
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Appointments have been made at the British Museum, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum
The private donation becomes the largest the museum has received to date
The Crown Prosecution Service says it is confident that the case “played a part in disrupting a wider crime and money-laundering network”
A Swiss company has examined a version of Rubens’s ‘The Bath of Diana’, which was long thought to be a copy, and believes it could be authentic—the leading authority on the artist takes a different view
The RA says that up to 60 jobs are a risk of redundancy—but the union claims the true figure is almost 100
Switzerland will be represented by six cultural figures, while a trio will take over the Nordic pavilion
Four works by artist Christoforos Katsadiotis were vandalised earlier this week, The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens confirmed
Gillman, who was previously the director of Auto Italia in London, will replace Zoé Whitley, who stepped down in 2024
A year-long event bonanza will mark the birthday of perhaps the greatest British artist ever
Our round-up of the latest art publications
A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks at what made him tick
Specialists at London's Wallace Collection have attributed an 18th-century work to Bernardo Bellotto, who would then have been aged just 15 or 16
The report also describes the idea of charging international visitors as “logistically complex”
The move reflects an increased focus on Indigenous art practices in museums around the world
The fully functioning 18-carat gold toilet was removed from an exhibition of Maurizio Cattelan’s work at Blenheim Palace in 2019
Presented by culture minister Chris Bryant, ‘First Draft’ is billed as the podcast that “explores the impact, innovation and opportunity in the UK’s creative industries”
Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal
Sixty roles are at risk at the London institution, although almost half are "current vacancies", a spokesperson says
The court case of three men charged with the 2019 theft has begun in Oxford, and is expected to last four weeks
The Zanzibar-born cultural activist has been a supporter of Black artists since the 1980s
Piers Litherland, who led the team which discovered Thutmose II's tomb, believes this latest chamber could contain the ancient king's mummy
Ghotmeh beat five architect-led teams to land what the museum has called “one of the biggest cultural renovations undertaken anywhere in the world”
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy announced today that funding will be shared between arts venues, museums, libraries and heritage buildings across England that are in “urgent need of financial support”
The unearthing of King Thutmose II's tomb has been described as “one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years”
A Piranha sentry box will be displayed at the new institution, previously known as the Museum of London
Tristram Hunt’s proposal would see funds ring fenced for cash-strapped cultural infrastructure
The 2,000-year-old ruins were found close to Bank tube station and London Bridge
Conservators at London's Courtauld Institute used x-ray and infrared images to reveal the previously unseen works
A video shared to social media shows a figure standing on the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica
A statue of Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford has previously sparked protests and calls for it to be removed