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Hidden picture beneath Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Red Hat’ may be the artist’s only existing male portrait, research reveals

The underpainting, a quite conventional portrait of a man, was previously believed to be by a different artist

Martin Bailey36 minutes ago

Jasleen Kaur, Michael Rakowitz, Jeremy Deller and Massive Attack among 77 creatives to join Gaza fundraiser poster campaign

The posters, being sold as part of a book, are “a tribute to Palestinian resilience and a tool for global solidarity”

Anny Shawabout 2 hours ago

Inaugural Brussels Art Week stakes a strong claim for the city's scene

Organised by new non-profit RendezVous, the event brought together Brussels's wealth of commercial galleries, institutions and artist-run spaces

Sofia Hallstromabout 15 hours ago

From Marie Antoinette at the V&A to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn

A thrilling Dior debut in Paris for new creative director Jonathan Anderson, an earthy, wood-themed jewellery collection at Christie’s London by Natasha Wightman, a must-see doll’s house at the Rijksmuseum and shoe king Manolo Blahnik sponsors a V&A exhibition about Marie Antoinette

Donald Judd’s architecture office reopens after previous restoration went up in flames

The building in Marfa, Texas, was badly damaged by fire in 2021, wrecking a three-year restoration project that was about to complete

Gabriella Angeletiabout 14 hours ago

Art market

Leaner, nimbler and more discreet: why some art advisory firms are growing in a downturn

As other parts of the business scale back, advisories continue to launch and expand

Anna Brady1 day ago

Sotheby’s secures $120m Pritzker and $400m Lauder collections, with works by Matisse, Munch and Van Gogh

Specialists estimate the collections could collectively bring in around $520m during the upcoming auctions in New York this autumn

It’s back to business for the art market—but can the trade keep ticking over till Christmas?

As dealers end their summer breaks, closures, cancellations and some worrying economic indicators point to tough times ahead

After 50 years, LA Louver is closing its gallery in Venice, California

The gallery will donate its vast archive to the Huntington as it shifts to a new business model

Rarely seen Walter Sickert painting to go on sale in London

The British artist’s oil, depicting a bored couple, is being offered by the gallery Piano Nobile as part of a selling exhibition

Exhibitions

Kerry James Marshall offers a fresh lesson in art history at his London retrospective

The US artist’s paintings that nod knowingly to the past will be joined by new works in a vast survey at the Royal Academy of Arts

Ten essential works of art to see at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

The art historian Matthew Holman makes his personal selection from a collection spanning 200,000 works of modern and contemporary art

The sixth Aichi Triennale seeks to encompass destruction and renewal

The exhibition’s artistic director Hoor Al Qasimi says this edition does not shy away from traumatic events, but also finds strength in tales of survival

Ch-ch-changes at V&A as David Bowie Centre opens

The centres opens on 13 September at the V&A East Storehouse, and mines a vast archive to explore the musician’s artistic processes, networks and influences

Delhi exhibition highlights India's controversial slum redevelopments

‘I Rescued Speed Altogether’ focuses on the objects and landscapes left behind after a demolition—stationery, old toys, half-destroyed houses and smoke

Museums & Heritage

Criminal damage and critical commentary? Legal reflections on Banksy's short-lived judge mural

Aside from its legal subject matter—a bewigged judge beating down a protestor—what are the legalities of this whole affair?

Uptown and downtown, re-imagined museums in New York prepare to reopen

This autumn, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the New Museum will reopen with ambitious new facilities that reflect renewed commitments to artists and the evolving civic role of contemporary art

Yemen’s National Museum damaged by Israeli strikes, Houthi authorities say

The building’s windows and doors were shattered by the attack on 10 September—while one local professor has expressed concerns that the collection could now be at risk

Alexander Calder finally gets hometown space in Philadelphia

The $70m Calder Gardens is a unique space serving as both a celebration of the artist’s work and a meticulously landscaped oasis on the city’s grandest boulevard

Obituaries

Remembering Robert Redford, the Hollywood star with the sensibility of a struggling painter

Redford, an Oscar-winning actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute, died yesterday at his home in Utah

Tom Seymourabout 21 hours ago

Rosalyn Drexler—Pop Art painter, polymath, and travelling wrestler—has died aged 98

Drexler, who was a fixture of the Pop Art scene by the early 1960s, was also a member of an all-women wrestling troupe under the pseudonym Mexican Spitfire

Giorgio Armani, designer who changed how museums engage with fashion, has died aged 91

As well as for his iconic designs, Armani will be remembered for his broad cultural legacy

Sylvain Amic, ‘open spirited’ head of Musée d'Orsay, has died aged 58

His death was announced on Sunday by the French culture minister, Rachida Dati

Robert Wilson, experimental playwright, director and artist, has died, aged 83

Over a six-decade career, he created elegantly stylised performances and images with collaborators including Marina Abramović, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga

The Week in Art

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

David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker—podcast

Ben Luke steps inside the V&A East's latest addition, discusses the Bukhara biennial with our art market editor, and explores a new exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery

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.

