NewsClaude Monet
Monet’s lost cat returns home to Giverny
A “purr-fect” ending to the story of the missing pottery object found in the collection of the artist’s secret granddaughter
NewsDisasters & destruction
Syrian museums seek Russian expertise to restore destroyed Palmyra sculptures
Ancient city occupied by Islamic State was retaken by Syrian army with Russian support in 2017
NewsControversies
Conflict-of-interest scandal at publicly funded UK arts centre Firstsite
Chairman and trustee resigned amid investigation into more than £90,000 spent on consultancy firm they directed
Latest in In the frame
After the Louvre, will Beyoncé take over the Colosseum?
Miniskirt miracle: Mary Quant call-out nets 35 items for V&A show
Thou shalt not picnic: ten commandments for visitors to Venice
Baring all: undiscovered Kate Moss revealed in new Mario Sorrenti book
Hayward Gallery slashes ticket prices to 50p—but there’s a catch
ReviewExhibitions
Louvre’s Delacroix exhibition uncovers France’s superstar of the Romantic era
His boundless inventiveness as a painter—and not only—shines through in this ambitious survey
PreviewExhibitions
The Irishman who painted—and brawled—beside Gauguin
Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns: Between Paris and Pont-Aven opens at National Gallery of Ireland
NewsPrivate Museums
Glenstone Museum reveals the art in store for vast Pavilions expansion
Long-awaited showcase spaces for collection founded by Mitchell and Emily Rales to open in October
NewsArtist estates
Will Robert Indiana’s legacy get stuck in a legal battle?
The artist wanted his home to become a museum but his 2016 will is being challenged
Latest in Comment
Traffic believes the US and UK ivory sale bans are ‘vital elements in the international response’ to poaching
Returning looted African art is as urgent as giving back works stolen by the Nazis
Do not allow art to cleanse crimes
Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing—is the system in need of reform?
Could fairs publish sale prices? Don’t hold your breath
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Taus Makhacheva’s art spa offers a moment of respite from turbulent Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Biennial
In pictures: five of the best new commissions at Liverpool Biennial 2018
Theme of tenth edition invokes turmoil of global politics, but artists react in individual ways
Latest in Video
Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s night at the Louvre Museum
Down under: Australian artist Mike Parr buries himself under a road for 72 hours
Livestream: Antony Gormley, Norman Rosenthal and Louisa Buck talk about the genius of Joseph Beuys
'A deeper source of truth than appearances': Antony Gormley on Joseph Beuys
Michelangelo: The Art Newspaper's editor talks about a British treasure
NewsExhibitions
A match made in heaven: Bill Viola to be shown alongside Michelangelo at the Royal Academy
The exhibition will examine themes of spirituality and mortality in both artists’ work
NewsArt market
White Cube appoints Warhol expert Eric Shiner artistic director in New York
Is the London-based gallery growing its US team to open an exhibition space there?
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
‘Pleasure and critical thinking’: Ralph Rugoff unveils curatorial direction of 2019 Venice Biennale
Exhibition is titled May You Live in Interesting Times, after counterfeit Chinese curse
NewsArt market
Art Basel owner to launch contemporary art fair ART SG in Singapore next year
MCH Group expands burgeoning roster of international art fairs with annual November event
PreviewBiennials & festivals
Can two festivals bring hope to Trump country?
Front International in Cleveland and Opens Spaces in Kansas City aim to encourage unity in the US’s divided heartland
NewsRestitution
German museum returns tattooed Maori skull to New Zealand
The preserved head was held in Cologne's Rautenstrauch Joest Museum of world cultures for 110 years
NewsPublic art
Deported veterans ‘distress’ flag mural on US-Mexico border under review
US Customs and Border Protection is considering whether to remove or preserve the painting, which some have complained is disrespectful
ReviewMedia & broadcast
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti is a sombre picture of the artist under the sun
There are few surprises in this boilerplate biopic based on the painter’s time in Polynesia
NewsConservation
Relic of first-century pope found in a rubbish tip is donated to Westminster Cathedral
Rubbish collectors found the bone fragment of Clement I in London
BlogThe Buck stopped here
William Kentridge outplays the England match with Tate premiere of performance The Head and the Load
PreviewBiennials & festivals
Liverpool Biennial: city that prospered in age of empire aims to show different world perspectives
Tenth edition named after poem written “at a time when Europe was in disarray”
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Party performances and a concrete cake: Hayward Gallery celebrates its 50th
Museums
In pictures: the hallucinatory new Pharos wing at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art
Immersive installations by artists such as James Turrell and Richard Wilson fill first major expansion of David Walsh's "adult Disneyland"
NewsArt market
Banksy painting sells for record £1.5m as ‘greatest hits’ show opens at London gallery
Prices for larger works by the Bristolian street artist could fetch more than £5m
NewsAppointments & departures
Brexit reshuffle means Jeremy Wright is seventh UK culture secretary in eight years
Museum admission charges will be on the agenda of MP who cites “James Bond films and playing golf badly” as interests
NewsPrivate Museums
Moscow's Garage Museum still going strong at ten, despite co-founders’ split
Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova will continue to fund their contemporary art museum
PreviewExhibitions
How Yugoslavia’s architecture tried to cement a national identity
Exhibition at New York's MoMA aims to show how monumental buildings contributed to a “collective civic space in a multi-ethnic society”
NewsRestoration
The Glasgow School of Art dilemma: rebuild, leave in ruins or design a whole new school?
