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Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá's director departs amid accusations she harassed staff

Martha Ortiz is out only two months after the sudden dismissal of artistic director Eugenio Viola

Mercedes Ezquiagaabout 13 hours ago

Venice Biennale’s jury resigns

The five-person jury resigned amid an escalating dispute over the participation of Israel and Russia at this year’s Biennale

James Imam1 day ago

Georg Baselitz, German artist who turned figurative painting on its head, has died, aged 88

Baselitz’s death comes on the eve of a major exhibition of his latest paintings at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini concurrent with the Venice Biennale

US National Gallery of Art receives $116m gift to continue nationwide lending programme

The donation, from the foundation of the collector and NGA trustee Mitchell P. Rales, is the largest programming gift in the gallery’s history

Alton Yanabout 13 hours ago

Botticelli under UK export ban purchased by Klesch Collection

The Quattrocento Renaissance painting will be on loan to the Ashmolean Museum for three years

Gareth Harrisabout 8 hours ago

Art market

Pittsburgh’s burgeoning gallery community readies for its moment in art world spotlight

As the latest Carnegie International arrives, Pittsburgh’s long-running and newer commercial art spaces make the case for a more supportive, sustainable and slower-paced scene

Louis Bury1 day ago

British billionaire's £200m art collection most expensive ever offered in UK

Financier Joe Lewis's trove of market titans, including Klimt, Schiele and Bacon, will "inject trust into the London market" when it is sold at Sotheby's this June

Anna Brady1 day ago

Full extent of Stephen Friedman Gallery's £7.8m debt revealed in filings

The bankrupt gallery owes £800,000 to three prominent artists—Alexandre Diop, Deborah Roberts and Kehinde Wiley—while other major creditors include the logistics company Crozier

Anny Shaw1 day ago

Wildenstein dispute over Monet work highlights art market opacity

Long-running dispute centres on a complex 2004 transaction tied to works by Claude Monet

Texas man who ran cryptocurrency scam supposedly backed by blue-chip art worth $1bn sentenced to 23 years in prison

Robert Dunlap promised investors a coin backed by works by Dalí, Picasso and other renowned artists

Museums & Heritage

Oldest astronomical observatory in the Americas discovered in Peru

The Caral civilisation used the structure thousands of years ago to track the sun, moon and stars to determine conditions for fishing and gathering shellfish

The curator awakens: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art reveals inaugural exhibition lineup

George Lucas is curating 18 thematic exhibitions that will fill 100,000 sq. ft of the $1bn museum he and his wife Mellody Hobson are building in Los Angeles

Ittai Gradel, gems expert who uncovered British Museum thefts, dies aged 61

Gradel’s investigations led to the revelation that 2,000 objects from the British Museum‘s collection had been stolen or damaged

Director of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum to depart in October

During Janne Sirén’s tenure at the Western New York institution, its global influence and physical footprint expanded significantly

Recent discoveries reveal how natural disasters shaped past civilisations: can it help us plan for the future?

New technologies used in archaeological research provide insights into how climate change has long-changed empires and societies

Exhibitions

Paul McCarthy: ‘The world is now an extreme absurdity. The work is a reaction to that’

The veteran provocateur talks about his return to the enduring motif of Santa Claus, and his ongoing collaboration with the German actress Lilith Stangenberg, as an exhibition of his taboo-busting work opens in Paris

Louisa Buckabout 4 hours ago

Cosmic, concrete, earthy: Nancy Holt’s Land Art on show in UK

The Goodwood Art Foundation hosts Britain's first major exhibition by the US artist

Anny Shawabout 7 hours ago

US exhibition unearths the Etruscans and their enduring cultural influence

Nearly 200 objects will be on view at San Francisco's Legion of Honor in a show exploring the influential civilisation

Annabel Keenanabout 7 hours ago

New space dedicated to Oleg Prokofiev—whose abstract art was censored by Soviet Russia—opens in London

The paintings will be unveiled in "Bending Time", the inaugural exhibition at Prokofiev Studio in Hackney

Joe Ware1 day ago

Who is Gladys Hynes? Show reinstates forgotten artist who once represented Britain at the Venice Biennale

Exhibition at Charleston in Lewes, England, explores the work of the now 'non-existent' artist who was linked to avant-garde circles including the Bloomsbury Group

A brush with... podcast

A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to

A brush with... Andrew Cranston—podcast

Andrew Cranston 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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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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

What is a botanical curator? Rahel Kesselring takes on inaugural role at Fondation Beyeler

With the support of the Chanel Culture Fund, the Swiss museum's new role is the first of its kind at a major arts institution

Latest collection of luxury jewellery house Boucheron inspired by pioneering founder

Frédéric Boucheron created the first necklace without a clasp so that women could put it on unaided

How Wayne McGregor’s epic ballets draw on help from his artistic friends

From Carmen Herrera to Saul Nash, the choreographer is a master at utilising the skills of artists and fashion designers

V&A exhibition honours designer Elsa Schiaparelli's unique synthesis of fine art and fashion

