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Documenta 16 hires four new curators

The quinquennial curatorial team expands with the appointments of Osei Bonsu, Raven Chacon, Timea Junghaus and Noam Segal

Gareth Harrisabout 7 hours ago

New research reveals original colours of Ancient Egyptian shrine at Oxford museum

The Shrine of King Taharqa at the Ashmolean will be recoloured through a digital projection

Maev Kennedyabout 3 hours ago

Life mirrors art: the story of Yayoi Kusama

The life of the enigmatic artist, who died in August, was filled with paradoxes and was not without controversy

Alex Wangabout 7 hours ago

Works from US pavilion at Venice Biennale could be stuck in limbo due to fundraising shortfall

The American Arts Conservancy, the non-profit responsible for this year’s presentation in Italy, is short $1m to bring Alma Allen's giant sculptures back across the Atlantic

Collectors Cristina Chacón and Diego Uribe to open contemporary art space in Miami

DC Lab will provide a platform for international artists and galleries

Art Week Tokyo

In partnership with Art Week Tokyo (4-8 November), The Art Newspaper explores this year's citywide showcase of art

Five exhibitions to see during Art Week Tokyo

From dark adolescent fantasies to the father of video art, and new ecosystems growing in cracks in the road

Paul Lasterabout 9 hours ago
In partnership with Art Week Tokyo

‘Mariko Mori anticipated the zeitgeist’: curator Alexandra Monroe on her new show and how Japan's art scene has changed

The US curator who helped shape the narrative of Japan’s post-war art has returned to Tokyo to collaborate on a show by the acclaimed artist

Andrew Maerkleabout 8 hours ago
In partnership with Art Week Tokyo

‘Travel guides are far from neutral forms’: Art Week Tokyo video programme goes off the map

Curator X Zhu-Nowell tells us about the ten artists who explore what is mapped and what is left out of view

Lisa Moviusabout 9 hours ago
In partnership with Art Week Tokyo

‘Another way of engaging the city’: centrepiece of Art Week Tokyo sends visitors to venues across the capital

Curated exhibition platform AWT Focus has expanded to encompass ten diverse exhibitions at ten venues

Alex Wangabout 9 hours ago
In partnership with Art Week Tokyo

Museums & Heritage

After seven years, Hirshhorn Museum opens Hiroshi Sugimoto-designed sculpture garden

The newly revamped open-air oasis brings 60 works to Washington, DC’s National Mall—including recently acquired pieces by Raven Halfmoon, Liz Larner and KAWS

As protests in Georgia intensify again, a new private museum puts focus on the country’s artists

Local businessman Jemal Inaishvili’s institution, the Kvareli Foundation for Contemporary Art, aims to bring Georgian art to a wider audience

Visual war and the underwater secrets of the Inca

Archaeologists have uncovered how the Inca transformed a coastal landscape into a display of imperial power, with submerged remains revealing more about the site

Hong Kong’s M+ Museum launches alliance with Centre Pompidou and MoMA as part of fifth anniversary celebrations—podcast

We speak with the chairman of the museum's board, Paulo Pong, about the partnership as well as plans including the launch of a new M+ Academy

Hosted by Benjamin Sutton

The name of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian dog depicted in a tomb painting has been revealed—and it has a unique link to the god Anubis

The name and the painted canine’s coat, which echoes the pattern of the clothing of its owner, suggest the important role dogs played in Ancient Egyptian society

Art market

Art Toronto reflects Canadian art community’s focus on sustaining domestic ecosystem

With around 80% of its exhibitors based in Canada, this edition of the country’s biggest art fair reflects the current “elbows up” attitude of a nation embroiled in a trade war with its neighbour

Dallas Art Fair scores new venue at football training facility

The fair leaves its downtown Dallas venue after 18 years for a larger, single-level space on the Southern Methodist University campus

Challenges mounting to US laws enacted to aid recovery of Nazi-looted art

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation in Madrid and the Norton Simon Museum in California are pushing back against recent statutes related to Holocaust-era expropriation claims

UK art market growth lags behind competitors, new report finds

British Art Market Federation also emphasises the important role small businesses within the art trade

