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At the 2024 Met Gala, the most memorable looks ventured beyond the garden party theme

South African singer Tyla’s sandy Balmain dress was a show-stopper—and not just because she had to be carried up the stairs

Stephanie Spornabout 5 hours ago

Courbet’s ‘The Origin of the World’ daubed with Me Too at Centre Pompidou-Metz

The artist Deborah de Robertis says the demonstration highlights art world misogyny

Gareth Harrisabout 10 hours ago

19th-century book stolen from Brazilian museum in 2008 is located in London and repatriated

The 1823 naturalist tome describes species of monkeys and bats unique to the Amazon

Elena Goukassianabout 3 hours ago

Final exhibition with Richard Serra’s input shows the value of estate planning for artists

Details pre-agreed between artist, his team and David Zwirner solved the first dilemmas of posthumous market management—though later decisions will be made based on a breadth of considerations

Riah Pryorabout 10 hours ago

'From the margins to the forefront': Osman Yousefzada wraps Queen Victoria statue in fabric for new show in Bradford

The artist and designer returns to the city where his father first arrived in the UK in the 1960s

Stephen Smithabout 9 hours ago

Frank Stella (1936-2024)

One of the leading exponents of abstract art for the past half-century, Stella died on 4 May 2024, aged 87. The landmark "Black Paintings" series marked him out as a Minimalist in the 1960s before he expanded his range to include brightly coloured shaped canvases, relief paintings, large-scale sculpture and architecture

Frank Stella, a painter's painter and one of the leading abstract artists of his generation, has died, aged 87

His landmark "Black Paintings" series marked Stella as a Minimalist in the 1960s before he expanded his range to include brightly coloured pieces on shaped canvases, relief paintings, large-scale sculpture and work with architects

Louis Jebb5 May 2024

From the archive—Frank Stella in 2012 on upcoming exhibitions in Zaragoza and Wolfsburg

Stella discusses a collaboration with the architect Santiago Calatrava in the lead-up to a major retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Cristina Carrillo1 January 2012

From the archive: Frank Stella in 1999 — 'I started, and I think I am going to finish, as a committed abstractionist'

The American artist talked about working to commission, exploring the creative tension between figurative and abstract art, his debt to artists of the past and his views on artists of today

Norbert Lynton30 June 1999

From the archive: Frank Stella in 2015—on his Whitney retrospective

As a major exhibition opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the US artist reflects on how beauty is “a given” in art—and how, after nearly 60 years, he is still pursuing “the problems of painting”

Pac Pobric1 November 2015

From the archive: Frank Stella in 2017— a huge show at Art Basel in Miami Beach highlights artist’s sense of ‘free play’

Studio materials and working archive are the focus of a 300-piece exhibition at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

James H. Miller9 December 2017

TAN careers

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The Art Newspaper is looking for an art journalist to join its London team

Partnerships and Fairs Coordinator, London office

The Art Newspaper is looking for a dynamic and strategic Partnerships and Fairs Coordinator to join its London team

Book Club

A move to London, the famous logo and liquid lunches: a short history of Thames & Hudson

As it marks its 75th anniversary, we hear how the “amazing melting pot” of Vienna shaped the publisher’s identity and what’s in store for the future

Florence Hallettabout 3 hours ago

An expert's guide to colour: five must-read books on all things chromatic

All you ever wanted to know about the topic, from our difficult relationship with colour to a remarkable monochrome children’s book—selected by the colour historian Alexandra Loske

José da Silvaabout 5 hours ago

The art critic Robert Storr on the slow road to social and racial justice

A new series of books titled Focal Points launches with three volumes of essays and articles by the former curator

Gareth Harrisabout 4 hours ago

Art market

Have artist-run shows lost their market-making power?

