Iceland plans national gallery overhaul
The culture minister is calling for a new, world-class space for the national collection, currently housed in three locations in Reykjavik
Artist and gallery awards announced at Frieze London
Nat Faulkner wins the Camden Art Centre’s Emerging Artist Prize, while Proyectos Ultravioleta bags the Frieze London Stand Prize 2024
Mire Lee: ‘I’ve started playing with potential technical failures’
With her complex, performative installation now filling Tate Modern’s vast Turbine Hall, the South Korean artist discusses how she aims to bring theatricality to sculpture
Art Basel at the Grand Palais, Guillermo Kuitca at Musée Picasso and Małgorzata Mirga-Tas at Tate St Ives — podcast
We find out what happened when the art world descended on Paris for Art Basel, speak to Guillermo Kuitca about his new work for Musée Picasso and hear from Małgorzata Mirga-Tas about June, her work soon to go on display at Tate St Ives
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
New London gallery plans to champion artists from beyond the capital
Manchester-born William Hine, former director at Grimm Gallery, will highlight many contemporary artists who have shown at institutions before, but not had commercial exposure
'It’s the first bathroom I’ve ever curated': Minor Attractions brings a DIY spirit to Frieze week
The “selling event”—that insists it is not a fair—is an antidote to the white walls and flashy crowds of Frieze
In pictures: a tour of Frieze Masters' immersive presentations with Sheena Wagstaff
The fair’s creative adviser takes a closer look at six of the ten artists showing in this year's Studio section, where each installation seeks to “evoke the spirit” of the studio
PAD London accolade brings Peter Schlesinger out of Hockney's shadow
The photographer, painter, sculptor—and one-time muse of the Pop artist—wins the fair’s Contemporary Design Prize
'I have this problem where I buy a lot': Selim Bouafsoun on the art that excites him
The Tunisian-born financier is on a mission to put North African art on the map
Mike Kelley, a pivotal period of contemporary Indian art, Raoul Dufy and Berthe Weill — podcast
Celebrating the “negative joy” of the American artist Kelley in a new Tate retrospective, a period of change in India explored at the Barbican, and a conversation about a work once owned by the pioneering woman gallerist Berthe Weill
East London’s latest gallery aims to show art that is ‘a bit less polite’
The founders of Panrucker in Walthamstow are also employing a versatile “pop-up” business model to help keep the initiative sustainable
At Italy's leading Old Master fair, dealers anticipate a foreign collector influx
The latest edition of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze (Biaf) opens at a time when wealthy individuals are moving to Italy in growing numbers
Monet in London, Matisse in Basel, Frankenthaler in Florence — podcast
A chat with the curator of a new show featuring Monet's Thames views—in the very room where many were painted, plus trips to Basel and Florence for 'Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage' and 'Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules'
Glenn Ligon in Cambridge, new Gauguin biography, Teresa Margolles’s Fourth Plinth commission — podcast
The American artist on his interventions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, a chat about a new publication exploring Gauguin’s complex character, and the details on a new London sculpture paying tribute to trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities
‘An enormous milestone for museums’: platform designed to host 100 million object records launches in UK
Those behind the Museum Data Service hope it will eventually host the details of objects held by 1,750 “accredited” museums and other collections
Van Gogh blockbuster, the birth of Impressionism, Juan Pablo Echeverri — podcast
A tour of the National Gallery’s landmark exhibition with our Van Gogh expert Martin Bailey, plus a new book zoning in on the Impressionists’ “Terrible Year” and a highlight from Museum Folkwang’s hair-themed show
Dulwich Picture Gallery makes first acquisition in 12 years—purchasing bronze installation for £176,500
The artists Rob and Nick Carter sold Bronze Oak Grove to the London institution for just the price of the materials they used to make it
The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst in Paris — podcast
What’s behind the troubles facing auction houses and galleries? Plus, Sasha Skochilenko recounts her experience of being arrested—and incarcerated—in Russia, and the story behind a 1937 Surrealist painting by Ernst
World’s first museum of Sufi art to debut in Paris
The Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO opens at challenging moment for France’s Muslim community
William Blake’s cottage—where he wrote ‘Jerusalem’—a step closer to becoming a museum
Funding has been secured to fix the collapsing roof of the house in Sussex, UK, with future plans to restore it and turn it into an arts centre
London’s National Gallery acquires major work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema for £2m
The painting, purchased with the help of Christie’s auction house, is a prime example of the Victorian artist’s interest in antiquity
‘We want people to have fun’: Dulwich Picture Gallery’s director on the institution’s new sculpture park
The London museum has embarked on a £5m redevelopment that will see its grounds filled with contemporary sculpture and versatile family spaces
UK government commits to building national Holocaust memorial in London
Keir Starmer’s Labour administration is reintroducing a bill that will allow the monument and accompanying learning centre to be built, after the project was challenged in the courts
Twenty years on from its founding, Luma Foundation shows itself to be at the top of its game in Arles
The non-profit organisation is hosting a dozen shows at its glittering French outpost, with many exemplifying the potency of its mission
UK’s Henry Moore Institute reopens after major redevelopment
The head of the organisation hopes the newly thought out spaces will prove inviting to artists in the city, during what is a difficult time for the British cultural sector
Rencontres d'Arles 2024 offers a stark reminder of the fictions that shape us
The latest edition of the renowned photography festival features several exhibitions highlighting the dangers of taking imagery at face value
The Week in Art podcast | Arts and the UK election, ex-Uffizi head fails in Florence mayoral bid, Hank Willis Thomas at Glastonbury
What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival
The Week in Art podcast | Just Stop Oil’s latest protests, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese
Is the climate activist group’s campaign proving a success? Plus, Bahamian-born, US-based Strachan on his new Hayward show and a close look at a hanging bronze by Bourgeois
‘I want a little bit of drama’: Sigur Rós’s Jónsi on his debut solo exhibition in Europe
The musician, who has spent recent years carving out a side career as an artist, is showing four multi-sensory installations in his home country of Iceland