Exhibitions

Underappreciated artists from the Chelsea Hotel are finally getting their due

Works by Bettina, Ching Ho Cheng, Nicola L. and other former residents have been popping up at galleries, museums and art fairs worldwide

Chris Ofili brings story of Laure—the Black model painted by Manet—in from the margins at Turin exhibition

The UK artist is presenting new works inspired by muse Laure at the Pinacoteca Agnelli in Turin

Largest ever Piero della Francesca exhibition to open at London’s National Gallery

The show, opening in October 2027, will be organised around seven interlocking building blocks of the Renaissance master’s work

‘Encounter the unexpected’: Harry Houdini exhibition commemorates the famed illusionist on the centenary of his death

Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the escape artist's death on Halloween, ‘Houdini's Library’ at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas spotlights his vast collection of books and other ephemera

Arte Povera’s Marisa Merz honoured with trio of Turin shows

Three institutions are collaborating to mark the centenary of the movement’s only female artist

Books

New book explores how Ukraine’s artists are shaping the memory of war

A Guardian journalist’s investigation into the ways in which artists are responding to the Russian invasion encompasses three years of trips to Ukraine

New book charts American artist’s lifelong devotion to the South Seas

Robert Lee Eskridge painted hundreds of images of Pacific Island life after landing in Tahiti a century ago

Found objects and fall-outs: publication reveals new sides to Donald Judd and his work

Neil Levine, a historian and former friend of the artist, tells us about his publication, which offers a personal perspective on the Minimalist master

All six of Edward Hopper’s early oils, long thought to be original works, revealed to be copies

In an exclusive extract from his new Edward Hopper biography, Louis Shadwick tracks down the original works—many reproduced in popular periodicals of the time, with instructions for copying—that formed the basis of all Hopper’s oil paintings before he enrolled in art school

An expert’s guide to Frida Kahlo: five must-read books on the Mexican Surrealist

The best Kahlo publications, from an incisive art-historical study to a facsimile of the artist’s diary—selected by the Tate curator Beatriz García-Velasco

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.

Behind a Van Gogh picture: the stories revealed on the reverse

“Daubigny’s Garden” was painted on a kitchen towel—and its wooden stretcher has labels recording its wartime adventures

Before banana fame, Maurizio Cattelan made ends meet delivering letters—and sperm

The mischievous artist has revealed an early CV with some (re)productive roles

Head to Paris to see Renoir masterpiece, suggests Eurostar—but the work is in London

The Impressionist’s ‘Dance at the Moulin de la Galette’, owned by the Musée D’Orsay, is on view at the National Gallery until January 2027

Will Beryl Cook finally make it into Tate Modern?

The reported acquisition of a work suggests that the London museum is revising its opinion of the late artist

Jean-ius portraiture: Nan Goldin collaborates with fashion house Acne Studios

The US artist and activist is helping the Stockholm brand celebrate its 30th anniversary in style

The Week in Art

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

Edward Hopper biography, Kvareli Foundation in Georgia, Marisa Merz in Turin—podcast

Ben Luke learns about a new Edward Hopper biography and digital editor Alexander Morrison visits a new private museum in Georgia. Ben Luke also hears about an installation by the Arte Povera artist Marisa Merz, who is now being celebrated by three institutions across Turin

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

The Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry, a nearly 70m-long embroidery telling the story of the Norman Conquest, has returned to England for the first time since it was made nearly 1,000 years ago, going on view in a special exhibition at the British Museum. To mark the occasion, here is a curated selection of our stories on the treasured work

British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry

Some ticket holders have reportedly been turned away from the exhibition because previous visitors had taken too long taking photos

Review | ‘£1 a minute’: is the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth it?