The current focus on biennials obscures a past when artists reset the agenda

Romania’s Rad fair returns bigger and better for round two

Participating gallery numbers up in second edition of the Bucharest art fair

Four ex-staffers say Nino Mier Gallery underpaid multiple artists and pocketed the difference

A series of documents from 2018-19, seen by The Art Newspaper, shows that five artists on the dealer’s roster were shortchanged by as much as 54% on some sales

Klimt portrait surrounded by mystery sells for €30m in Vienna

The price paid by a buyer from Hong Kong was at the lower end of the estimate range, but still an auction record for Austria

Man who sold 145 fraudulent Peter Max paintings sentenced to 14 months in prison

More than 40 people bought what they thought were original paintings by Max, but were in fact prints to which the seller had added paint and signatures

Museums & Heritage

19th-century book stolen from Brazilian museum in 2008 is located in London and repatriated

The 1823 naturalist tome describes species of monkeys and bats unique to the Amazon

Elena Goukassianabout 3 hours ago

At the 2024 Met Gala, the most memorable looks ventured beyond the garden party theme

South African singer Tyla’s sandy Balmain dress was a show-stopper—and not just because she had to be carried up the stairs

Stephanie Spornabout 5 hours ago

Courbet’s ‘The Origin of the World’ daubed with Me Too at Centre Pompidou-Metz

The artist Deborah de Robertis says the demonstration highlights art world misogyny

Gareth Harrisabout 10 hours ago

Hammer Museum gala draws artists, celebrities and a faculty protest

Ann Philbin’s last pre-retirement bash also set a record for attendance and fundraising

Jori Finkel1 day ago

Exhibitions

Castle Howard: stage set for Bridgerton and Brideshead, and now for a full-dress Tony Cragg show

The Liverpool-born sculptor's 50-year engagement with organic, layered, forms works in natural harmony with the Yorkshire treasure house and its Arcadian grounds

Truth and post-truth in American art explored in new show in Rome

Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the works in the Palazzo Barberini exhibition come from the collection of the luxury retail magnate Tony Salamé

Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring

From a historic Harlem Renaissance show at the Met and MoMA's Joan Jonas retrospective to solo museum debuts for Melissa Cody and Nona Faustine

Less is more? Show of miniature sculptures by 20th century titan Henry Moore to open in Bath

The exhibition at the Holburne Museum will look at how the artist known for his grand public sculptures also worked on a much smaller scale

Late Michelangelo drawings—including his deeply meditative crucifixions—explored in London exhibition

British Museum show focuses on the final three decades of the Italian master’s life

Books

‘Shamefully duped’: friend of convicted art fraudster Inigo Philbrick spills the beans in new memoir

In the warts-and all publication, Orlando Whitfield discusses his 15-year friendship with Philbrick while offering insights into the world of art dealing

Olivia McEwanabout 2 hours ago

From pews to power stations: a history of interwar British architecture that some feared might not be published

Gavin Stamp’s final book offers a fitting memorial to the architectural historian and Private Eye columnist

Peter Howellabout 3 hours ago

Ghosts of America’s ‘Street of Dreams’: a comprehensive book brings the history of New York’s Fifth Avenue to life

Established in the early 1800s, the street was once home to the city’s grandest houses, but many were soon replaced by towering apartment buildings, shops and hotels. A comprehensive book brings this history to life

The Week in Art

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

The Week in Art podcast | Should UK museums charge for entry? Plus, Michelangelo’s last decades and Maria Blanchard

The case for and against the policy of free admission for UK museums, a tour of the British Museum's new Michelangelo show and an in-depth look at Maria Blanchard’s Girl at Her First Communion in Malaga

Opinion

'Why British museums must start charging entrance fees'

Low pay for museum workers, decreased local authority spending and a theft scandal have highlighted that "it’s time for some difficult choices," says the writer and broadcaster Ben Lewis

'UK school art curriculum should reflect diversity efforts in our institutions'

Research by the Runnymede Trust found that only 2.3% of artists named in GCSE Art papers over the last five years were Black or Asian

Venice Biennale 2024

Pro-Palestine protests continue at Venice Biennale

One protester was held by police while a "Freedom Boat" attracted hundreds of visitors

Venice Biennale 2024 review | Intimacy and violence: 'Foreigners Everywhere' explodes the Biennale model

Adriano Pedrosa's international exhibition combines the old and new to undermine Western narratives, but still creates a compelling survey of global contemporary art, in which Queer art stands out

Venice Biennale 2024: our pick of collateral shows

Alongside the main event, there's a plethora of exhibitions vying for visitors' attention. We've selected some of our favourites, ranging from Shahzia Sikander fairytale gothic palace to Andrzej Wróblewski's poignant depictions of war

The legacy and mystery of the display of Native American art at the 1932 Venice Biennale

Remarkably little is known about the selection, reception and whereabouts of the Native art shown in the US pavilion at the 18th Biennale