Alumni at odds over how to move forward after fire gutted Mackintosh’s masterpiece
NewsConservation
Aleppo's reconstruction 'deserves international resources'
Aga Khan Trust for Culture calls for condemnation of destruction to be reinforced by help on the ground
NewsAppointments & departures
IRL to VR: Daniel Birnbaum leaves Moderna Museet to head-up virtual reality gallery
Museum director due to take up new role at London's Acute Art early next year
NewsArt schools
Director of France's beleaguered national arts academy criticises culture minister for lack of support
Jean-Marc Bustamante has not had his contract renewed at ENSBA, where teachers have been accused of sexual harassment
NewsThe Buck stopped here
Football fans and Pride paraders mingle with art crowds for South London's Art Night
PreviewExhibitions
David Wojnarowicz’s furiously prolific but short-lived career explored in major show
As US culture wars reignite, the Whitney Museum stages a timely exhibition of New York’s finest firebrand
NewsRestoration
There be dragons (again) after £5m Great Pagoda renovation at Kew Gardens
Eighty of the gaudy monsters have been recreated for the 18th-century tower at London's royal botanic gardens
NewsInterview
Ralph Rugoff on the Hayward Gallery’s half-century and the art of curating
How will his views on audiences and exhibition-making shape the 2019 Venice Biennale?
PreviewExhibitions
Secret lives: new show recasts Gala Dalí as 'much more than a muse' to artists
Exhibition in Barcelona looks at the life and work of the Russian best known for being the wife of Salvador Dalí
NewsAcquisitions
London’s National Gallery acquires painting by Artemisia Gentileschi for £3.6m
Piece by Italian Baroque painter boosts number of works by female artists in the museum's collection
AnalysisArt market
More than just a pretty face: furrowed brows win at Christie's patchy Old Master sale, but £6.7m sculpture tops paintings
Tacca's Hercules is star of the bronzes, while Carracci's military portrait and Rembrandt's print find favour where Rubens's daughter flounders in £31.1m sale
NewsBayeux Tapestry
Entente cordiale: governments sign deal securing loan of Bayeux Tapestry to the UK in 2022
Cross-channel collaboration involves translating, conserving and digitalising the historic embroidery
Podcast
Podcast episode 39: All about the biennials
We talk to Sally Tallant, the artistic director of the Liverpool Biennial, about the 10th edition opening next week. And Jane Morris, an editor-at-large of The Art Newspaper, joins Ben Luke to discuss “peak biennial”
NewsArt market
From project space to mega dealer: Jay Jopling celebrates 25 years of White Cube
Hong Kong show features rarely seen archival material, while 23 artists have made new works for an exhibition dedicated to memory in London
AnalysisArt market
Guarantees, the Beckham effect and warts-and-all portraits: Sotheby's pulls off a consistent Old Master sale
No big hitters, but overall quality and new buyers from Asia and Latin America buoyed £42.6m auction, with £5.3m record for Canova set in day sale
NewsArt market
Otto Naumann comes out of 'retirement' to join Sotheby's
Veteran Old Master dealer will join the auction house in New York at the end of the summer, months after selling his inventory there
BlogIn the frame
Rana Begum, Carmen Herrera and Edmund de Waal transform cubes in the fight against Parkinson’s
Frieze Sculpture 2018
In pictures: Frieze Sculpture 2018 comes out to play in Regent's Park
The London fair's annual outdoor display opens ahead of the autumnal fair with 25 sculptures, including 15 new works (until 7 October).
NewsArt market
Glut of sculpture in London auctions, despite Giambologna withdrawal
Bronze and marble take centre stage during Old Masters sales week, although Dresden Mars returns home without going on the block at Sotheby's
NewsConservation
Huge disparity in estimates to repair vandalised Ivan the Terrible painting
Ilya Repin’s masterpiece in Moscow’s Tretyakov gallery was struck with a metal pole in May
PreviewExhibitions
Crowd-magnet Vermeer borrowed for Alte Pinakothek’s curtain-raiser
Munich museum has undergone a four-year €12m renovation
NewsResidencies
Emmanuel Macron orders radical review of France’s art residencies
The French President has commissioned a report identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the current programmes
NewsArt market
Old Master saga: expert hired by vendor to prove Saint Jerome's authenticity says it is a fake
Maurizio Seracini concurs that the painting sold by Sotheby’s in 2012 is a modern forgery
NewsPaul Cézanne
Cézanne painting from Gurlitt hoard goes on show for first time since before Second World War
Painter’s descendants reach agreement with Kunstmuseum Bern, which has been acknowledged as rightful owner of work
PreviewLondon Art Week
Re-discoveries, the Holy Grail of Old Master dealers: we pick out four at London Art Week
From a Van Dyck once thought to be by Rubens to William Nicholson's portrait of an actress identified only weeks ago
NewsArt market
Myrna Ayad steps down as Art Dubai director, while fair plans to move Modern section in 2019
Ayad says decision to leave was "personal" and plans to launch her own art consultancy
NewsExhibitions
Ten public art works to see for free around New York this summer
When the sun’s out, get your buns—and other extremities—out to catch some of these projects across the city
NewsArt market
Guy Wildenstein cleared of tax evasion for a second time in Paris
Franco-American scion of art dealing dynasty was accused of hiding art and other property worth hundreds of millions of euros from French authorities
CommentRestitution
Returning looted African art is as urgent as giving back works stolen by the Nazis
Congolese-born art collector Sindika Dokolo says this "long-neglected historical wrong" is finally being addressed—but more can be done
NewsRestitution
Ethiopia claims Ten Commandments tablet hidden in Westminster Abbey
Sacred object taken by British troops in the 19th century is concealed inside an altar
CommentIvory ban
Traffic believes the US and UK ivory sale bans are ‘vital elements in the international response’ to poaching
The official spokesman of the wild-trade monitoring organisation responds to The Art Newspaper's article on the trade in elephant ivory
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