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Art sector could collectively cut over five million tonnes of carbon a year, report suggests
Gallery Climate Coalition’s inaugural Stocktake Report shows the difference the art sector can make when it comes to the climate—but the next five years are crucial, says chair Frances Morris
Sculptor Alma Allen reportedly selected to represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale
After plans for a Robert Lazzarini presentation collapsed, another sculptor has reportedly been picked for the US Pavilion
With end of US government shutdown, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian museums start reopening
Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a month on Friday
In southern Italy, a long-planned excavation is revealing the secrets of an ancient Greek sanctuary
This summer a team of archaeologists resumed their work on a site dating back to around 600BC, known for its three well-preserved Doric temples
Farewell to Lumiere? UK light festival holds what may be its final edition
Organisers announced in October that this would be the last iteration of the event due to funding challenges
Art market
In a risk-averse market, Paris Photo offers diversity
Japanese galleries return in full force this year, while the percentage of women photographers shown has increased
Hauser & Wirth charged with breaching UK’s Russia sanctions
The UK gallery is being prosecuted for allegedly making available a work by George Condo to a person connected with Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022
The British artist David Shrigley wants £1m for piles of old rope
The artist, whose practice is underpinned by humour, has a poke at the art market with his new London exhibition
On the ground at Art Week Tokyo: amid shifting national politics, Japan’s ‘sleeping beauty’ art scene is waking up
The fifth edition of the “post-art fair” event, which took place earlier this month following the election of Japan's first woman prime minister, received largely positive reviews from gallerists and visitors alike
'I never imagined we'd get here': Beirut gallery Marfa' Projects turns ten
As she opens an anniversary show drawing on her global gallerist network, Marfa' founder Joumana Asseily recounts a decade of major challenges and milestone achievements
Museums & Heritage
Art Gallery of Ontario gets gift of more than 450 works
The lion’s share of the donated pieces, from the late collectors Carol and Morton Rapp, are prints and photographs
Tate workers face in-work poverty, mental and physical health issues, union says—as strikes expected across UK
Following the announcement of week-long strikes at Tate galleries across the country, the Public and Commercial Services union has raised concerns about their members' welfare
Private collectors’ return of artefacts to Ghana highlights UK's inaction on restitution, heritage experts say
British art historian Hermione Waterfield and South African mining company AngloGold Ashanti have retuned objects to Ghana's Asante Kingdom
Syrian officials issue—then delete—statement identifying ancient Roman statues stolen from Damascus National Museum
The country’s ministry of culture yesterday shared images of six nude sculptures of the goddess Venus via social media—but within hours the post had been removed
K11 founder Adrian Cheng on Hong Kong’s art scene, the future of collecting and the creative potential of AI
The Hong Kong entrepreneur also spoke about his love for Monet, Matthew Wong and the Medici family in an interview hosted off the back of the latest K11 Art Foundation Salon
Exhibitions
‘The Hay Wain’ to go on show in Constable's home county for the first time
The famed painting will travel to Suffolk next year as part of an exhibition marking 250 years since the artist's birth
Children curate exhibition of Clyfford Still works inspired by their reservation
A hundred students from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation contributed to Clyfford Still Museum’s new show
Jenny Saville to present unseen Venice-inspired works to coincide with 61st Biennale
An exhibition featuring 30 works by the record-breaking UK artist will open in the lagoon city in March 2026
The Big Review | Manet & Morisot at Legion of Honor, San Francisco ★★★½
Berthe Morisot was at times a leading light to the more established Édouard Manet, who seemingly even filled the gaps in one of her series. But her intimate paintings struggle to compete with his bolder works
The elusive artist Cady Noland has made a shock return: will it impact her reputation?
The American artist has recently broken a long silence with major gallery shows in New York—and the reaction hints at her work’s continuing relevance
Saudi Arabia's Cultural Development Fund
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Studio Museum reopens, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, Stanley Spencer in Suffolk—podcast
Editor-in-chief in the Americas, Ben Sutton, takes a trip to Harlem, digital editor Alexander Morrison discusses Egypt's newest museum and Ben Luke meets a curator of “Love & Landscape: Stanley Spencer in Suffolk”
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with… Peter Doig—podcast
Peter Doig talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
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.
