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Could Mexico’s treasured Kahlos leave the country forever?
While the struggle over the Gelman Collection’s move to Spain continues, the Mexican supreme court will soon decide whether to overturn a law banning Frida’s art from permanent export
Exhibition in Bogotá shows off more than 1,000 repatriated pre-Columbian artefacts
On public view for the first time, the objects were all returned during outgoing president Gustavo Petro’s administration
Trump’s arch clears preliminary review—and could upend years of precedent over building heights in Washington, DC
Meanwhile another giant memorial-arch project in Salt Lake City, Utah, has local residents up in arms
Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum in London after secret English Channel crossing
The medieval embroidery was delivered to the museum from France in the early hours of the morning ahead of the September exhibition opening
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art announces plans for Thailand outpost
The private museum has signed an agreement with Asset World Corporation to establish Mona Bangkok
Art market
Auction houses made significant recoveries in 2026, ArtTactic report finds
Data from Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips shows confidence from major single-owner sales is trickling down to the rest of the art market
Phillips counts on luxury watches for sales in first half of 2026
Three timepieces are among the house's top five highest-priced lots this year
Can a Riga fair foster a new generation of collectors in Latvia?
The Baltic state is bidding to bolster its nascent art market
19th century bronze Laocoön leads London Old Master auctions, selling for £13.6m at Sotheby's
Work achieved the second highest price ever for a pre-Modern sculpture at auction, while Thomas Lawrence's portrait of the Duke of Wellington sold for an artist record £9.7m at Christie's
Latin American commercial art space to launch in London this October
Founded by the Brazilian collector Flavia Nespatti, Antesala in Fitzrovia will combine selling shows of Latin American artists with an advisory and public programme
Museums & Heritage
Bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease found in Guggenheim Museum cooling tower amid neighbourhood outbreak
The building remains safe for both visitors and employees, as city inspectors continue to test for Legionella across Manhattan’s Upper East Side
Hundreds of ancient coins and inscribed pottery fragments discovered at Byzantine site in Egypt
The 'Ain al-Sebil site in the Dakhleh Oasis had an organised village plan, with a fortress, watch towers and a fourth-century basilica at its centre
Icom adopts new code of ethics for museums in bid to address a ‘rapidly changing world’
The new code provides revised principles on how institutions should handle issues ranging from education to their relationship to society
White, patriarchal and Christian: White House’s vision for the National Museum of American History
A surprise 162-page report released on 4 July reveals the Trump administration’s efforts to shape US history and culture through the Smithsonian
Ukraine gives its troops a handbook on protecting cultural property
The guidelines aim to make international laws readily accessible to soldiers on the ground, and reflects Ukraine's experience in the war against Russia
Diary
K-pop stars BTS and British Museum band together for art trail
The London institution has collaborated with the Korean music group as part of a citywide experience supporting the BTS world tour Arirang
Nicholas Cullinan portrait goes up at his former employer, London's National Portrait Gallery
Elizabeth Peyton's painting of Cullinan, now the director of the British Museum, is now on permanent display at the gallery
London Library, a favourite haunt of the art and literary crowds, celebrates its 185th birthday
The historic lending library has an extensive collection, including a large selection of art books
Art Basel Diary: Kanye's Greek goddess, a wheelie good read and the ultimate plunge pool
Plus The Art Newspaper dives with the ducklings and art critics just got fluffier
Art Basel Diary: The universe’s first interdimensional artist, Hockney homages and natty gnashers
Plus princess throws some fade and airport show takes off
Exhibitions
The ‘stuff’ of life tells the story of Audrey Amiss, whose promising career was derailed by mental illness
Wellcome Collection’s exhibition includes paintings and drawings by the prolific artist, as well as the ephemera through which she chronicled her life
Buckingham Palace doubles number of paintings on display in rehung picture gallery
Works from the Royal Collection by Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian and others are on show, some for the first time in decades
Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective’s sprawling Arles installation offers haunting world view
The collaborative show 'Correspondences' at Luma Arles in France marks the first major European presentation of the film works
New York exhibition fundraising for Venezuelan earthquake relief efforts
More than 200 works on view at Henrique Faria Fine Art are on offer to raise funds for emergency aid in Venezuela through the World Central Kitchen
‘Even sewing a button can be subversive’: Ai Weiwei opens vast new show in Manchester
The Chinese activist-artist's exhibition, titled ‘Button Up!’, at Factory International’s Aviva Studios also features a reenactment of his incarceration in 2011
Books
How novelists continue to be inspired by artists
Several books out this summer use art as a springboard—we speak to some of their authors
Joseph Beuys was ambitious, ‘perhaps to the point of megalomania’, says a new book about the German artist
A new reading of the life and work of Beuys is no hagiography, seeing Beuys as someone who was fiercely determined and created myths about himself
The worst of us: a philosopher’s guide to the world’s most depraved art
The academic Daisy Dixon discusses her new book investigating the art that has provoked outrage over the centuries
An expert’s guide to Gustave Courbet: five must-read books on the French painter
The best Courbet publications, from a comprehensive monograph to a look at how he was “a skilful media strategist”—selected by the curators Sonja Pizonka and Anna Brohm
July Book Bag: from a selection of US folk art to a closer look at the work of YBA Gary Hume
Our round-up of the latest art publications
A new biography looks at how Michael Andrews shifted from slow burner to innovative creator
Opinion
Comment | Why should artists stay in cities like London and New York when financial pressures are making it harder than ever?
