The new prize, which includes $5000 and a residency in Benin City, was open to artists living in Ghana and Nigeria

Co-sponsored by arts charity Art Explora, the new mobile museum aims to increase access to the UK's Government Art Collection and works from other partner institutions

As part of a revamp of its galleries devoted to early American art, the museum is installing a clay jar by an enslaved artist alongside a bowl made by a hero of the US Revolutionary War

With a retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London, the Turner Prize-winning artist—known for his monumental creations and use of rich pigments—explains why he continues to be drawn to feminine imagery, how rituals are important to his art, and what it is like working with the blackest black

Art Basel may transform Basel during its annual summer spell, but the city’s art ecosystem exists long before the fair and its many satellites arrive—and continues long after they leave

The usually restrained London-based collector, who grew up in China, can make decisions rapidly when she sees something she really responds to

The exhibition's curator, Stefanie Hessler, picks out some of this year's highlights

As he recovers from a brutal physical attack, the artist talks about his Münsterplatz commission and why it is important to preserve the memory of objects that have a complex history

We talk to David Hockney about Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which broke an auction record this week, selling at Christie's New York for $90.3m with fees. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

To mark the British artist's birthday today, we release behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, in which he describes where he gets his innate sense of assurance from

Martin Gayford’s book pays tribute to Britain’s greatest living artist before an exhibition at London’s Royal Academy

"The world is very beautiful, but human beings are quite mad," says the British artist

The book, estimated at up to £600,000, is the first original edition to appear at auction in more than a century

The fair's first edition at Sotheby’s landmark Madison Avenue home will feature an expanded roster of international galleries

Constant expansion and rising prices in the primary market necessary for a mega gallery are "unfixable", says chief executive Marc Glimcher

Giacomo Manzù: The Artist and his Dealer explores the decades-long relationship between the Italian artist and Rosenberg's father

There are more than a dozen documented archaeological and historic sites within one mile of the proposed arch location, according to a new report, and additional undocumented materials may be present

A newly discovered archaeological site has revealed a massive rock face covered in art that is believed to be ancient

The 1959 painting 'The Castle of the Pyrenees' is being restored at the Israel Museum

Shortly before his departure from the museum, Fábio Szwarcwald had publicly stated that it lacked fire insurance between 2006 and 2022, which the museum claims undermined its credibility

Oscar Tuazon’s new commission for the New York City Aids Memorial revisits Burton’s final public work

An exhibition in Oslo shows how the Norwegian artist hoped to build on the Freia chocolate factory frieze with even more ambitious work

Saved from a children’s hospital marked for demolition, the 15 surviving panels of Abram Champanier’s WPA mural are the subject of a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York

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

"Trees of Great Britain and Ireland" offers a handsome insight into early 20th-century botanical photography

Different artists’ takes on the film star are explored ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

From a ninth-century Chinese frontispiece to Marxist magazine covers, this rich tome explores the power of illustration and the ways in which we read such images

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

The English musician will co-organise a show at the UK's Hepworth Wakefield next year

British artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley will design the ninth hole on this summer's putt-putt course in Battersea

Co-host Salma Hayek Pinault may be best known to the art world for her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Frida Kahlo

Having just taken on the Met Gala as a "living sculpture", the multi-disciplinary artist came to Venice later in the week for a compelling performance

The argument that you can do good from the inside of an institution ravaged by the Trump administration no longer washes

The end of free universal museum entry risks deterring visitors and creating a two-tier system

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

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

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

London-based Dutch artist uses reassembled broken china fragments to create five unique vessels

The jewellery designer's Heritage Collection presents rare 20th-century creations

The Japanese artist takes the simplest of materials to make his powerful installations

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

Widely known by her online alter ego Jerry Gogosian, Helphenstein had come to prominence through her memes and critiques of the art world

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

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