ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From atmospheric photographs by Roy DeCarava to Lily van der Stokker's riffs on medicine and doctors
NewsPublic art
San Francisco selected an artist to create a monument to Maya Angelou—then rejected her
Two weeks after winning a competition from more than 100 submissions, Lava Thomas’s commission offer was rescinded and the city said they would restart the process anew
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Green light for Leonardo's Vitruvian Man to go to Louvre
An Italian appellate court has overturned the ban on the loan of the celebrated drawing
NewsCentre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou to expand and move collections to new satellite venue in southern Paris
The “art factory” will be a conservation, exhibition and storage space and is expected to open in 2025
NewsColonial art
German states establish help desk to handle artefacts acquired in colonial era
An open letter from scholars and curators, including Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr, demands greater transparency on collections
ReviewBook Shorts
Scholarly book on European coronation rituals supplies sound background to 11th-century art history
This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state
NewsAcquisitions
New York's Morgan Library receives ‘transformational’ trove of manuscripts and bindings
Bequest comes from New York collector Jayne Wrightsman, who amassed 18th-century library to complement her celebrated French furnishings
NewsObituaries
Stefan Edlis, prolific Chicago philanthropist and collector of contemporary art, has died, aged 94
Along with his wife Gael Neeson, the plastics mogul was considered a "Nobel Laureate of Chicago Philanthropy"
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Ancient Bible fragments allegedly stolen by Oxford professor and sold to Hobby Lobby owner will be returned
Washington DC’s Museum of the Bible had acquired the artefacts through its founder Steve Green
NewsBanksy
To be or not to Bbay: Will Banksy take control of his market with 'approved used dealership'?
Street artist's Gross Domestic Product merchandise store opens online, but collectors are being heavily vetted to prevent flipping
NewsArt market
New York public officials threaten funding cuts for art storage company UOVO due to anti-union efforts
A letter sent to the company's leadership yesterday outlines “aggressive and coercive tactics” used against employees after they attempted to unionise last month
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
New book on Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi aims to be a definitive study—but it's not the last word on the controversial painting
Ahead of the blockbuster at the Musée du Louvre, we get an exclusive first read of the publication written by Martin Kemp, Robert Simon and Margaret Dalivalle
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in October
Steamy Trinidad scenes and black female fetishisation—the best new commercial exhibitions this month
NewsAppointments
Emilie Gordenker appointed new general director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum
The current director of the Mauritshuis in The Hague is taking over from Axel Rüger who now leads the Royal Academy of Arts in London
PreviewArt fairs
'Revitalised' Paris gets its mojo back for Fiac art fair
Yayoi Kusama will display her largest ever public work for the French fair opening this week
NewsExhibitions
Plastic bottle peril: Gavin Turk's environmental crusade marches on in new show inspired by Extinction Rebellion
Watercolours of water bottles as well as hundreds of discarded bottles from London's streets will be shown at Amsterdam gallery
InterviewArt dealers
In person: Pilar Ordovas on playing hard to get and striking out on her own
The Spanish-born independent dealer discusses working with Larry Gagosian and why she won't do art fairs
NewsObituaries
Modern art historian, US museum director and clergyman EA Carmean, Jr has died, age 74
He was the National Gallery of Art’s founding curator of 20th-century art and led the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
NewsExhibitions
Damien Hirst’s Cherry Blossom paintings to go on show at the Fondation Cartier in Paris next year
Former YBA has been back in the studio painting for the past two years
BlogDiary
‘I can divide my life into before and after Judy Chicago’: Gloria Steinem reveals how the artist changed her thoughts about art at Hammer Museum gala
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Pantyhose and an inflatable Tina prove Margate's cultural clout extends beyond Turner Prize
NewsPolitics
'Fabricated news': chairman of Contemporary Istanbul defends Turkish military action
Art world condemns Ali Gureli's political comments and say it could affect art fair's future ability to sign up foreign exhibitors
NewsArt market
Imane Farès drops out of new Paris gallery complex
Gallery was due to take a space in Komunuma, housed in a 1940s former manufacturing plant in Romainville, a north eastern suburb
BlogDiary of an art historian
When Britain divides, custody of its art must be shared fairly
If Scottish independence follows Brexit, what will happen to the national collection?
