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The art world's favourite Easter and Passover images
We asked artists, museum directors, art historians and public figures who love art to pick the images that mean something to them at this time
Art's Most Popular: here are 2019's most visited shows and museums
When did just looking at art lose its appeal?
Mo people, mo problems: when busy shows go wrong
Which museums have the biggest social media followings?
Legoland vs the Louvre: how do museums stack up against other popular visitor attractions and public events?
BlogDiary
Celebrated scams: the fraudsters who 'sold' off the Eiffel Tower—and the world's largest sculpture
NewsFrance
French organisations create artists' funds and support for summer festivals
The culture ministry and southwest region provides grants for projects, while Paris-based collector Antoine de Galbert appeals to private donors through his foundation
NewsMuseums & Heritage
With ‘no reserves and no endowment’, Bloomsbury group’s country home needs £400,000 to survive
Charleston, a ramshackle farmhouse complete with painted interiors by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, has launched an emergency crowdfunding appeal
BlogDiary
World’s oldest yarn discovered, shedding new light on Neanderthal’s crafty behaviour
Newscoronavirus
Galway City of Culture programme abandoned
The board of the festival has cancelled its contract with arts production company Artichoke, which was organising the ambitious schedule of outdoor events and public art
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Gavin Turk’s live lockdown Easter eggshibition
Latest in Comment
Pope Francis, his crucifix and the Virgin Mary: miraculous or merely traditional?
Don't let your guard down: three things you can do now to protect your art during the pandemic
Mourning a ‘golden' exhibition season curtailed by coronavirus
Don’t forget to support our artists, the chroniclers of such crisis
Will coronavirus-related cancellations spell the end of ‘fairtigue’?
Newscoronavirus
Guggenheim furloughs 92 employees in New York
Museum will also reduce salaries for those making over $80,000
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
A concise guide to Van Gogh’s adult life: how the artist celebrated his birthday over the years
From family gifts of cufflinks and chocolate to his darker days in the asylum, a look at where Vincent was and what he was doing on 30 March each year
ReviewFew to view
A few arty things to view at home this weekend
From Mark di Suvero's poetry readings to Faustin Linyekula's performance in a cavernously empty Tate Modern
NewsAuction houses
Christie's settles $16.7m in tax claims with New York District Attorney
Manhattan prosecutors say the auction house failed to collect sales tax on $189m in private sales over five years
NewsCoronavirus resources
Los Angeles councilman plans to create emergency grants for artists
Funding from development fees would be used to help artists and non-profits by the pandemic instead
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Art theft: are museums safe under lockdown?
Can the art market weather the coronavirus storm?
Saving the art world’s self-employed amidst the coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus: dispatches from Italy and China
Fill your ears with art: the top culture podcasts to listen to during the coronavirus lockdown
ReviewExhibitions
The Big Review: Andy Warhol at Tate Modern
Can yet another Warhol retrospective tell us anything new about the Pop Art icon?
NewsArt education
Art students continue to demand tuition reimbursement even as universities refuse
Following coronavirus class suspensions, Boston University MFA candidates press the school's president for action while a SCAD survey finds that 97% of students deem their online classes insufficient
InterviewDavid Shrigley
David Shrigley in lockdown: 500 pieces of paper, walking the dog but not drinking 60 bottles of champagne
The British artist tells us what he has been up to since the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK
NewsArt market
White Cube launches £1.25m Covid-19 fundraiser with Harland Miller
British artist reveals he contracted a mild form of the virus
BlogDiary
Vicar Of Dibley's cross pendant comes up for auction over Easter
NewsArt market
One third of French galleries could shut before end of 2020 due to coronavirus impact
Survey issued by the Comité professionnel des galeries d'art reveals the economic damage already done, with members estimating a total loss of €184m for this quarter
NewsKara Walker
Kara Walker’s celebrated Tate fountain—closed to the public early due to coronavirus—will be destroyed
The artist had previously said that she hoped “some aspect of it would have another life”
NewsVenice
Venice cruise ship crash in 2019 was caused by captain’s incompetence
Contrary to assurances, the MSC Opera was sailing under its own power, reports the navy
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Artists show us what they have been up to during the lockdown ahead of Ryan Gander's live studio tour today
Newscoronavirus
Austrian galleries plan cautious re-openings as government eases lockdown
“The doors will be wide open to let the sun in again,” says one Viennese dealer
