The price, three times its high estimate, smashed the auction records for Lalanne's work and any design object

The gifted works, by 78 artists, date from the 1950s to today and will be featured in an exhibition in 2027

“Jaful Secolului” (Traffic) was inspired by a 2012 heist at Kunsthal Rotterdam and is Romania’s official selection for the 2026 Oscars

Archaeologists discovered Palaeolithic fire-making tools in a field in the east of England

The prize, presented in partnership with Nxthvn, includes a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles and $25,000

The crypto mogul Justin Sun—who famously bought Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m banana work and ate it—has also donated $7.8m to the government relief fund

The blue-chip gallery has acquired a 19th-century palazzo in need of restoration in Sicily

Highly successful auctions and fairs do not solve the market’s deeper problems

From 1 January 2026 onward, MoMA PS1 will be the largest admission-free museum in New York City, thanks to a gift by philanthropist Sonya Yu

The museum's upcoming “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba, Past and Present” has the support of Canadian Palestinian organisations and some Jewish groups, but has been denounced by others who fear it “will ignore key issues”

Set to open in 2027, Wynn Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah is a $5.1bn project from the US hotel and casino group Wynn Resorts

As the country's art scene continues to expand, the reliance on external companies such as McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group is raising eyebrows

The next edition of India's leading exhibition, curated by Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces, features performances by Marina Abramovic and Tino Sehgal

Three major pieces, stolen in the October robbery, are absent from the otherwise glittering presentation

Stained-glass works by the French artist Claire Tabouret will replace the original windows, which suffered no damage in the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s spire

The latest announcements of the key players representing their countries at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

With Art Basel week in full swing, we sent the Magnum photographer on a tour of the city’s fairs and museums to see what caught his eye

In 1999, during a pause in the editing of his BBC TV film ‘Think of England’, the photographer sat down with The Art Newspaper

In this extract from her new book, Maria "Masha" Alyokhina Alyokhina recalls her first meeting with the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson

The best publications about Picasso's later years, from an esteemed biography to a book about his animal drawings—selected by the curators Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The security expert Anthony Amore provides insights into the curious case of Myles Connor, who stole Rembrandt’s Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn

An anti-establishment fixture of the Los Angeles scene, Foulkes leaves behind a long legacy of furious expression spanning painting, sculpture, animation, music and more

From the signage of HMS Victory and Tate Britain, to the graphic identities of galleries and biennials, his designs can be found across contemporary British culture

The founding editor-in-chief of the bilingual Artes Visuales magazine, Stellweg ran galleries in new York and was also a prolific critic, scholar and curator

A beloved figure in the Windy City art scene, Fitzpatrick was an artist, author, actor, curator and more

John-Paul Stonard argues the case for honouring Constable at London's soon-to-be expanded National Gallery

To read a painting is to understand the context in which it was made, not the context in which we see it, writes Bendor Grosvenor

The writer went beyond the noble occupation of the art critic, smuggling hope into our lives

Affinities and distinctions are equally welcomed in a pair of exhibitions at the London venue

The artist had “a very full existence” in the French capital during the 1970s

Swifties have been arriving in droves to catch a glimpse of Friedrich Heyser's Ophelia, which appears in a recent music video by the showgirl superstar

An new app allows visitors to ‘speak’ with 20 statues in three languages

The Queen of Pop’s 2003 visit sparked a lawsuit—but she was spotted there again just last month