Book Club

The philosopher’s tone: Gilles Deleuze's lively painting lectures are published in English

The French thinker held seminars on painting and philosophy at the short-lived Centre Universitaire Expérimental de Vincennes

Cameras, creativity and kids: Sally Mann on her ‘kind of how-to book’ that mixes memoir with advice for artists

The US photographer, whose images of her naked children sparked controversy, reflects on her life and practice

What is art for? A brush with… publication reveals artists’ favourite things

Book drawn from The Art Newspaper podcast includes 25 insightful interviews with key figures such as Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson

An expert’s guide to Indigenous Australian art: five must-read books on the subject

The best publications to learn all about the topic, from a concise overview to a ‘stunning illustrated publication’—selected by the curator Kelli Cole and the academic Jennifer Green

Opinion

Comment | Picasso’s ‘Three Dancers’ sparked my love of art. Let's give others the chance to find their own way in

The arts education crisis in the UK risks holding the young back from discovering what visual culture can teach us about self-expression, empathy, open-mindedness and more

Comment | EJ Hill's New York performance personifies the art of endurance

The Los Angeles-based artist is spending eight hours a day on his knees at David Zwirner's 52 Walker space

Comment | Why New York can be a risky place for dealers and museums to hold art

Could the Manhattan district attorney's seizures be putting people off sending artworks to the city?

Comment | I used to think it wasn’t cool to like Andy Goldsworthy—now I see how he helps us appreciate the natural world

Two recent Goldsworthy shows, one at the National Galleries of Scotland and the other at Jupiter Artland, have radically changed my view of the artist, writes Louisa Buck

Comment | US museums are finally going bilingual: here's why it matters

In the past few years, art institutions across the country have been making a concerted effort to provide information about their collections and exhibitions in languages other than English—and it's a step that's worth celebrating

Despite past legal drama, Madonna still seems hung up on the V&A

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

Actor Sharon Stone is up for the Women in Art Prize

The movie star will compete against 24 other finalists including Bianca Raffaella

An eye for art: new US ambassador installs blue-chip collection at palatial UK residence

Warren Stephens has brought works by Cézanne, Renoir and Edgar Degas to London

‘Anish Kapoor, let him out’: satirical protest campaign claims a man is trapped inside the Chicago Bean

A group of black-clad protesters recently gathered at “Cloud Gate” to raise awareness and call for the release of the man they claim lives inside the sculpture

Want to take a peek at the UK prime minister’s art collection?

Special tours of No.10 Downing Street are due to take place next month, as part of the popular Open House festival

Book reviews

Euan Uglow monograph offers a fresh perspective through memoirs, papers and contributions

The book also includes myriad accounts of the British artist's inspirational teaching techniques

The 19th-century heiress whose avid collecting was just part of a rich, scholarly life

The exceptional legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, best known for her scholarly collecting of ceramics, is explored in a new biography

New book offers a suitably poetic vision of Blake and his legacy

Philip Hoare has created his “version of a Blake print”, a complex book to dive into and get lost in

An expansive monograph of Celia Paul paints a portrait of a single-minded, singular artist

The book explores how the British artist's mother was her most trusted sitter and Paul's thoughts on Lucian Freud’s depictions of her during their relationship

A tome accompanying the Lahore Biennale is a celebration of authenticity

This comprehensive reader on the second edition in 2020 considers how the independent-minded institution is placing Pakistan’s artists in an international context as well as helping them thrive in a complex political environment

Art on Location 2025

A special focus on the latest outdoor art experiences, including public art, sculpture parks, urban and country house sculpture shows, artist's trails, and the use of location-specific technology

‘Creating their own ecosystem’: Arts Council gives backing to collaboration between artists in rural Gloucestershire

The Hide, an artist retreat in the Cotswolds, southwest England, with an annual sculpture showcase, is a grassroots project that is gathering momentum

Anna Brady17 July 2025

London urban oasis hosts artist’s multimedia investigation into plants’ resilience in the face of climate crisis

Vivienne Schadinsky, artist-in-residence at OmVed Gardens, in north London has used the two-acre plot as a “living laboratory” to make ink paintings, films, sculptures and prints devoted to beans and their ecology

Hannah McGivern15 July 2025

Kew Gardens to host largest-ever open-air Henry Moore show

Opening in May 2026, thirty works will be dotted around the 320-acre Unesco World Heritage site

Gareth Harris9 July 2025

Towering ambition: the Swiss artist Not Vital's Alpine playground

The multidisciplinary artist mixes nature, architecture and art to grand effect at his foundation’s three locations: a castle, a sculpture park and a 17th-century house

Annabel Keenan8 July 2025

The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh

Inspired by a visit to Naoshima art island in Japan, a US collector has commissioned a compelling group of site-specific installations

Helen Stoilas4 July 2025

A brush with... podcast

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

A brush with… Jeffrey Gibson—podcast

Jeffrey Gibson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

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Technology

News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.

How AI-trained robots are helping to root out fake paintings tied to a notorious forgery case

The Norval AI tool is being used to determine the authenticity of works alleged to by the Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau

Pop-up Giphy Gallery makes the case for GIFs as fine art

A partnership between Giphy and the Museum of Modern GIFs has birthed a new way to look at the short-form animated image files we all use to punctuate text exchanges

New app aims to improve access to Los Angeles art scene

The ArtWrld app, which also covers New York and plans to add more cities soon, is one of several digital resources seeking to keep art-loving Angelenos in the know

How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’

The American artist, whose work is currently on show in New York, makes the invisible impacts of technology visible

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