NewsRestitution report 2018
Scholars call for Berlin centre on colonial-era heritage
Appeal published in Die Zeit welcomes Macron report but says debate should not be limited to restitution
NewsCatalogues
Cataloguing Egon Schiele: a digital work in progress
Database allows scholars to make rapid connections between works
AnalysisThe Year In Review
2018 in the market: the price is right for pale males
David Hockney was latest white male artist to set a record this year
PreviewExhibitions
The slow and meticulous work of Vija Celmins zooms into view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Artist’s retrospective encourages viewers to take their time when looking in the modern age
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Vienna this weekend
From a busy Bruegel blockbuster to a whimsical Wes Anderson world conjured from the Kunsthistorisches Museum archives
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Revealed online for the first time: photograph showing Van Gogh painting slashed in 1978
Criminally insane visitor attacked the self-portrait at the Van Gogh Museum
Latest in Comment
When do satellite fairs become space junk?
Miami’s art scene will keep on growing
Art Basel in Miami Beach has become Latin American art’s El Dorado
Will art market speculation ever go away?
Should we relinquish our insistence on privileging original works of art?
FeatureArtists
Jordan Casteel comes home with a show at the Denver Art Museum
The New York-based painter, whose work is now owned by private collectors like Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats as well as institutions, never envisioned herself becoming an artist
NewsThree to see
Three exhibition to see in Los Angeles this weekend
From 3D illusions at Lacma to environmental disasters at the Craft & Folk Art Museum
NewsExhibitions
Berlin's 200-year-old replica workshop finds a niche at new Museum Island hub
First-ever exhibition on the Gipsformerei, which copies works for museums and Jeff Koons, will open the James Simon Gallery next summer
NewsCollectors
Tasmanian museum expands with £230m luxury hotel that includes a Marina Abramović-designed spa
Collector David Walsh plans to build new Motown complex alongside his Museum of Old and New Art
BlogDiary of an art historian
Gran Torino offers Van Dyck, hot chocolate and the ghost of Il Duce
Turin has all the grandeur of Paris, but none of the haughtiness
NewsBrazil
Art collector and Credit Suisse head José Olympio da Veiga Pereira is the new president of São Paulo biennial foundation
The organisation oversees the city’s international exhibition, as well as the country’s representation at the Venice Biennale and other projects
Latest in Podcast
Should looted colonial art be returned?
Olafur Eliasson on climate change. Plus, Art Basel in Miami Beach
'What on earth is going on with Earth?' Olafur Eliasson on bringing ice blocks to London
'A moment of total crisis in Europe' prompted Edmund de Waal to sell his prized netsuke collection
Exclusive interview with Edmund de Waal, plus Roma persecution
NewsArt market
Frieze shareholder Endeavor ‘in process’ of pulling out of $400m Saudi deal
Hollywood entertainment agency intends to return entire investment after murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
NewsExhibitions
Revamped UK gallery gets major Paula Rego retrospective that will tour to Scotland and Ireland
MK Gallery in Milton Keynes will also host a George Stubbs survey
BlogThe Buck stopped here
It's a Christmas wrap at a seasonal art boot-fair
InterviewMuseums & Heritage
The women taking charge in the Gulf's rising art scene
With many of the region’s museums, fairs and festivals under female leadership, we talk to three key decision-makers
NewsArt market
Nan Goldin photograph withdrawn from Norwegian auction after gallery objects to sale
Marian Goodman Gallery says Self-Portrait on the Train, Germany, had condition problems but seller's representative says low estimate was the issue
NewsMuseums
National Gallery of Art in Washington hires its first female director
Kaywin Feldman, to begin in March, currently leads the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Latest In the frame
Achilles the Hermitage cat gets top tourism gong
Kanye graces Art Basel in Miami Beach
SpaceX, we have a problem: lift-off is delayed for rocket carrying art
