Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Constantine Arch and Colosseum hit by 'incredible water bomb'

Lightning strike breaks fragments off ancient military monument in Rome

Animal rights protestors stage die-in at London’s Courtauld Gallery

Members of the activist group Peta occupied the institution‘s LVMH Great Room

Tate shows works donated by Greek tycoon Dimitris Daskalopoulos

Philanthropic gift of over 110 works integrated into displays at Tate Modern, Britain and St Ives

New London Museum gets £50m cash boost in face of rising costs

The original budget for the museum has so far been surpassed by £100m

Let them eat cake: V&A to stage first UK show on Marie Antoinette

Other blockbuster exhibitions at the museum next year will focus on luxury brand Cartier, ancient Egypt and the pioneering work done by disabled people in the world of design

Deutsche Bank re-hangs massive collection at new London headquarters

German conglomerate also commissions works by four artists for UK base

British Museum names architects shortlisted in controversial renovation competition

Environmental campaigners previously called on practices not to take part in the contest following a £50m funding pledge from BP

Former Frieze fair chief Victoria Siddall appointed director of London's National Portrait Gallery

Siddall will take up the role this autumn, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the position

V&A provenance expert heads to Art Institute of Chicago

Jacques Schuhmacher, who worked on several key restitution cases at the London museum, has taken up the role of executive director of provenance research

A smashing day out: boy accidentally breaks 3,500-year-old pitcher at Israeli museum

The Middle/late Bronze Age object was “pulled” by the “curious” four-year-old while visiting the Hecht Museum in northern Israel

Khaleb Brooks wins commission for London’s transatlantic slavery memorial

London Mayor backs new work, which will be unveiled in 2026, with £500,000 funding

Saatchi Collection sends major Ibrahim Mahama work to auction

Estimated at up to £50,000, a large-scale piece made of coal sacks will go on the block at Bonhams in October

Michelle Obama turns to art to inspire voter turnout at forthcoming US election

The American artist Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, has released a print of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris

Louvre visitor figures plummet during Paris Olympics disruption

Security measures and transport upheaval prompted 22% decrease in attendance at the world's most visited museum

Sonia Boyce, Maria Balshaw and Grayson Perry join campaign to advance the study of art history

The Art History Now project sees over 90 big names share new reflections on what art history means to them

Something (free) for everyone at the National Gallery

The London institution was founded in 1824 to be “free to anyone who applied at the door”. That principle, epitomised by the exhibition "Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look", sits at the heart of the bicentennial celebrations

In partnership withThe National Gallery

Artists and organisations respond to massive Bangladesh protests

Photographers Shahidul Alam and Munem Wasif document upheaval as prime minister flees the country

Gareth Harris. With additional reporting by Kabir Jhala
Book Clubinterview

The world’s oldest printed book and rare ancient manuscripts from the Mogao caves in China to go on show in London

We speak to the British Library exhibition curator Melodie Doumy about the Diamond Sutra and other treasures from the Library Cave

Italian Renaissance drawings show at Buckingham Palace includes Titian study never seen in Britain

Works by Raphael and Leonardo will also be featured in the London exhibition, which aims to reconsider artists of the period as draughtsmen, in addition to painters or sculptors

Musée Rodin to open outpost in Shanghai

The new venue will be run and funded by the private collector Wu Jing, whose Rodin works, ordered from Paris, will be on show

The Constable trail: National Gallery to focus on the social, political and artistic context of the artist's 'The Hay Wain'

Visitors on foot to Dedham Vale, in Suffolk, can view the remarkably well preserved locations of John Constable's paintings of the countryside in which he was nurtured

Ancient Roman highway and Brâncuși sculptures among 26 sites added to Unesco World Heritage list

Landmarks in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia also included as committee meets in New Delhi

Campaigners celebrate scrapping of 'monstrous' Stonehenge tunnel scheme

Labour government cancels redevelopment in spending squeeze—but heritage bodies say conservation solutions are still needed

Unesco rejects proposal to place Stonehenge on ‘in danger’ list

The decision, which may be reviewed in 2026, could pave the way for controversial tunnel redevelopment scheme, say campaigners

Hong Kong officials throw financial lifeline to West Kowloon mega arts hub

Green light given to property sales in hopes of boosting cash-strapped cultural quarter

‘An act of violent aggression’: Anne Imhof billboards destroyed in Austria

Works bearing the phrase “Wish You Were Gay” have been vandalised in the city of Bregenz

UK spending on culture among the lowest in Europe, says landmark report

The State of the Arts research document also shows arts education in England to be in “significant decline”