Van Gogh’s ‘Sower’ will soon go on sale at Sotheby's—where it's set to make record price
Owned by the cosmetics king Leonard Lauder, the work could become the most expensive Van Gogh drawing ever sold
Book reviews
The story of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s brief but dazzling life, as told by an art-world insider
A former Christie’s president examines the meteoric rise of the “radiant child”, and his legacy following his untimely death
How the Sienese painter Ambrogio Lorenzetti spoke truth to power
A new book explores Siena's heyday—the good, the bad and the sceptical
New book highlights Vorticism’s toxic side—and puts its women pioneers back in the frame
James King’s study places Jessica Dismorr and Helen Saunders at the centre of the movement
Martin Parr steps out from behind the camera lens in informal autobiography
An intimate and chatty biography gives the artist space to reflect on his career in photography and the practice’s evolution
From royal visitors to extortionate eBay sales: new book offers rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of Vermeer blockbuster
A collection of essays about the Rijksmuseum‘s show also fascinating insights into the struggle for loans and what accompanying research revealed about its 17th-century subject
Opinion
Comment | Want to truly read a painting? Forget the present, and focus on the past
To read a painting is to understand the context in which it was made, not the context in which we see it, writes Bendor Grosvenor
Comment | Fifty years on, John Berger’s writing is still relevant—and troublingly prescient
The writer went beyond the noble occupation of the art critic, smuggling hope into our lives
Comment | Exhibitions comparing artists can be problematic, but the Barbican brings Giacometti, Bhabha and Hatoum together with perfect judgement
Affinities and distinctions are equally welcomed in a pair of exhibitions at the London venue
Comment | A spate of dealer anniversaries offers hope amid art market doomerism
Several New York galleries have hit major milestones in recent months—what lessons can those in charge impart?
Comment | Museums can't get enough of anniversary exhibitions—but surely there's better ways to serve the public
This year museums are falling over themselves to celebrate Robert Rauschenberg’s 100th birthday. But, asks Julia Halperin, who is it really all for?
Diary
No such thing as bad press: makers of lift used in Louvre theft launch ad campaign
Social media users have been left—largely—amused by the German company's tongue-in-cheek approach
Francis Bacon’s Paris pad honoured with plaque
The artist had “a very full existence” in the French capital during the 1970s
Look what she made them do: Taylor Swift fans descend on German museum
Swifties have been arriving in droves to catch a glimpse of Friedrich Heyser's Ophelia, which appears in a recent music video by the showgirl superstar
Talking point: visitors to Versailles can now meet the AI Apollo
An new app allows visitors to ‘speak’ with 20 statues in three languages
Despite past legal drama, Madonna still seems hung up on the V&A
The Queen of Pop’s 2003 visit sparked a lawsuit—but she was spotted there again just last month
Obituaries
Carla Stellweg, influential critic, gallerist and scholar of Latin American art, has died, aged 83
The founding editor-in-chief of the bilingual Artes Visuales magazine, Stellweg ran galleries in new York and was also a prolific critic, scholar and curator
Tony Fitzpatrick, indefatigable artistic polymath from Chicago, has died, aged 66
A beloved figure in the Windy City art scene, Fitzpatrick was an artist, author, actor, curator and more
Agnes Gund, collector and philanthropist who helped transform MoMA, has died, aged 87
In addition to supporting many art institutions, Gund was a passionate funder of arts education and criminal justice reform initiatives
Rosalyn Drexler—Pop Art painter, polymath, and travelling wrestler—has died aged 98
Drexler, who was a fixture of the Pop Art scene by the early 1960s, was also a member of an all-women wrestling troupe under the pseudonym Mexican Spitfire
Remembering Robert Redford, the Hollywood star with the sensibility of a struggling painter
Redford, an Oscar-winning actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute, died yesterday at his home in Utah