NewsArt market
Hauser & Wirth announces new art and technology division with the launch of a custom-designed virtual reality platform
The ArtLab initiative will also offer a new tech residency programme for artists as blue-chip galleries race for digital dominance amid coronavirus lockdown
NewsLabour
New York art-handling company lays off pro-union workers, while others are paid to stay home during coronavirus pandemic
Teamsters union has filed charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board claiming the cuts are retaliation against efforts to organise
NewsBritish Museum
Mary Beard wades into restitution debate in her first blog post as a new British Museum trustee
"Museums have always been controversial. Who should be allowed in? And on what terms?" asks the celebrated classicist
NewsCoronavirus resources
Coalition of US arts organisations launch ongoing relief fund for artists affected by coronavirus
With $10m in funding already, Artist Relief will offer individual $5,000 unrestricted grants through September
Newscoronavirus
Artsy donates 10% of proceeds from new series of 'collections' to the World Health Organisation's coronavirus response fund
The Give Back series features works by artists whose shows were cancelled or postponed due to Covid-19
NewsCommissions
Inspired by Italy's spontaneous singing, museums commission artists to make 'balcony art' during coronavirus crisis
Fourteen artists have been asked by the L’Internationale museum group to participate in the project, which supports artists with "quick, modest commissions"
NewsMuseums
Fire breaks out at Berlin’s Humboldt Forum
Fire service says one person was injured in the blaze caused by a gas cylinder exploding
CommentArt crime
Don't let your guard down: three things you can do now to protect your art during the pandemic
With sparse personnel and visitors, some criminals will try to see if the “closed” sign actually means “open”, say K2 Intelligence FIN's art crime experts
BlogDiary
Legoland goes into lockdown: miniature figures removed from streets and mini Birmingham Art Museum
Newscoronavirus
Museums are chronicling the coronavirus pandemic for future generations
The New-York Historical Society and others are soliciting donations of objects and ephemera to document the "unprecedented times in which we are now living"
NewsMuseums & Heritage
New York’s Met renounces ‘outdated’ divisions of encyclopaedic museums for its 150th anniversary
Awaiting reopening, the institution’s birthday displays reveal the interconnectedness of world cultures
BlogDiary
Josef and Anni Albers’ radiant designs displayed in children’s NHS care unit
BlogDiary
Colour in quarantine with artists like Daniel Heidkamp, KAWS and Rashid Johnson
Artists are logging on to RxArt's Instagram to sketch and colour some of their favourite works while viewers can draw along at home
Newscoronavirus
'Thank god for immigrants': Jeremy Deller creates poster to raise funds for refugees and food banks
The A2 print pays homage to the foreign workers who have carried on working during the coronavirus crisis
NewsArts funding
'Save Italian culture from suffocation': art world leaders sign petition calling for national art fund in the wake of coronavirus crisis
Signatories include leaders at Rome's MaXXI Museum and Venice’s civic museums as well as the artist Paola Pivi
Newscoronavirus
'Like a permanent bank holiday': museums at greater risk of break-ins during lockdown
Reduced security staff and distracted police forces could lead to a rise in art thefts—but there are measures that can be taken to protect collections
NewsOpenings
Opening of Cairo's greatly anticipated $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum delayed again because of coronavirus
Huge new complex for Egypt's antiquities—which was originally scheduled to open in 2011—will be delayed until 2021
Newscoronavirus
Billionaire art collector Adrian Cheng to distribute free face masks in vending machines throughout Hong Kong
The K11 Art Foundation founder is donating millions of masks aimed to help low-income communities in their fight against Covid-19
BlogDiary
From Vermeer to vermin: quarantined curators plan major new mouse-sized museum
BlogDiary
Caravan-loving collectors give prized ceramics collection to Hepworth Wakefield
NewsCoronavirus resources
Connecticut arts foundation mobilises to help healthcare workers as the state risks becoming a new coronavirus 'hotspot'
Grace Farms has launched a $2.5m relief fund and an initiative to deliver protective equipment to local medical centres as Covid-19 cases in the state spike
BlogDiary
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures offers up The Matrix, Dorothy and Pedro Almodóvar
NewsHeritage
Unesco denounces construction project near Lebanon's ancient archaeological site Nahr El-Kalb
In an open letter, the organisation criticises building work in the historic area, which is on the nomination list to become a World Heritage site
NewsAuctions
Charity auction raises more than €2m for French healthcare workers
Paris-based auction house Piasa hosted online sale of 370 works donated by artists, designers and galleries
NewsArt market
Forgery, drugs and sex abuse in the Canadian art world exposed in new documentary
