Show proposes that West and Central African photographers may have helped shape Black identities across the globe

From collaboration to consolidation, some dealers are adapting to a changing market that many agree should not return to its previous peak

The exhibition, co-curated by Whitney Museum of American Art staffers Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, will feature artists from 25 states and Puerto Rico, plus “places marked by the reach of US power”

After government shutdown and firing of organising committee leader, plans for shows and events advance

In a year of turbulence and uncertainty, new museums and dazzling shows were proof of art as a positive force

Dozens of buildings ravaged by Isis in the northern Iraqi city have now been restored

Netting a solid $133.4m total, the first Sotheby’s live sale in Abu Dhabi is described by the house as the largest debut for any new market in its history

The prize, presented in partnership with Nxthvn, includes a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles and $25,000

The crypto mogul Justin Sun—who famously bought Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m banana work and ate it—has also donated $7.8m to the government relief fund

The blue-chip gallery has acquired a 19th-century palazzo in need of restoration in Sicily

Following the bankrupted institution’s closure in 2024, developer Scout has transformed two of its buildings into a Village of Industry and Art

The artefacts, most dating from the 4th century BC, include a terracotta statue of a woman and elaborate red-figure vessels

Balshaw will see out her nine-year tenure by co-curating the largest-ever survey of the artist Tracey Emin in spring 2026

Dozens of buildings ravaged by Isis in the northern Iraqi city have now been restored

The Walled Off Hotel, which opened in 2017 directly opposite the West Bank barrier, has been described by the street artist as having “the worst view of any hotel in the world”

The Hammer Museum hosts 28 artists' projects while looking back on a tumultuous year in California’s biggest city

In this extract from her new book, Maria "Masha" Alyokhina Alyokhina recalls her first meeting with the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson

The best publications about Picasso's later years, from an esteemed biography to a book about his animal drawings—selected by the curators Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The security expert Anthony Amore provides insights into the curious case of Myles Connor, who stole Rembrandt’s Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn

The Toronto-born architect, who reshaped global skylines with his sweeping, seemingly unfinished creations, has died, aged 96

An anti-establishment fixture of the Los Angeles scene, Foulkes leaves behind a long legacy of furious expression spanning painting, sculpture, animation, music and more

From the signage of HMS Victory and Tate Britain, to the graphic identities of galleries and biennials, his designs can be found across contemporary British culture

The founding editor-in-chief of the bilingual Artes Visuales magazine, Stellweg ran galleries in new York and was also a prolific critic, scholar and curator

At Art Basel Paris, “the art world seemed to be staging a rally for art created by flesh-and-blood people”

The idea of making luxury more democratic seems both noble and impossible

John-Paul Stonard argues the case for honouring Constable at London's soon-to-be expanded National Gallery

To read a painting is to understand the context in which it was made, not the context in which we see it, writes Bendor Grosvenor

The artist had “a very full existence” in the French capital during the 1970s

Swifties have been arriving in droves to catch a glimpse of Friedrich Heyser's Ophelia, which appears in a recent music video by the showgirl superstar

An new app allows visitors to ‘speak’ with 20 statues in three languages

The Queen of Pop’s 2003 visit sparked a lawsuit—but she was spotted there again just last month