NewsExhibitions
Louvre Leonardo show: forget Salvator Mundi, focus on Vasari
Forthcoming exhibition on the Renaissance master reveals ground-breaking new research on Italian literary sources
PreviewExhibitions
Paris exhibition to cast El Greco in new light
Survey at the Grand Palais aims to distance itself from the stereotypes usually associated with the artist
NewsPolitics
Nearly 500 protesters stage Anti-Columbus Day history tour at New York museums
After being blocked from entering the American Museum of Natural History, decolonisation demonstrators took to the streets, ending at the Metropolitan Museum’s steps
PreviewExhibitions
‘Extraordinary’ Rubens show opens at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
The blockbuster exhibition gathers early works by the Flemish master from museums in North America and Europe
PreviewExhibitions
Caravaggio and Bernini show promises to be about more than just its titular #barockstars
Exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum will highlight the multiple trends and rich aesthetics of early Baroque art in Rome
NewsExhibitions
Urs Fischer makes wax portrait of Leonardo DiCaprio and his family for Gagosian show
One edition of the work has already been set alight and will gradually melt away over the course of the exhibition
NewsPolitics
'No chance for art institutions': fears for freedom of speech as populist party set to win Polish elections
Expected victory for ruling Law and Justice party raises concerns that minority voices will be silenced as museums increasingly come under state control
NewsObituaries
Artist, activist and Andy Warhol muse John Giorno has died, aged 82
Tributes paid to key figure of US counterculture whose work was “groundbreaking for its time”
NewsExhibitions
Major Kandinsky show opens in Saudi Arabia as Vladimir Putin arrives for rare state visit
Cultural programme of Russian art launches to coincide with president's trip to the Gulf state to sign over $2bn worth of deals
FeatureCartoons
Badiucao: meet the Chinese artist illustrating the Hong Kong protests
China’s ‘artful dissident’ has attracted worldwide attention through his drawings of protests, but he is still little-known in the art world
NewsMuseums
Italy extends Eike Schmidt’s leadership of Uffizi for four years
Sylvain Bellenger is reappointed in Capodimonte, Cristiana Collu remains at Rome Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Southampton's new art space takes over tower of 700-year-old city gateway
Exhibition venue and heritage attraction inside Grade I-listed monument God's House Tower is called GHT
PreviewExhibitions
Back to the future: Nam June Paik's chapel and TVs take over at Tate Modern
London exhibition brings together more than 200 works by the Korean-born video and installation pioneer
NewsArts funding
Cash-strapped museums and libraries across England get £250m government funding boost
Lobby group warns of crumbling buildings and leaking roofs following “decades of underinvestment”
BlogIn the frame
Queen bees from Cornwall give Pierre Huyghe’s Malta sculpture a buzz
NewsOpenings
Ruby City: collector Linda Pace's dream museum becomes reality in Texas
Wizard of Oz vision inspires new $15m contemporary art centre in San Antonio designed by David Adjaye
NewsControversies
Aichi Triennale show embroiled in censorship row reopens—but only for visitors selected by lottery
Visitors had to sign a consent form promising not to post works on social media
ReviewElias Sime
Wellin Museum presents second major US exhibition devoted to Ethiopian artist Elias Sime
The artist, who will be awarded the Smithsonian's African Art Award later this month, has also been commissioned by the Ethiopian prime minister to create a public garden in the royal palace
NewsMuseums
After accusations of racism, MFA, Boston takes steps to become more inclusive
Museum conducts training sessions, changes procedures and plans a new hire
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Jennifer Binnie and Andrew Logan unite once more for collaborative London show
NewsPompeii
Fresco of two fighting gladiators discovered in Pompeii
Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini says the find shows the site is an "inexhaustible mine for archaeological research"
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Arles to Tokyo: Van Gogh exhibitions in 2020 that Vincent aficionados won't want to miss
Detroit’s Van Gogh in America will be the highlight, with more major shows in Amsterdam, Padua, Santa Barbara and Columbus
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see during Barcelona Gallery Weekend
From an expansive exhibition on colonial legacy to a torn apart racing car channelling Tiepolo and Top Gear
NewsOpenings
Paris Museum of Modern Art unveils €10m revamp of Art Deco home
Redesign by h2o architectes opens up 1930s building—with monumental murals by Matisse and Dufy—to disabled visitors
NewsArt market
Is this a Raphael? Madonna and Child painting to be auctioned at Dorotheum in Vienna
The work, previously unknown to scholars, was until now in a private ducal collection
PreviewExhibitions
Pieter de Hooch steps out from Vermeer's shadow in new Delft show
