service to spy on dissident artists
Rita Flores, in a new video interview, claims she was pressured by FSB agents who threatened to kill her family
Venice Biennale
Job opportunity: The Art Newspaper is hiring a Commercial Lead for Asia
The Art Newspaper is looking for an enthusiastic candidate to lead its commercial efforts in Asia
Venice Biennale
Job opportunity: The Art Newspaper is hiring a Commercial Lead for the UK and Europe
The Art Newspaper is looking for an enthusiastic candidate to join its commercial team
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Opinion
Opinion
Comment | Felix Gonzalez-Torres's major survey in Madrid shows how his art was both stridently political and gently lyrical
The exhibition at the Museo Reina Sofía demonstrates the wealth of meanings in the artist's work
Opinion
Comment | Kyiv must not let bureaucracy destroy the culture that Russian drones have already damaged
After multiple assaults from Moscow, now the artist community Nahirna22 faces eviction
Opinion
Online art competition raises millions for charity—and many questions
“The People’s Artist”, an online competition with Johnny Depp as its spokesperson, pulled in thousands of entrants with promises of an exhibition and magazine coverage
Opinion
‘You can’t be burdened by a legacy’: James Taylor-Foster on his vision for Hong Kong's Para Site as it turns 30
The new executive director says Hong Kong’s longest-running independent art space must widen access while rethinking what an independent institution can do in a transformed cultural landscape
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Books
Books
A sweeping new history of modernism finally gives the global south its due
The decision lands at a delicate moment for an industry already under pressure to change.
Books
Rothko, in his own words: a long-awaited collection of letters
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
Books
Has curating become a cult? A provocative new study says yes
What the latest move means for collectors, curators and the wider public conversation.
Books
A biography of Lee Krasner that finally puts her at the centre
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
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Columns
Columns
When Dolly met Andy: a snapshot of the country music legend’s impact on artists
From Warhol to Annie Leibovitz, the late Dolly Parton was an inspiration to artists over her long career
Columns
A brush with… Dawoud Bey
Dawoud Bey talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Art of Luxury
Why the world's biggest collectors are quietly buying watches again
An on-the-ground account of a story that has been quietly building for months.
Adventures with Van Gogh
A newly attributed letter places Van Gogh in Arles a week earlier than thought
A closer look at the people, institutions and ideas reshaping the field this season.
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Art of Luxury
Art of Luxury
Sun, sea, sand—and art: luxury hotel in Crete commissions works in response to the island
The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation has taken on the challenge of putting outdoor art in scorching Mediterranean conditions at the Minos Palace Resort
Art of Luxury
Art and design A-levels at lowest uptake since 2010 according to UK advocacy group
The recent release of A-level and GSCE data for UK students and schools has renewed calls to ‘revitalise arts education’
Art of Luxury
Hong Kong's spring sales suggest the Asian market has bottomed out
The decision lands at a delicate moment for an industry already under pressure to change.
Art of Luxury
A small Welsh museum becomes an unlikely model for sustainable curation
A closer look at the people, institutions and ideas reshaping the field this season.
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Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh
A century ago, Tate borrowed five Van Goghs to inaugurate its new ‘modern foreign’ galleries
Lent by British private collectors, the Van Goghs subsequently went abroad—except for a fake, which is now in a castle in Wales
Adventures with Van Gogh
A landmark Bourgeois show travels from Bilbao to Seoul this autumn
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
Adventures with Van Gogh
MoMA announces a $200m endowment from an anonymous donor
An on-the-ground account of a story that has been quietly building for months.
Adventures with Van Gogh
Inside the Arsenale: a first walk-through of the central exhibition
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
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Podcasts
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The Art Newspaper Podcast
Episode 214: Why the biennale model may finally be broken
With curators Inés Saldaña and Marcus Lehmann · 38 min