Josh Kline’s viral essay highlights how creative people lose gumption in the face of financial burden, but we should all strive for community instead of competing for the wealthy’s attention
Comment | Georg Baselitz's final exhibition is a warning that history is repeating itself
Since the opening of the late German artist's Venice show, events at the Biennale and the result of the UK's council elections have continued to expose art's vulnerability to politics
Comment | Opportunists are to blame for the Kennedy Center’s downfall
The argument that you can do good from the inside of an institution ravaged by the Trump administration no longer washes
Comment | The flaws in the plan to charge entry to British museums
The end of free universal museum entry risks deterring visitors and creating a two-tier system
Comment | Flourishing markets beyond the big three will benefit the art ecosystem—and the planet
Regions outside of the US, UK and China have grown their share from 17% of business in 2015 to 24% in 2025, according to report
Obituaries
Remembering Desmond Morris, the Surrealist painter and zoologist who explored the artistic abilities of apes
Morris's eight decades at the easel left him among the last of the original Surrealists
Remembering Julio Le Parc, a pioneer of kinetic art
The Argentine-born, Paris-based artist, who died at age 97, had been hoping to attend the opening of his retrospective at Tate Modern next week
Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian graphic novelist, dies at 56
Best known for her graphic novel Persepolis and its award-winning film adaption, Satrapi died in Paris on 4 June from “sadness” following her husband's recent death
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, American artist and satirist, has died at age 40 in São Paulo, local media reports
Widely known by her online alter ego Jerry Gogosian, Helphenstein had come to prominence through her memes and critiques of the art world
The art world remembers Valie Export, Austrian pioneer of feminist performance art
Best known for daring audiences to face and feel the female body on her own terms, the performance artist died in Vienna on 14 May at 85 years old
A brush with... podcast
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The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern, the Brexit effect, a Renaissance tarot deck—podcast
In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern in London, speaks to Alexander Herman of the Institute of Art and Law on the impact of Brexit ten years on, and discusses the Renaissance-era Visconti-Sforza Tarot, on view at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.
Art Basel in Basel, Pierre Huyghe interview, James Turrell—podcast
Pan-Africanism in London, the health benefits of art, Barbara Hepworth—podcast
Yemen heritage, US flags at the National Gallery in Washington, Felix Gonzalez-Torres—podcast
Smithsonian Women’s Museum chaos, Oliver Beer and Rufus Wainwright, Jasper Johns in Bilbao—podcast
New York auctions, James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain, Edvard Munch—podcast
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.
The story behind Iran’s only Van Gogh: ‘At Eternity’s Gate’
Once owned by a US vice president, the print was acquired by the Shah’s wife and is now at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
The Art of Luxury
A magazine, published twice per year by The Art Newspaper, exploring how grande marque fashion, jewellery, travel and lifestyle interact with artists, the art market and the museums and heritage sector
Mexican chef brings spirit of Frida Kahlo to Tate Modern pop up restaurant
Santiago Lastra is combining a love for the artist and his home cuisine in London this summer
From the Hamptons to Saint-Tropez: design fairs PAD and Nomad follow the sun
Nomad co-founder and director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte describes the fair as “a resort concept”
'A work of conceptual art': Belmond launches new Art Deco-inspired train dining car
The film director Baz Luhrmann and his wife, production designer Catherine Martin, have designed the lavish interior
Hotel and art hub Casabianca opens on Italy's Lake Como
From Jannis Kounellis to Anselm Kiefer, a very personal art collection, asssembled by the De Santis family, is now on view in the 1930s villa