First survey in the Netherlands puts the spotlight back onto the ‘other’ Golden Age painter
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Lempicka’s first US show in nearly six decades to Jacolby Satterwhite’s intimate and immersive environment
BlogIn the frame
Kerching! Mark Carney and Tracey Emin reveal £20 note featuring JMW Turner
NewsOpioid Crisis
Nan Goldin brings Pain to Purdue Pharma bankruptcy hearings in New York
Demonstrators at the White Plains courthouse kept up the pressure to hold Sackler family accountable in opioid crisis, as a $10bn settlement hangs in the balance
NewsStudio Voltaire
Phyllida Barlow sculpture to pop up in partially ruined, gothic chapel in London cemetery
Studio Voltaire’s ambitious off-site programme also includes commissions by Monster Chetwynd and Dawn Mellor
NewsPrivate Museums
François Pinault's long-awaited Paris gallery will open next June
The refurbishment of the Bourse de Commerce space, designed by Tadao Ando, costs $170m
InterviewMark Bradford
Mark Bradford addresses modern-day xenophobia through Greek mythology and a Motown classic
US artist talks on The Art Newspaper Podcast about his London exhibition Cerberus at Hauser & Wirth
ReviewBiennials & festivals
Bubbling pools and animatronic snakes in Pierre Huyghe's Okayama Art Summit
Second edition of the Japanese triennial includes works by 18 artists that interact and overlap with each other
NewsArt education
Art school shake up: London's Courtauld Institute to offer Modern and contemporary African art degrees
New Tate curator calls the development "a bold decision" in a "burgeoning field"
ReviewExhibitions
Rembrandt-Velázquez: a match made in curatorial heaven
Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum reveals both artists as masters of psychology and technique
NewsArt crime
Money laundering, trafficking, ivory: crackdown on art crime intensifies
Wave of sentencing and changes in legislation puts pressure on art world
NewsConservation
Expert finds lost dress of Queen Elizabeth I in English village church
Rare 16th-century fabric to go on show at Hampton Court Palace after three-year study
InterviewPhotography
The media industry 'has changed beyond all recognition': Magnum's new CEO on adapting to the digital landscape
Caitlin Hughes has also promised to “bring the voices of its members together” as the photo agency targets a "more nimble" approach to client partnerships
NewsMoMA expansion 2019
'Art history isn’t the neat package you think it is': first look at MoMA's $450m expansion
How the New York museum has remixed its unrivalled collection ahead of its 21 October re-opening
NewsMuseums & Heritage
ICA Boston’s Watershed to reopen in May with massive ‘underwater’ installation by Firelai Báez
The Dominican-born New York-based artist will create her largest project yet at the seasonal space on Boston Harbor
NewsRedevelopment
Cultural figures rally to save Reading Prison—where Oscar Wilde was once incarcerated—as it goes up for sale
Locals hope to prevent historic site "being gutted and turned into luxury flats" as building is put on the market
NewsPrizes
Ikon Gallery wins £125,000 grant to put on 'dream' show of overlooked Renaissance master Carlo Crivelli
Birmingham institution is first recipient of new Ampersand Foundation Award that enables UK museums to realise a major project
PreviewExhibitions
James Tissot: the 19th century painter who swapped high society for the Holy Land
Long dismissed for its religiosity, Tissot’s biblical work will be given new context in San Francisco
NewsPhotography
Photography exhibition revisits Iceland’s most notorious murders
Jack Latham’s “forensic photography” exhibition coincided with the reopening of a criminal investigation dating to 1974
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Italian court blocks loan of Leonardo's Vitruvian Man to Louvre
The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy
NewsPrizes
Canada’s largest art prize, the Sobey Art Award, heads west
An exhibition of the shortlisted artists is now on view at Edmonton’s Art Gallery of Alberta
NewsLaw
Letter calls attention to domestic assault allegations against Swiss artist
Signatories have asked New York's Swiss Institute to address “troubling claims” about an artist included in current group show
PreviewIndigenous art
National Gallery of Canada presents global pulse of contemporary Indigenous art
The museum plans to acquire many of the works in its survey devoted to Indigenous artists
NewsDesert X
Three board members resign as Desert X announces collaboration with Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles Times reports
Ed Ruscha, Yael Lipschutz and Tristan Milanovich have resigned over the decision to launch the sculpture biennial in Al-Ula next year
AnalysisArt crime
It’s 50 years since Caravaggio’s Nativity was stolen in Palermo: have the police been chasing red herrings all this time?
New enquiries suggest a US or Swiss connection through the mafia heroin trade
NewsArt market
'This is not the end, this is not doomsday': Hong Kong fairs survive escalated violence in city
Law banning face masks sparks more protests and brings Metro and buses to a halt, but Fine Art Asia chief says impact on fair is minimal