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Woman sues Walker Art Center after being told she could not breastfeed in a gallery
It appears the museum’s own employees were unaware of the policy that “parents are free to nurse children wherever”
Luc Tuymans creates a series of ephemeral murals within the Louvre
The Belgian artist’s four large wall paintings reference a lost 1990 work of his called 'The Orphan', and will remain in place for a year
Native American curator sues Chicago Blackhawks professional hockey team for fraud, sexual harassment
Nina Sanders claims she was hired as a consultant for the team to “pacify resistance” to the Chicago Blackhawks’ use of a Native American name and imagery
British Museum recovers a further 268 stolen objects
The institution’s chair George Osborne has described the total number of items returned as a result that “few expected”, though more than 800 remain missing
Blavatnik up, no change for Zabludowicz: Sunday Times Rich List reveals art world fortunes
This year's list records a historic low for the number of British billionaires
Art market
Nine-year-old’s exhibition opens at Christie’s
The show by the aspiring artist is supported by the auction house and the charity Art of Wishes
African art market confronts economic turbulence on the continent
Despite currency collapse of Nigeria's naira and a weakened South African rand, the category performed better than the overall market
Collectors stampeding to Lucy Bull's 'visionary' abstractions
The young Los Angeles-based painter is riding the ups and downs of her spectacular market breakout
Photo London has mass appeal—can it be equally thought-provoking?
The UK's premier photography fair is still finding its identity, with strong curated sections and projects presented amid more vacuous work
Sotheby's makes $198.1m in consistently strong Modern evening sale in New York
The results were led by Monet's 'Meules à Giverny' and Leonora Carrington's record-breaking 'Les Distractions de Dagobert'
Museums & Heritage
How an artist and curator duo are transforming Addis Ababa with their eco-driven projects
Elias Sime and Meskerem Assegued are due to open their biggest building project so far—a cultural centre in the mountains—this autumn
‘A brutal adjustment’: Argentine cultural workers feel the pain of president Milei’s cuts
Mass layoffs at the national library and the defunding of a critical film institute are just the beginning, the administration has promised
British Museum recovers a further 268 stolen objects
The institution’s chair George Osborne has described the total number of items returned as a result that “few expected”, though more than 800 remain missing
The US sculpture park communicating difficult truths amid a cultural backlash
In a time of increased lawsuits over diversity initiatives, a civil rights organisation aims to make the history and legacy of slavery in the US undeniable through art and first-person narratives
Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart at centre of portrait controversy
Mining magnate asked National Gallery of Australia to remove depiction by Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira
Exhibitions
Smoke, fire and livid sunsets: exhibition to show how Turner traced beginnings of climate breakdown
Works on view at the artist’s house in London will reveal the way he captured the early impact of the industrial revolution on the British landscape
America as you've never seen it before: the Dutch settlement of New York from the Native American perspective
An exhibition at the Amsterdam Museum in the Netherlands marks 400 years since the colonisation of the city at the mouth of the Hudson River
Picasso, Giacometti and Bruce Nauman, three artists who ‘redefined sculpture’, to be shown together for first time in London
Exhibition at Gagosian aims to show the “correspondence or unity of material among the three of them,” says its curator
Wouldn't it be nice to see The Beach Boys: new show goes behind the scenes of seminal 1960s band
Exhibition at Iconic Images Gallery includes rarely seen works by top photographers from the period, as well as childhood pictures
Courtauld show to make Monet’s 1905 London ‘dream’ exhibition a reality
Three weeks before a planned London gallery show of his paintings of Waterloo Bridge, Charing Cross Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, the “perfectionist” Impressionist pulled out, dissatisfied with the state of his canvases
Opinion
The Tudor blockbuster: why Holbein still mesmerises 500 years on
"There is evidently something about Holbein that resonates strongly with modern audiences"
From Titian to Alex Katz, artists and poets have long enjoyed a symbiosis
Katz’s fruitful relationships with John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara among others are a reminder that art and poetry thrive in proximity
'Why British museums must start charging entrance fees'
Low pay for museum workers, decreased local authority spending and a theft scandal have highlighted that "it’s time for some difficult choices," says the writer and broadcaster Ben Lewis
The €5 tourist tax to enter Venice kicks in: 15,700 tickets sold but this will not solve the city’s problems
Day visitors should pay €25 as for the Uffizi but be made proud to help save the city
'Enjoy the Venice Biennale, everyone—but be aware it's taking place in a dying city'
Venice can still be saved from the rising water level: here’s how
Diary
A royal in red—King Charles III portrait unveiled
The work by Jonathan Yeo shows Charles wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards
Sit on a sponsor? Maybe after visiting a sweeping show of British still lifes
A sofa company is supporting a new exhibition of Modern and contemporary still lifes at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, southern England
Jane Fonda and Larry Gagosian work it for the planet
The Oscar-winning actress and the art dealer have teamed up to support California's fight against oil drilling
Seeing the light: Caravaggio steals the Netflix show Ripley
The Baroque bad boy plays a leading role in a new adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley
Proud mum Madonna drops in on son Rocco’s Miami show
His "Pack a Punch" paintings are inspired by Thai boxers
Technology
News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.
