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Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams wins Canada’s top art prize
The Montréal-based artist, known for his intricate sculptural beadwork, received the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2024
Toronto will celebrate Henry Moore Day on 13 November
The municipal observance comes 50 years after the city’s leading art museum launched an art centre devoted to Moore
Painting by the AI robot Ai-Da sells for more than $1m at Sotheby’s
It’s a new record for a work of art created by a robot, the auction house says
Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais, offering Surreal encounters and a shift in perspective
The leading photography fair welcomes 240 exhibitors this year
A Slevogt triptych, restituted to the heirs of a Nazi-persecuted collector, is to be auctioned in Munich
The painting depicting the prodigal son was sold by Eduard Fuchs, a Communist writer, after his escape into exile in 1933
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Renaissance special: Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael in Florence, drawings and tapestries—podcast
A deep dive into two London shows bringing together key works of the movement, and a spectacular series of tapestries depicting the Battle of Pavia on view in San Francisco
Art market
Christie’s and Sotheby’s pin hopes for New York November sales on single-owner collections
In a subdued market, the season’s most promising auctions are of estates
Korean art market to benefit from new regulations
Restrictions have been eased on the export of post-war Korean art, and artist resale royalties introduced
Sotheby’s to hold first ever commercial auction in Saudi Arabia in February
The auction house will hold the sale in the historic town of Diriyah, offering Modern and contemporary art as well as handbags, cars and sports memorabilia
In search for missing artist Sarah Cunningham, London police find woman’s body in tube station
The 31-year-old painter's gallery, Lisson, has confirmed her death
Co-creator of UndeadApes NFTs found guilty of fraud and money laundering in 'rug pull' scheme
Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr, known in the NFT community as "Repulse" and “Zayous”, faces up to five years in federal prison
Museums & Heritage
Unesco calls for emergency session to protect Lebanese heritage sites
Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon have damaged and threatened several important monuments, while Baalbek remains in peril
Rare Fra Angelico crucifixion scene acquired by Ashmolean for £4.48m after tense fundraising campaign
The Oxford museum took action after the UK government placed an export bar on the work earlier this year
Hate crime charges for three suspects in vandalism at Brooklyn Museum leaders’ homes
The alleged vandals are said to have targeted the homes of board members with “Jewish-sounding names”
Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting
Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’
Frick Collection to reopen in April with Vermeer exhibition in the works
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year
Exhibitions
A dual social and artistic purpose: London's Whitechapel Gallery to screen films by Jarman Award nominees
Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Film London Jarman Award winner on 25 November, Whitechapel gallery will show entries by all six shortlisted artists
Goodwood contemporary: Rachel Whiteread to headline new foundation’s first exhibition at Sussex woodland site
The artist’s sculpture and photography will feature at Goodwood Art Foundation, the ducal estate that once nurtured the work of George Stubbs and Canaletto, alongside semi-permanent installations by Veronica Ryan and Hélio Oiticica
Biennial on Black Sea coast probes Turkey’s deep layers
This year's edition of Sinopale, one of Turkey's oldest biennials, looks at the ecological and social threats faced by the country
Leila Zelli foregrounds Iranian women’s protest movement at the Toronto Biennial
The artist’s videos and installations reinterpret acts of resistance staged in the streets and on social media
The Guggenheim presents a new view of Orphism—the movement that time forgot
Featuring 82 works by 26 artists, this New York show tells the story of the short-lived style and its main protagonists
Obituaries
Remembering Hanif Kureshi, the artist credited with popularising street art in India
Kureshi decorated India’s public spaces with beautiful, provocative and socially engaged murals
Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 60
Acclaimed photojournalist's teenage son charged with his murder on a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles
François Duret-Robert, art market journalist, professor and collector, has died aged 92
The former editor of Connaissance des Arts was a leading figure in the French art market
‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80
Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs
Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87
Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism
Diary
Burner phones and erotic art go under the hammer in Banksy sale
Steve Lazarides, the street artist's former driver and dealer, is putting his archive on the block in Los Angeles
Erection of phallic sculpture in Naples sparks heated debate
Gaetano Pesce’s new public sculpture enflames city councillors
Grayson Perry and Rana Begum take the 10gram sculpture challenge
Forty artists have contributed to The Royal Society of Sculptors fundraising campaign
Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo
Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move
The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again in New York
Luna Luna, featuring a carousel by Keith Haring and David Hockney's enchanted forest, is travelling to The Shed
Opinion
Comment | In the run up to the US election, Boston's Museum of Fine Art is hopeful about art's role in a democratic future
The museum's latest exhibition explains and scrutinises democracy through objects spanning 2,500 years
Steve McQueen delves into family history at Dia Chelsea
Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially motivated violence told by his father against images of the actor Al Jonson in blackface
Comment | Paris vs London debate is a 'non-troversy', says Christie's Guillaume Cerutti
Auction house chief executive argues that of greater concern is the decline of Europe's art market as America and Asia charge ahead
Comment | I thought I knew Stevie Wonder’s music until Arthur Jafa showed it in a new light
American artist Jafa's recent video work recontextualises Wonder's song 'As' as well as the film 'Taxi Driver'
The new auction calendar: everything, everywhere, at every opportunity
All change as the final auction season of 2024 goes into full swing
Books
A sensitive portrait of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner—Boston's millionaire Bohémienne
A biography of Gardner captures her extraordinary life story with empathy
A new monograph highlights Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody as one of Britain's most important Modernists
Moody defied family expectations to pursue his art, and is now celebrated in an exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield
The life and art of Mabel Nicholson: new volume tells of the career catastrophe of domestic bliss
How lovingly raising her artistic family cost an artist of “tensile strength” her own fame
Two publications show how, in Caspar David Friedrich's world, mankind is puny against nature’s power
The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide
Five of the best art books hitting the shelves this autumn
Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months
Book Club
‘The artist the critics love to hate’: the colourful life of sports star painter and Playboy illustrator LeRoy Neiman
We speak to the author of a new biography that reassesses the legacy of the “hustler” artist who rubbed shoulders with celebrities
An expert’s guide to Helen Frankenthaler: five must-read books on the Abstract Expressionist
All you ever wanted to know about Frankenthaler, from a seminal monograph to the story of the bohemian world that forged her—selected by the curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon
In Pictures | Artist billboards across America tell a story of US politics today
Ahead of the November presidential election, a new book by the For Freedoms organisation brings together the topical and political posters that it has commissioned since 2016
October Book Bag: from a publication about money in art to tales of London art market rogues
Our round-up of the latest art publications
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with…Sonia Boyce — podcast
An in-depth interview with the Golden Lion-winner, discussing her shift to social practice, the influence of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and how William Morris’s wallpaper designs have made their way into her 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 finest ‘London drawing’ was not done in the UK, but later in Amsterdam
The sketch of Austin Friars Church throws fresh light on Vincent’s draftsmanship, suggesting he was even more of a late developer as an artist
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.
How auction houses are embracing artificial intelligence
New services such as AI-enhanced translation are proving popular, even as human involvement remains crucial
From roving gallery to London’s Mayfair: Unit’s social media journey, 11 years on
Joe Kennedy and Jonny Burt didn’t have any of the traditional things needed to start a gallery—but they did have the power of Instagram
New York's Salon 94 is feeling the TikTok visitor effect
A content creator's positive post has led to a massive uptick in the gallery's footfall
Artists Amoako Boafo, Hans Haacke and Deborah Butterfield among thousands to sign statement against AI content scraping
Artists and organisations across the creative industries have come out in opposition to the practice of AI firms training their technology with copyrighted, unlicensed material
Dana-Fiona Armour wins Sigg Art Prize for work that integrates artificial intelligence
German artist-researcher receives €10,000 award for “Alvinella Ophia”, depicting a hybrid serpent creature’s exploration of a dystopian desert future
Meiro Koizumi brings Prometheus back to life to explore AI dystopia
New Tokyo show follows artist's trilogy of technology-focused works exploring the Greek god
Ei Arakawa-Nash's Tokyo show tests the limits
The Japanese American artist’s sprawling survey at the National Art Center, Tokyo, features painting, performance, participation—and parenting
Take a peek behind the doors of acclaimed Tokyo houses
A programme of architecture tours at this year's Art Week Tokyo unlocks a series of historic private buildings
Tabaimo has video installations in the palm of her hand
The Japanese artist's new show at Tokyo's Gallery Koyanagi marks a departure in her approach to animation and installation
Spirit of the late Pop artist Keiichi Tanaami lives on in new show
The artist’s first large-scale retrospective opened at the National Art Center, Tokyo, just two days before he died at the age of 88