Venice Biennale 2024: the worst art on show in the city

There's a lot to see during this year's edition of the city-wide event, so we've rounded up a few things you might want to skip

Lord Byron bicentenary

The scandal-ridden, global celebrity poet, who inspired artists of the stature of Turner and Delacroix, was the best-known cultural figure of his age and died a hero to the cause of Greek independence on 19 April 1824

School of Lord Byron: how the first global celebrity influenced art, portraiture and attitudes to built heritage

JMW Turner, Eugène Delacroix and Théodore Géricault were among the artists inspired by the much-portrayed poet whose concern for Venice and the Parthenon Marbles has a resonance 200 years after his death

Louis Jebb1 May 2024

Poetic pose: Lord Byron the image-conscious Romantic in five portraits

The face of the scandal-ridden, best-selling celebrity poet—who died 200 years ago, and had a great influence on 19th-century artists and composers—was better known in his era than that of anyone save Napoloen Bonaparte

Louis Jebb1 May 2024

Bicentenary appeal seeks to move Byron memorial to prominent site in London's Hyde Park

Group launches £360,000 fund to re-site 1880 statue isolated on UK capital's roundabout

Louis Jebb3 May 2024

From the archive: The enigmatic spirit of Lord Byron on show at London's National Portrait Gallery

The poet's biographer Fiona MacCarthy placed the Romantic Regency poet in the context of 20th-century film stardom

The Art Newspaper1 November 2002

Technology

News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.

Aleksandra Artamonovskaja is appointed head of arts for TriliTech, the entrepreneurship team supporting Tezos blockchain

Artamonovskaja, a leading consultant and moderator in the Web3 world, will oversee development of opportunities for artists across the Tezos ecosystem

Technologyfeature

On process: Refik Anadol seeks to demystify AI art by showing how it is put together

The media artist's "Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive" at Serpentine Galleries, London, goes for radical clarity on its raw data sources and the make-up of Anadol's artificial intelligence Large Nature Model

Robert Alice breaks new ground with auction of generative art NFTs on Christie's 3.0

Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"

Technologyanalysis

Quantum leap: how a decade of NFTs has changed digital art

Two books take a look at the past and future of the non-fungible token. Once seen as the creature of market hype, the NFT now promises the first shared technical standard for the digital art world

London's Serpentine Galleries calls for artists and institutions to become ‘stewards’ of data in face of rising interest in AI

The London gallery's fourth annual Future Arts Ecosystems report addresses a pressing need for bodies to address the use of artificial intelligence, for their own benefit and for the public good

Seeing the light: Caravaggio steals the Netflix show Ripley

The Baroque bad boy plays a leading role in a new adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley

Jane Fonda and Larry Gagosian work it for the planet

The Oscar-winning actress and the art dealer have teamed up to support California's fight against oil drilling

Proud mum Madonna drops in on son Rocco’s Miami show

His "Pack a Punch" paintings are inspired by Thai boxers

Museum employee hangs his own art in Munich institution—and gets the chop

Budding artist surreptitiously displayed his work alongside art by Andy Warhol

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Obituaries

Dinh Q. Lê, master of multimedia art and mentor to fellow artists across southeast Asia, has died, aged 56

Vietnamese-American artist, best known for his distinctive photo-weaving works, made powerful statements in photography, video, sculpture and installation that challenged politics, history and memory

Richard Serra, creator of audacious steel sculptures, has died aged 85

The American sculptor received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale

Antoine Predock, architect of distinctive museums in the US and Canada, has died, aged 87

His Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Tang Teaching Museum and Tacoma Art Museum were typical of an approach that melded modernism and post-modernism into a characteristically unpredictable aesthetic

Lucas Samaras, tirelessly adventurous New York artist, has died, aged 87

The Greek American artist was always willing to try new forms and materials, working across sculpture, photography, performance, installation and more

Remembering Jacob Rothschild, banker, collector, philanthropist, and a towering figure in the British art world

A scion of the famous banking dynasty, he led the National Gallery, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Waddesdon Manor

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 fate of a Van Gogh flower painting destined for Japan’s 'Sheer Pleasure' pavilion

Kojiro Matsukata’s still life was destroyed in a London fire and his “Van Gogh’s Bedroom” was seized during the Second World War