Rose McGowan back on screen in all-encompassing art film
LA Philharmonic pays tribute to Fluxus
PreviewExhibitions
Jean-Jacques Lequeu's fantasies finally find favour with Paris show
Petit Palais exhibition explores the architect's explicit drawings and designs for unrealised buildings including a cow-shaped dairy
NewsTania Bruguera
Tania Bruguera pulls out of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, vowing to stay in Cuba and fight censorship law Decree 349
The activist says that the government crackdown continues with the creation of a “cultural police”
NewsClimate Change
Olafur Eliasson's latest work is melting away on the bank of the Thames in London
Public sculpture unveiled to coincide with the COP24 climate summit in Poland
NewsProtest
Arc de Triomphe to reopen after vandalism by 'Yellow Vest' protestors in Paris
But the bust of Napoleon is still being restored
NewsArt market
US anti-money-laundering bill could reappear early next year
Critics say the proposed law, which stalled following the US mid-term elections, would place an unnecessary burden on dealers
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Staff at State Russian Museum take legal action to halt renovation
Senior employees claim the $17m project threatens the Mikhailovsky Palace building and its collections
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
AnalysisExhibitions
The year in exhibitions: world’s great collections reunited for once-in-a-lifetime shows
In 2018, curators turned into sleuths to track down works that belonged to some of history’s greatest—but often flawed—collectors
NewsMuseums
DR Congo to request restitution of works from former coloniser Belgium
Country's president Joseph Kabila made the announcement ahead of opening of revamped Africa Museum outside Brussels
NewsVandalism
Reykjavik's Little Mer-Sausage destroyed and discarded
Phallic-shaped sculpture has both shocked and endeared itself to the public
PreviewExhibitions
China finally gets caught in Louise Bourgeois’s web
First major survey in Shanghai of late artist’s work includes giant spider on loan from Tate
AnalysisThe Year In Review
From counting muddles to collective cuddles: the art world's highs and lows of 2018
The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget
NewsMuseums
Protesters stream into Whitney, calling for removal of board vice chairman
They assailed the trustee's business ties to the tear gas fired by US border agents
FeatureArt fairs
Behind the scenes: Diary of an art handler
Having to cope with everything from curious koi to melting Vaseline, an art handler’s working days are certainly never dull
NewsIndigenous art
This land is your land: US art world acknowledge Native American land rights
Movement is partly spurred by the US Department of Arts and Culture, which issued a guide on how to honour native land in 2017
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Late artists finally get their due at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Galleries at the fair are giving lesser-known deceased artists the credit they deserve
NewsLaw
Widower takes aim at chairman of Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Husband of deceased leader argues in court filings that chairman strong-armed his way into the post
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Sir Charles steps down as chief-executive of the RA and settles a few old scores along the way
NewsArt market
Jump-bidding for Rembrandt's fingerprints and a tale of two Van Dycks: dispatches from London's Old Master auctions
Christie's and Sotheby's sell near identical Van Dyck portraits of Princess Mary, and new records are set for Frans Hals and a jolly Judith Leyster
NewsSyria
New London gallery shows work by only-known artist to have worked secretly under Islamic State
The Stories Art Gallery champions artists who take a non-political approach in their work to challenge violent stereotypes of Syria
FeatureArtist interview
Elizabeth Price: Mining a rich seam of creativity
The changing world of work is central to Turner Prize-winning artist’s new show at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh's portrait of a prostitute coming up for sale
Christie’s, more discreetly, entitles it “Portrait de femme”
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Street art is on the rise at fairs—but does it undermine the point?
