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‘We are down here fighting for our lives’: Texas exhibition highlights crackdowns on reproductive healthcare and abortion access
Focusing on works by artists with ties to the American South, “Is It Real?” raises awareness and funds for reproductive rights for communities on the front lines
François Duret-Robert, art market journalist, professor and collector, has died aged 92
The former editor of Connaissance des Arts was a leading figure in the French art market
From the top down: UK art world figures call for government support to decarbonise sector
Experts at galleries, charities and more are hoping that the chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce measures that assist cultural institutions in reducing their carbon footprint
‘Maybe Damien peaked’: Tracey Emin shares her thoughts on male artists in their 40s
In the latest episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, the UK artist discusses Hirst, royal visits and sacking off slim shady
Indonesia's national museum reopens after devastating fire
Exhibition of 2,500 repatriated objects, including the "Lombok treasure", inaugurates the newly refurbished space
Art Basel Paris
The unmissable museum shows during Art Basel Paris
From a canon-reshaping survey of Surrealism to an unearthing of the zombie myth
Oh La La! aims to spice up Art Basel Paris after its VIP preview days
As part of a rousing new scheme, dozens of exhibitors will unveil notable works only once the fair opens to the general public
Rule-based artist Mark Manders is ready to let loose at Art Basel Paris
The Dutch artist’s famously restrained work will feature at the fair and major European dealer and institutional shows opening in October
Art Basel Paris's new incarnation at the Grand Palais is lifting spirits high
The Paris fair's third edition will welcome 195 galleries—41 more than last year—from 42 countries
An Art Basel Paris wish list with something to suit every collector’s taste
Before the fair opens later this week, must-see highlights include an iconic film-maker’s erotic sketches and a pivotal Ana Mendieta work
Art market
Large Ed Ruscha gas station painting could bring more than $50m at Christie's after star turns at Lacma and MoMA
The 1964 painting was a prominent feature in the artist’s recent travelling retrospective
Prison restaurant refuses to show former convict's 'inappropriate' paintings
Frank Norman's exhibition was cancelled at The Clink in London
What if luxury is art sellers’ salvation, and not their sin
New moves by Gagosian, Sotheby’s and others aim to boost the art trade via high-end retail
Sunny £13.2m 1960s David Hockney brightens Sotheby's Frieze week evening sale
The small 23-lot contemporary art auction last night realised a total of £37.5m
Lucian Freud's Ria leads Christie's Frieze week evening sale at £11.8m
Despite some tense moments and a difficult market, the event proved solid, 'affirming' the auction house's decision to scrap June sales
Museums & Heritage
The unmissable museum shows during Art Basel Paris
From a canon-reshaping survey of Surrealism to an unearthing of the zombie myth
Painting protests cause 'enormous stress for colleagues at every level', say UK's national museum directors
An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries"
MFA Boston gets $25m gift to renovate galleries and add staff
The Wyss Foundation’s donation will create more than 5,000 sq. ft of extra space for the museum’s 20th-century art collection
Musée des Arts Décoratifs director Christine Macel leaves for advisory role amid allegations of dysfunction at the museum
Two years after her appointment, the star curator described her early exit from the Paris museum as “a relief”
New arts district takes shape in Dallas’s northern suburbs
Three institutions have joined forces to transform a corner of the University of Texas at Dallas into a cultural hub
Exhibitions
Parrish Art Museum provides a fitting tribute to Audrey Flack, queen of ‘Post-Pop Baroque’
The New York show celebrates the late artist's melding of contemporary culture with art history
In the first major US survey of Tamara de Lempicka’s work, de Young Museum reveals the many sides of the painter
The San Francisco institution reveals personal details about the artist famed for her female portraits
Igloos, trees and ice: Arte Povera and its legacy explored in Paris exhibition
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev delays her retirement to curate Bourse de Commerce show highlighting many artistic firsts
Five not-to-miss PST Art shows at Los Angeles galleries
From the atomic to the astronomic, and the natural to supernatural, these exhibitions make the most of the Getty’s sweeping science-meets-art agenda
What a catch! Italian artist trio to serve up fish market performance in New York
After an inaugural outing in Milan last year, Canemorto is transforming an East Village gallery into an irreverent market for handcrafted fish art
Diary
‘Maybe Damien peaked’: Tracey Emin shares her thoughts on male artists in their 40s
In the latest episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, the UK artist discusses Hirst, royal visits and sacking off slim shady
Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo
Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move
Barbed art critic Brian Sewell is back—in AI form
The late writer known for his poison pen will make an appearance in a new London magazine
The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again in New York
Luna Luna, featuring a carousel by Keith Haring and David Hockney's enchanted forest, is travelling to The Shed
Monet is back in Vogue thanks to editor’s makeover
Edward Enninful is partnering with the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie to create prints inspired by the artist
Opinion
The new auction calendar: everything, everywhere, at every opportunity
All change as the final auction season of 2024 goes into full swing
The case for a cross-border approach for recovering Europe's Nazi-looted art
If governments are committed to the Washington Principles, they should create a co-ordinating body
Ten years on from the genocide, Yazidi culture is still absent from Western museums
Institutions have a moral duty to better represent the persecuted Kurdish religious minority
Despite the real (and artificial) fears of many, AI is not the enemy of the art world
Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer
Rachida Dati has been reappointed as France's culture minister—but does she have the will to protect heritage?