Our correspondent Martin Bailey visits the blockbuster show on its first day to see what the experience is really like for the paying public

Portrait of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition sponsor goes on view at British Museum amid scrutiny over ties to IDF

A painting of Igor Tulchinsky is on display within the museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry show

‘We are united’: King Charles III and President Macron attend private preview of London's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

Likely commissioned in France but made in England, the tapestry could have been called ‘the Canterbury Embroidery’ joked the King in a speech

Ten surprising facts about the Bayeux Tapestry

As the British Museum opens its decades-in-the-making exhibition of the nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery, we pored over its past and present journey

A brush with... podcast

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

A brush with... Sung Tieu—podcast

Sung Tieu talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to 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
Sponsored by Bloomberg Connects

The Art of Luxury

A magazine, published twice per year by The Art Newspaper, exploring how grande marque fashion, jewellery, travel and lifestyle interact with artists, the art market and the museums and heritage sector

In two minds: duality of Viktor&Rolf's design ideology on show in Milan exhibition

Show displays three decades of the experimental Dutch designers’ career with ten pairs of their haute couture creations

The Art Newspaperabout 9 hours ago

Fifth generation Indian weaver launches luxury cashmere brand

Kadri will sell scarves, blankets and accessories that are spun and woven by hand in Srinagar, Kashmir

The Art Newspaperabout 9 hours ago

Californian Michelin-starred restaurant serves up book on the art of hospitality and farming

Famed for its Japanese-inspired menus and homegrown ingredients, SingleThread shares its wisdom on growing and preparing food

The Art Newspaperabout 9 hours ago

Jewellers Buccellati create collection inspired by Venetian lace-making

Called Serenissima, the jewels use finely wrought metals to capture the art of the lace makers found on the island of Burano

Historic building in old Danish artist colony transformed into luxury hotel

CORI Hornbaek Hotel, just outside Copehagen, brings together brings together contemporary art, Mediterranean élan and the local speciality—hygge

Art on Location

Art on Location offers a special focus on outdoor art experiences, with news, features and archive content covering public art, sculpture parks, urban and country house sculpture shows, artist's trails, and the use of location-specific technology

‘These are party houses aren't they?’ Why Britain's stately homes are opening up to contemporary art

Showing works by artists including Tracey Emin and Phyllida Barlow over the summer is helping to attract new audiences and bolster income for historic buildings

Sun, sea, sand—and art: luxury hotel in Crete commissions works in response to the island

The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation has taken on the challenge of putting outdoor art in scorching Mediterranean conditions at the Minos Palace Resort

From beavers to basketball hoops: a new public art trail opens in Toronto

The Lassonde Art Trail is part of a $1bn redevelopment project to revitalise the city's relationship with its waterways

Opinion

Comment | Seabed heritage is facing catastrophic destruction on multiple fronts

From bottom-trawling fishing boats to increased ocean acidity, shipwrecks and other maritime heritage are in peril throughout the world

Comment | Arts and culture belong in disaster recovery

The US must stop treating the things that help make communities as afterthoughts

Comment | The Brooklyn Museum’s manga exhibition reveals the opportunities and challenges of tackling a global phenomenon

The Japanese art form has a fervent and wide-reaching community around it, which the New York museum has incorporated in its process

Comment | Why museums should tread carefully with audio and video in exhibition spaces

Cultural institutions must avoid falling into the trap of treating art as a visitor attraction

Comment | It's high time philanthropy was decentralised

Charles Asprey has shown courage and imagination by donating works to the tiny and remote Pier Arts Centre, instead of one of the UK’s prestigious London-based institutions

Obituaries

Peter Nagy—Nature Morte gallery founder who transformed Indian contemporary art market—has died

The artist-dealer launched the careers of some of India’s greatest art stars working today

Lucia Laguna, Brazilian painter of verdant and fragmented cityscapes, has died, aged 85

Laguna, who only started painting after retiring from her teaching career, started to achieve success when she was in her 60s

Peter Max, artist who achieved ubiquity marrying Pop art and psychedelia, has died, aged 88

A celebrity in his own right who also created riotous portraits of many famous and powerful people, Max made images that became inseparable from the legacy of the Summer of Love and countercultural movement

Geles Cabrera, the pioneering Mexican sculptor, has died, aged 100

Through her sinuous approach to the human figure, Cabrera forged a distinctive sculptural language and challenged conventions

Remembering Sliman Mansour, a defining figure of Palestinian art

Through his art, Mansour was a pioneering force of Palestinian cultural resistance

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