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Major protests take place at Venice Biennale previews

More than 200 people attended a protest outside the Israeli pavilion, while the activists groups Pussy Riot and FEMEN led a demonstration at Russia’s

Melissa Gronlundabout 9 hours ago

Brandywine Conservancy and Museum picks architects for $100m expansion project

The Pennsylvania museum and land trust plans an ambitious overhaul of its campus, which will connect gallery buildings to the original studios of N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth

Hilarie M. Sheetsabout 10 hours ago

Two truths? US 250th anniversary programmes take differing approaches

America250 was established by congress and files regular reports while Freedom 250 is planning a mixed martial arts fight at the White House on Trump’s 80th birthday

Helen Stoilasabout 13 hours ago

Father and daughter plead guilty in $2m counterfeit art scheme

Erwin Bankowski and Karolina Bankowska, of New Jersey, commissioned counterfeit works to pass off as pieces by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Richard Mayhew, Banksy and others

Alton Yanabout 3 hours ago

Today’s war, tomorrow’s loot: attempts at stemming the illicit trade in art

Experts usually say there is a delay of several years between conflict in a country and its looted objects entering the art market

Alexander Hermanabout 12 hours ago

Venice Biennale 2026

Breaking news, analysis, interviews and more from the world-famous exhibition, including The Art Newsaper’s on-the-ground coverage

Our pick of the best pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale

From splashing sewage to moments of zen, here is our selection of top national presentations in the Giardini, Arsenale and across town

Cultural workers at Venice Biennale to strike over Israel’s participation

A rally is also planned to take place in the city on the same day, 8 May

Gareth Harrisabout 14 hours ago

Alvaro Barrington takes a road trip to the Venice Biennale

The artist's contribution to In Minor Keys includes a decked out truck driven from London to Venice

The Art Newspaperabout 8 hours ago

‘She had a fresh, informed eye’: mural depicting late Venice Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh displayed in lagoon city

Derrick Adams’ piece features “beams of gold signifying the brilliance and reach” of the curator’s influence

The Venice Biennale has long been a sales platform—now no one is pretending otherwise

From a Christie's exhibition to a posthumous display of Mel Ramos, this year numerous explicitly commercial shows signal a shift in attitude

Art market

David Nahmad maintains that his Modigliani was not looted by the Nazis

The Lebanese billionaire cited Marc Restellini’s recently published catalogue raisonné as proof that this has all been a case of mistaken identity

Art trade adjusting after US Supreme Court struck down Trump's extreme tariffs

After the ruling, President Donald Trump imposed new rate of up to 15%, although this is also being challenged and is likely to be temporary

In new play, Norval Morrisseau forgery scandal prompts questions about authenticity and Indigenous identity

Drew Hayden Taylor’s “The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light”, which recently debuted in Vancouver, interrogates fraud in several forms

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

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

Museums & Heritage

Latino community organisation opens $33m arts centre in Boston

La Casa, the new home of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, will be a hub for civic engagement, education and artistic expression

Kimberly Hatfieldabout 4 hours ago

Pedro Reyes’s new Lacma commission sparks criticism in Mexico

Mexican cultural figures say the Olmec-inspired sculpture reprises a work that was previously rejected in Mexico City

1,000-year-old archaeological site bulldozed during construction of Mexico-US border wall

A contractor for the Department of Homeland Security destroyed a 1,000-year-old etching in the sand of the Sonoran Desert

Van Gogh Museum in funding mediation with Dutch government following threats of closure

Legal proceedings—begun by the museum to demand more public funding for a renovation—have now been postponed

Senay Boztas1 day ago

Filippo Lippi painting—once the centrepiece of Florence's Palazzo Medici chapel—to undergo two-year restoration

The varnish layer of the work, which is held in Berlin's Gemäldegalerie, is degrading the tempera paint

J.S. Marcus1 day ago

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

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

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

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

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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Books

An expert's guide to Tracey Emin: five must-read books on the British artist

The best Emin publications, from her searingly honest autobiography to a collection of revealing snapshots—selected by the Tate’s assistant curator Jess Baxter

How the adoption of canvas in Venice changed the way artists painted

Four key takeaways from a new book about the innovative use of canvas in 16th-century Italy

J.S. Marcus1 day ago

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

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

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

Ifeoluwa Adedejiabout 12 hours ago

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

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 Morrison

Opinion

Comment | Degenerate art all over again? Nazi attack on Modern art is not far away from trends in today’s world

When it comes to art, Trump is an utter vacuum—he makes the Nazis look like great connoisseurs, says author John-Paul Stonard

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

Obituaries

Remembering Pat Steir, one of the 20th century’s late-blooming great artists

The painter made gravity her collaborator, transforming poured oil paint into one of the defining gestures of late 20th-century abstraction

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

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

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

Alvaro Barrington takes a road trip to the Venice Biennale

The artist's contribution to In Minor Keys includes a decked out truck driven from London to Venice

The Art Newspaperabout 8 hours ago

‘She had a fresh, informed eye’: mural depicting late Venice Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh displayed in lagoon city

Derrick Adams’ piece features “beams of gold signifying the brilliance and reach” of the curator’s influence

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

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