The Italian started with a simple, clever sweater and went on to international success

Visitor Figures 2025

The Art Newspaper’s Visitor Figures survey is conducted annually, and is the foremost authority on the attendance of art museums worldwide

Exclusive | The world's 100 most visited art museums in 2025: new venues a big hit with visitors

Our annual survey shows that some of the world’s most venerable institutions are still struggling to attract the number of visitors they had before Covid, but there is enthusiasm for new museums, and in regions such as Asia and Latin America

Irreconcilable differences: Canadian cultural tourism to the US experiences a steep decline

A significant number of Canadians are shunning their neighbours to the south, a phenomenon felt most acutely by smaller museums and those along the border

National Museum of Korea Seoul sees a surge in visitor numbers

According to our 2025 Visitor Figures survey, the Seoul location of the museum is attracting more international guests

How museum funding in Denmark has become reliant on visitor numbers

Danish government reforms have resulted in increased funds for museums, but some question the equity of grants based on footfall

The Week in Art

A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week

Zurbarán in London, the Carnegie International, Walter Sickert’s Ennui—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke takes a tour of the Zurbarán survey at the National Gallery in London, speaks to the director of the Carnegie Museum of Art ahead of this year's Carnegie International in Pittsburgh, and learns about a Walter Sickert painting on view at Charleston in Sussex.

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Alexander Morrisonabout 8 hours ago

Opinion

Comment | The slopification of political art

Artificial intelligence has made it incredibly easy to create pointed visuals in response to crises in real time, but the resulting videos and images have little poignancy or staying power

Comment | Catherine Opie shows us that in dark times, looking for joy can be radical

The artist's new show at the National Portrait Gallery offers plenty of reasons to be cheerful

Comment | A generational moment for Nazi-looted art claims in the US

Expanded version of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (Hear) Act in the US fundamentally alters the legal landscape for both claimants and current owners

Comment | All hail the rise of the art internship

Against a backdrop of a contracting job market for graduates, initiatives such as the Sotheby’s Institute’s fellowship programme are supporting the next generation of art industry experts

Comment | Climate change is forcing tough choices—how much heritage can we save before it is too late?

As increasingly extreme weather threatens cultural sites, archaeologists are turning to technology to try and record them before they are lost forever

Obituaries

Obituary | Umberto Allemandi, visionary publisher who founded 'Il Giornale dell’Arte', has died aged 88

The editor built an international network of publications—including 'The Art Newspaper'—that transformed cultural journalism

Pedro Friedeberg, key figure in Mexican art renowned for hand-shaped chair, has died at age 90

Beyond his famous chair design, Friedeberg created a singular world of ornament, architecture, and irony

Liliana Angulo Cortés, director of Bogotá’s Museo Nacional de Colombia, has died, aged 51

Angulo’s work was devoted to decolonising the museum, anti-racism and reparation with a special focus on diversifying narratives to include more Black and Indigenous voices

Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97

The dealer was known for her support of conceptually challenging artistic practices, and credited with bringing key European figures like Gerhard Richter and Marcel Broodthaers to the US

Remembering Gathie Falk, Canadian artist whose singular practice sparked comparisons to Surrealism and Pop art

Shaped by the austerity of her Mennonite upbringing and the bustling Vancouver art scene of the 1960s and 70s, she developed a playful, poignant and exacting visual language

Books

Final book in trilogy asks: What is the future of the art world?

Writer and researcher András Szántó speaks to art-world movers and shakers for predictions and insights

Book uncovers the life of Barnett Newman, an artist who ran for New York mayor

He is one of the last remaining figures of the “first generation” Abstract Expressionists to be honoured with a major biography

New biography of Chaïm Soutine pieces together illusive artist's life and works

With scant testimony from the man himself, the book relies on the views of others

New catalogues reveal Royal Collection's vast sculpture holdings—and Queen Victoria's acquisition spree

The four volumes offer insight into 1,800 works, including a “uniquely weird” purchase by Edward VII

Pressing issues: the vital role of printmaking in the history of art

We speak to the author of a new book that looks at how making prints has been vital for many famous artists

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.

Rare early photographs reveal lost sites featured in Van Gogh’s paintings

Photographic albums assembled by the artist’s early biographer Gustave Coquiot provide a glimpse into his Arles scenes

Martin Baileyabout 9 hours ago

Spice up your life: Tate channels 90s glam at The Groucho Club

Vogue alumni Edward Enniful will curate Tate Britain's autumn blockbuster 'The 90s: Art and Fashion'

Stealing the show: Mona Lisa heist inspires Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

English composer is busy working on a production inspired by one of the most audacious thefts in art history

Damien Hirst offers his hot take on art dealers

Speaking on a podcast, the artist likened art galleries to estate agents

Innocent mistake? Italy's prime minister appears as a cherub in Rome church

A double of Georgia Meloni was spotted in the chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina

Can you feel the love tonight? Elton John's cosy family portrait captured by Catherine Opie

Picture featuring his sons, husband David and their dogs goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London

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