There Are No Fakes connects a forged Norval Morrisseau painting to a crime ring behind "the greatest art scam in Canadian history"
Newscoronavirus
Whitney and New Museum lay off staff members as coronavirus economic fallout continues
Employee cuts come three weeks after institutions shut down
BlogDiary
Blake Gopnik tweets 25 fascinating takeaways from his new Andy Warhol biography
NewsAppointments
Laura Raicovich is named interim director of Leslie-Lohman Museum
Politically minded figure left helm of Queens Museum amid tensions with its board
AnalysisArt market
South American galleries face steep challenges as the region's biggest fairs shutter due to the spread of coronavirus
In economically shaky countries like Argentina, annual fairs like the now-cancelled ArteBA are a financial lifeline. Now galleries must "rethink how to produce"
FeatureCoronavirus resources
Dietl initiative supports art technicians who lost work due to coronavirus
A new commission-free sales platform launched by the art logistics company benefits art handlers, who are often artists subsidising their studio practice
NewsCentre Pompidou
Serge Lasvignes re-appointed as president of Centre Pompidou
French government endorses his strategy of establishing satellite branches overseas
BlogDiary
Piasa launches charity auction to protect healthcare workers
FeatureCoronavirus resources
New York artist launches platform to link people in need of help with others amid coronavirus lockdown
Social practice artist Jody Wood started her S.O.S. online aid network as part of her belief that "everyone is responsible for caring for one another"
ReviewThree to see
Three arty things to do at home this weekend
From the Getty's challenge to re-create masterpieces using three items to Firstsite’s activity pack with Antony Gormley and Gillian Wearing
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Exhibition WALL-E: robot leads tour of Hastings Contemporary
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
In recent decades 28 Van Goghs have been stolen in the Netherlands—but all have been recovered
Detectives are intensifying their investigation into the latest crime, at Laren’s Singer museum, which was committed this week on the artist’s birthday
NewsArt market
La Biennale Paris relies on government funding bailout to support dealers during coronavirus crisis
Exhibitors at the art and antiques fair in September will not have to pay the usual advance deposit and allowed to spread out payment over four months
AnalysisArt theft
Boomerang art thefts: the stolen art that finds its way back
From a Van Gogh left in a public toilet to a Klimt found inside a gallery wall, just what is it that prompts criminals to return such valuable works?
InterviewZoe Whitley
A brush with... Zoe Whitley
The new director of London's Chisenhale Gallery recommends her favourite book, music, and Instagram account
Commentcoronavirus
Mourning a ‘golden' exhibition season curtailed by coronavirus
Major shows by male artists dominated the London museum landscape before the crisis, now women and non-binary artists are missing their turn
NewsMiddle East
UAE government promotes existing Art in Embassies acquisition scheme as a coronavirus relief plan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested its AED 1.5m in purchases were part of a new initiative following the suspension of Art Dubai due to Covid-19
BlogDiary
Artist draws to celebrate New York's restaurants—and donates his sales to save them
Newscoronavirus
Getty sets up $10m fund for small and mid-size Los Angeles-area arts organisations reeling from virus
The trust anticipates that grants will range from $25,000 to $200,000
NewsYayoi Kusama
New York Botanical Garden forced to postpone blockbuster Kusama show due to coronavirus
The artist says the passion she and the garden put into the exhibition is "still burning"
Analysiscoronavirus
Galleries and auction houses reflect on Italy’s ground zero
Events have moved to summer and autumn in a swift response, with acceleration of online activity
Newscoronavirus
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation commissions eight Italian artists to produce new work in response to coronavirus
The New York-based foundation says there is an "absolute need to support artists" as the Covid-19 pandemic shutters exhibitions around the world
CommentEconomics
Don’t forget to support our artists, the chroniclers of such crisis
Suzy Delvalle, the president of Creative Capital, urges us all to help artists hurt by the coronavirus pandemic
Newscoronavirus
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation plans $5m coronavirus relief effort
Multi-year effort will start with $1.25m in grants to a contemporary art foundation, an Artist Relief Fund and New York arts groups
NewsArt's Most Popular 2020
The exceptional piece of calligraphy at the centre of one of 2019's most popular—and most controversial—exhibitions
Tokyo National Museum’s show on Chinese artist Yan Zhenqing ranks 15th in our latest visitor attendance survey despite contentious loan from Taipei museum
CommentReligious art
Pope Francis, his crucifix and the Virgin Mary: miraculous or merely traditional?
Art history removes the numinous from art. At the Vatican’s Covid-19 blessing we saw it invoked again
Anna Somers Cocks