KAWS edition of 100 prints at Art Basel in Miami Beach proved so popular gallery had to run a lottery
NewsPussy Riot
Pussy Riot to receive €37,000 compensation from Russia for human rights violations
European Court of Human Rights ordered payment over treatment of the group in pre-trial detention and treatment in court
NewsArt Basel Miami Beach 2018
Tania Bruguera and fellow artists released from Cuban jail
Cuba's culture ministry waters down Decree 349, a new controversial censorship law
NewsRussia
Russian police seize drawings by high school pupils under 'gay propaganda' law
Students’ parents complain and psychologists sent to school after art contest for International Day of Tolerance draws fire from authorities
PreviewExhibitions
Female artists emerge from shadow cast by Berlin Wall
Exhibition at Dresden's Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau reveals how women in the Eastern Bloc were often more radical than the men
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: Neneh is the Cherry on top at White Cube and stars show support for HIV/Aids charity auction
Plus, feast your eyes on a ten-foot-high chocolate tower
NewsClimate Change
'What on earth is going on with Earth?' Olafur Eliasson on bringing ice blocks to London
The Danish-Icelandic artist tells The Art Newspaper podcast about the latest iteration of Ice Watch and why climate change refugees should automatically get passports from well-off states
NewsPodcast
'A moment of total crisis in Europe' prompted Edmund de Waal to sell his prized netsuke collection
The artist and author tells The Art Newspaper podcast about his motives behind selling the Japanese figures and lending them back to Vienna—the city from which his family fled
NewsAnish Kapoor
Kapoor reaches out-of-court settlement with the NRA to remove sculpture from 'abhorrent' video
The British artist also invites the US gun lobby to donate $1m to victims of gun violence in the US
NewsMuseums
Pitzhanger Manor, the country estate of Sir John Soane, to open in west London next Spring
The English architect’s “jewel box” weekend retreat has been restored to its original condition
AnalysisMarket
In debt we trust: the rise of art-secured lending
The rapid growth in the number of loan providers, from private banks to specialist lenders, could transform the art market’s relationship with the financial markets
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel looks to the future as ‘campus’ around the Miami Beach Convention Center grows
Fair organisers are "focusing on developing a new concept" after discontinuing the Film and Public sectors
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Brazil's artists and galleries fight back at Art Basel Miami Beach
Country's galleries are out in force at the fair after far-right Jair Bolsonaro's election
PreviewExhibitions
Piero della Francesca exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum is largest ever—with 11 works
Half of movable works by Renaissance master included in St Petersburg show
NewsDiscoveries
Did Pieter Bruegel the Elder create the earliest Scottish landscape?
Coastal rock formation in 16th-century engraving resembles the famous Bass Rock at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, art historian argues
BlogThe Buck stopped here
The mood is serious and celebratory at the Turner Awards- with a sartorial twist
NewsExhibitions
With striking juxtapositions, Nordic art unfurls at the Phillips Collection
A 200-year survey of work from the region suggests a common mystique
AnalysisTurner Prize
'I wouldn’t be here were it not for public funding': Turner Prize-winner Charlotte Prodger makes case for state support for the arts
Glasgow-based artist won the coveted award for her intimate videos filmed entirely on an iPhone
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
The tax man cometh: new laws on sales tax pose problems for US art dealers
US Supreme Court decision is causing anxiety among dealers
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
We are all America: first Faena Festival aims to unify, not divide
There is continuity across the two continents, says curator of Miami Beach event
NewsArt market
Glenn Gould’s Bach hits the auction block
The late pianist’s 1981 annotated score of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is the first of his manuscripts to come to market
NewsMuseums
Italian court says Getty Museum must surrender prized bronze Statue of a Victorious Youth
The Los Angeles institution counters that it will keep on fighting to maintain the linchpin of its collection
PreviewPolitics
Latin American galleries reassess sales strategies for Miami Art Week after border crackdown
Trump's decision to station 15,000 troops at the country's southwest border has further soured political relations between the US and its South American neighbours
NewsAppointments & departures
Galleria Borghese director Anna Coliva reinstated after suspension over gym visits
Decision to take case to court prompted a public outcry and an online petition
NewsUnesco
Goodbye Venice, goodbye Ravenna, goodbye Ferrara, goodbye Carthage?
Many World Heritage Sites around the Mediterranean are at grave risk from sea-level rise by 2100, report says
FeatureLost art
Lost art: the possibly forged but tantalising Sinaia lead plates
Noah Charney shares the stories behind some of art history's most important works—and others that pose potential problems
PreviewExhibitions
Judy Chicago’s career and journey into the art-historical canon celebrated in new show
Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami includes test plates for the artist's most famous work, The Dinner Party
NewsAlbrecht Dürer
Dürer used his famous Praying Hands drawing to advertise his talent
Chief curator of Vienna’s Albertina argues that the work, which shows the artist's own hands, was a finished work rather than preparatory drawing
NewsArt market
Adam Chinn to leave Sotheby's after chief operating officer role is 'eliminated'
Former deal-maker, who joined the auction house in 2016 with the acquisition of Art Agency, Partners, will leave on 31 December
NewsArtists
We have lift-off: Museum officials keep their fingers crossed as two sculptures hurtle into space
Fulfilling artists’ quests, a diamond-shaped balloon and a gold bust are expected to orbit the Earth
NewsMuseums
Whitney staff members assail vice chairman’s business tie to tear gas attacks at US border
In a letter, they express ‘outrage’ over a connection to a military and law enforcement supplier