In Tokyo, teamLab's giant new immersive space opens glittering portals of the imagination
The light-filled, interactive, spaces at teamLab Borderless offer “full-body joy” to the author's school-age children—as well as some cool selfies
Aleksandra Artamonovskaja is appointed head of arts for TriliTech, the entrepreneurship team supporting Tezos blockchain
Artamonovskaja, a leading consultant and moderator in the Web3 world, will oversee development of opportunities for artists across the Tezos ecosystem
On process: Refik Anadol seeks to demystify AI art by showing how it is put together
The media artist's "Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive" at Serpentine Galleries, London, goes for radical clarity on its raw data sources and the make-up of Anadol's artificial intelligence Large Nature Model
Robert Alice breaks new ground with auction of generative art NFTs on Christie's 3.0
Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"
Quantum leap: how a decade of NFTs has changed digital art
Two books take a look at the past and future of the non-fungible token. Once seen as the creature of market hype, the NFT now promises the first shared technical standard for the digital art world
Book Club
A move to London, the famous logo and liquid lunches: a short history of Thames & Hudson
As it marks its 75th anniversary, we hear how the “amazing melting pot” of Vienna shaped the publisher’s identity and what’s in store for the future
An expert's guide to colour: five must-read books on all things chromatic
All you ever wanted to know about the topic, from our difficult relationship with colour to a remarkable monochrome children’s book—selected by the colour historian Alexandra Loske
The art critic Robert Storr on the slow road to social and racial justice
A new series of books titled Focal Points launches with three volumes of essays and articles by the former curator
May Book Bag: from a compilation of Eva Hesse exhibitions to a guide for tackling Nazi loot in museums
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Books
‘Shamefully duped’: friend of convicted art fraudster Inigo Philbrick spills the beans in new memoir
In the warts-and all publication, Orlando Whitfield discusses his 15-year friendship with Philbrick while offering insights into the world of art dealing
From pews to power stations: a history of interwar British architecture that some feared might not be published
Gavin Stamp’s final book offers a fitting memorial to the architectural historian and Private Eye columnist
Ghosts of America’s ‘Street of Dreams’: a comprehensive book brings the history of New York’s Fifth Avenue to life
Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
How Van Gogh’s ‘Bedroom’ paved the way to Modern art
Tate’s show on Expressionism reminds us that Vincent was “the father of us all”
National Gallery, London: 200th anniversary
The museum has launched a year of celebrations, loans and public events to mark 200 years since the opening of the gallery on 10 May 1824. The collection, now covering international art from the 13th to 19th centuries, has evolved so that, for breadth and quality, it is arguably unmatched by any other single museum in the world.
The National Gallery, London, celebrates its bicentenary with a full-colour Big Birthday Weekend
Music, poetry, and Renaissance selfies are on the menu and—for two nights only—the Trafalgar Square frontage will be lit up with a dazzling, projection-mapped show on the museum's 200-year history
Gabriele Finaldi welcomes a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to rethink London’s National Gallery
As the London museum celebrates its 200th birthday, its director speaks to The Art Newspaper about plans to reopen the Sainsbury Wing in May 2025, rehang the collection and consider work on a further extension
National Gallery in London celebrates 200th birthday by launching own network of social media influencers
As part of the anniversary in July, the museum has launched 200 Creators
Revealed: London's National Gallery will stage a Van Gogh blockbuster as part of its 2024 bicentenary celebrations
Star loans include The Bedroom, Garden of the Asylum and—of course—the exhibition will show the museum's own Sunflowers
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
The Week in Art podcast | Tate’s historic women artists show, Dia at 50, Martin Wong’s record-breaking painting
Exploring Now You See Us, which celebrates the output of Vanessa Bell, Mary Beale and many more, plus conversations about Dia’s legacy and the ’visual linguist‘ Wong
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A brush with... Kapwani Kiwanga
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from residencies in Paris to the jazz legend Sun Ra
Obituaries
Dinh Q. Lê, master of multimedia art and mentor to fellow artists across southeast Asia, has died, aged 56
Vietnamese-American artist, best known for his distinctive photo-weaving works, made powerful statements in photography, video, sculpture and installation that challenged politics, history and memory
Richard Serra, creator of audacious steel sculptures, has died aged 85
The American sculptor received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
Antoine Predock, architect of distinctive museums in the US and Canada, has died, aged 87
His Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Tang Teaching Museum and Tacoma Art Museum were typical of an approach that melded modernism and post-modernism into a characteristically unpredictable aesthetic
Lucas Samaras, tirelessly adventurous New York artist, has died, aged 87
The Greek American artist was always willing to try new forms and materials, working across sculpture, photography, performance, installation and more
Remembering Jacob Rothschild, banker, collector, philanthropist, and a towering figure in the British art world
A scion of the famous banking dynasty, he led the National Gallery, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Waddesdon Manor