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Mexico’s art community calls for greater transparency in management of treasured collection

More than 300 Mexican cultural professionals are calling for clarity surrounding the Gelman Santander Collection, a trove of works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, María Izquierdo and others

Plan to build border wall along the Rio Grande in Texas threatens prehistoric rock art, locals warn

Archaeologists and landowners claim the proposed extension of the Mexico-US border wall in Val Verde County could damage thousands of millennia-old cave paintings located within a designated national historic landmark

Alton Yanabout 3 hours ago

Iran’s arts community and heritage suffer as US-Israeli attacks continue

Artists struggle to work, museums and galleries close their doors and historic sites are badly damaged

Sarvy Geranpayehabout 11 hours ago

Christie’s to hold its first South Asian Modern art sale in London in seven years

The auction, scheduled for 11 June, will bring together 93 works including rare Bengali pieces

Cyrus Najiabout 10 hours ago

Germany to create council to oversee restitution of colonial-era acquisitions

The new panel is intended to “shape ongoing and future restitution processes more effectively” and coordinate with counterparts in receiving countries

Catherine Hickleyabout 11 hours ago

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

Lee Cheshire and Elena Goukassianabout 12 hours ago

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

Dale Berning Sawaabout 11 hours ago

Art market

Guillaume Cerutti departs Christie's and other positions in Pinault’s companies

The news follows his sudden departure as president of the Pinault Collection

Vincent Noce1 day ago

Art trade stays buoyant amid global turmoil

Strong results in the London spring auctions suggest ultrarich are regaining confidence, despite escalating war in the Middle East

Scott Reyburnabout 23 hours ago

Chile's leading art fair foregrounds affordable works, often with a political edge

The 16th edition of Chaco boasts a plethora of affordable works by Latin American artists in an inclusive atmosphere

Important collection of Minimalist art could bring big results at auction

Henry S. McNeil Jr.’s collection, led by a major Judd "stack" sculpture, is expected to exceed $30m at Christie's this spring

French government blocks sale of newly discovered drawing by German Renaissance master Hans Baldung

The portrait has been deemed “a work of major historical and artistic interest“ for France’s national heritage

Museums & Heritage

Copy of Rembrandt portrait on display in Chicago is by the master himself, scholar claims

The art historian Gary Schwartz argues that the copy of “Old Man with a Gold Chain” currently hanging alongside the original at the Art Institute of Chicago is by Rembrandt himself, not his workshop

Ruth Lopez1 day ago

Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse works stolen in ‘three-minute’ Italian museum heist

Italian police say that four hooded criminals broke into the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, housed in a rural villa south of Parma, on 22 March

Gareth Harris1 day ago

New £5m cultural centre in Northampton, UK to pursue model that ‘embeds artists in social and economic fabric of a place’

The Arts Collective complex, five years in the making, will feature galleries, learning spaces and 17 artists’ studios

Joe Ware1 day ago

Comment | Inside the preservation of the largest fortress in the Americas

A trek to Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière, a Unesco World Heritage site that has been undergoing conservation for 25 years

One of Donatello’s most important bronze statues is being restored: should it ever be shown outdoors again?

“Gattamelata”, one of the most important bronze sculptures of the Renaissance, has been brought inside for restoration—and it may never return to its piazza in Padua

Exhibitions

Members of European Parliament call on EU to pull Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation

Dozens of MEPs signed a letter decrying Russia’s plan to return to the Biennale and urging the suspension of all EU funding

‘As an artist I have a duty to reflect the times’: photographer Misan Harriman explores protests and solidarity in new London show

An exhibition at Hope 93 gallery brings together seven years worth of work that together reflects “a time of upheaval”

German artist Anne Imhof to be subject of ‘ambitious’ Hong Kong solo exhibition

The Golden Lion-winning artist's first Asian solo show will feature works spanning multiple media, including a new commission

Theaster Gates gifts David Drake pot from his collection to enslaved ceramicist’s descendants

The ceramic vessel is on view in a new exhibition at Gagosian in New York, alongside another returned to Drake’s descendants last year by the MFA Boston

The Week in Art

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

New Museum extension opens, NextGen collectors, a Wardian Case in Oxford – podcast

In this week's episode of The Week in Art, Ben Luke discusses the newly-enlarged New Museum, talks to Georgina Adam about her new book on the latest generation of art collectors, and hears from the curator of a new exhibition on botany at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David. Clack and Alexander Morrison

Opinion

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

Frank Lord1 day ago

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

Comment | Art is more than its original context

The place where we observe a work of art—and the feelings we have—play a crucial role in our experience

Comment | Time for a rethink: women artists were never meant to merely be canon fodder

Exhibitions pairing Munch with Paula Modersohn-Becker and Maria Lassnig provide opportunities to subvert the established order

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

New book digs into the little-known gallery that brought Modern art to America

The publication's author on how it has taken decades of research to tell the story of the New York gallery, which exhibited artists such Picasso and Mondrian

Textiles weave tales of Palestine’s rich but troubled history

Embroidery has long been a key form of artistic expression

A short guide to the hidden meanings in great paintings

An A to C extract from the glossary of Painted Mysteries, which deciphers common motifs and symbols in famous works

An expert's guide to John Constable: five must-read books on the British painter

The best publications to learn all about Constable, from a journey through the landscapes that inspired him to a children's activity book—selected by the curator Emma Roodhouse

Clash of the Renaissance titans: an intriguing double biography of Titian and Michelangelo

The book about the two Old Masters, who probably only met twice, considers what they had in common and how they differed

A brush with... podcast

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

A brush with… Danh Vo—podcast

Danh Vo talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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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.

Epstein files reveal Leon Black as a key collector of Van Gogh works

The New York collector Black is revealed to have bought five of the artist’s pieces

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

‘Haters will say this urn is mid’: US National Gallery of Art curator is Insta hit with Gen Z

Deputy head of sculpture's slang-heavy posts appeal to a new generation of art lovers

See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years

Adrian Searle has described writing for the paper as “an exhilarating ride”

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