The debacle over the commissioning of Notre-Dame's stained-glass windows highlights the politician's propensity to ignore expert advice
Books
The life and art of Mabel Nicholson: new volume tells of the career catastrophe of domestic bliss
How lovingly raising her artistic family cost an artist of “tensile strength” her own fame
Two publications show how, in Caspar David Friedrich's world, mankind is puny against nature’s power
The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide
'Go, thou, and do likewise': a field guide to Britain’s stone circles delivers both scholarship and romance
An authoritative and engaging read for fans of the UK's mute monoliths—be they academic or sentimental
Five of the best art books hitting the shelves this autumn
Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months
Take a romp through Ancient Rome’s great buildings with this handy (almost) pocket-sized book
Ostensibly a guide to the city's top 50 sites, a new publication by Paul Roberts offers far more
Book Club
‘The artist the critics love to hate’: the colourful life of sports star painter and Playboy illustrator LeRoy Neiman
We speak to the author of a new biography that reassesses the legacy of the “hustler” artist who rubbed shoulders with celebrities
An expert’s guide to Helen Frankenthaler: five must-read books on the Abstract Expressionist
All you ever wanted to know about Frankenthaler, from a seminal monograph to the story of the bohemian world that forged her—selected by the curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon
In Pictures | Artist billboards across America tell a story of US politics today
Ahead of the November presidential election, a new book by the For Freedoms organisation brings together the topical and political posters that it has commissioned since 2016
October Book Bag: from a publication about money in art to tales of London art market rogues
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Obituaries
‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80
Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs
Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87
Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism
Remembering David Anfam, curator, writer and Abstract Expressionism connoisseur
The artist Erin Lawlor recalls her time spent with the art historian, who wrote defining texts on artists such as Mark Rothko and offered critical support for the next generation
An infinite conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist's personal memoir of Kasper König, curator, publisher, teacher, museum director, and friend to artists
The artistic director of Serpentine, recalls 35 years of friendship and collaboration with the cultural impresario who was one of the most important curators of the second half of the 20th century
Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88
A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Frieze, UK critics The White Pube, Giuseppe Penone and Arte Povera — podcast
We find out how the London fair went this year, speak to Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad about their new book and to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev about her new show at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with…Sonia Boyce — podcast
An in-depth interview with the Golden Lion-winner, discussing her shift to social practice, the influence of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and how William Morris’s wallpaper designs have made their way into her work
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.
Van Gogh’s postman: the artist's favourite portrait subject to be explored in Boston and Amsterdam shows
Vincent described his friend as having “a big, bearded face, very Socratic”
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.
Theresa Reiwer wins top award at Lumen Prize for digital art
German-born artist working on ethics and AI leads the winners in nine categories of 13th annual edition of the world’s leading prize for art created with technology
Artist on trial for website satirising Icelandic company’s alleged role in the Fishrot scandal
Oddur Eysteinn Friðriksson’s spoof of the Samherji Group’s website featured a prominent apology, seemingly acknowledging its alleged role in the Namibian fishing scandal
Refik Anadol Studio reveals plans for world’s first museum of AI arts
Dataland is due to open in 2025 at the Frank Gehry-designed The Grand LA development in Los Angeles's downtown arts district
Despite the real (and artificial) fears of many, AI is not the enemy of the art world
Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer
Unesco warns that AI could rewrite Holocaust history
What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?