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Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Anish Kapoor slams Venice Biennale title ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ for evoking ‘neo-fascism’
The artist says artistic director Adriano Pedrosa’s "dangerous slogan" reinforces the Italian government’s anti-migrant stance
Paintings saved from Notre Dame blaze to go on show in Paris
Religious works, restored by conservation experts, will be returned to the historic cathedral on the Seine
Rejected Polish Venice Biennale artist to stage own show near national pavilion
Ignacy Czwartos will present 15 paintings in an exhibition entitled Polonia Uncensored—close to the Giardini site
Made in a Ghana stadium, unveiled in London: Ibrahim Mahama drapes Barbican in vast purple cloth covering
The commission for the controversial Unravel show reflects geopolitical themes
Former Uffizi chief Eike Schmidt enters race to become mayor of Florence
The German-born curator will step back from his new role as Capodimonte museum director
UK politician says ‘liberal progressives’ running museums must resist restitution
Conservative Robert Jenrick argues that proposed long term loans of disputed works is a legal fabrication
From Paris to Cornwall: Mark Rothko’s Seagram Murals are going on show at Tate St Ives
The artist’s visit to the UK seaside town prompted him to pull out of the original commission that would have seen the works housed in a New York restaurant
Cancelled Palestinian event at Manchester venue must be reinstated, say artists and curators
The Voices of Resilience project was scrapped following complaints from a local organisation representing a significant part of the Jewish community
Secrets of Caravaggio’s last masterpiece revealed in new London show
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula painting will take centre stage in a forthcoming show at the National Gallery
The art of engineering: how Kingsley Ng’s complex new floating work was installed at a Hong Kong hotel
The public art piece at The Peninsula was produced by a team of engineers and technical designers
April Book Bag: from a survey of artists using words in their work to a Barkley L. Hendricks monograph
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Former Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis on why she became a novelist
As the art historian makes the move into fiction writing, she tells us how learning about her family history inspired her
Velázquez-inspired sculptures spark outrage in Venice
Local heritage group decries the "biennialisation of the city" after gallery paid a fee to stage the Manolo Valdés installation
West Kowloon mega arts hub races to find new source of funding
Hong Kong’s huge cultural quarter has been spectacularly successful at pulling in tourists and shows, but with its endowment running out, it needs to find new financial solutions
Blockbuster Picasso show to head to Hong Kong next year
Musée National Picasso in Paris to loan more than 60 works to M+ museum
As Art Basel Hong Kong gets off to brisk start, young buyers make their presence known
Predominance of new generation reflects an emerging trend across Asia
Hong Kong arts hub West Kowloon Cultural District opens summit with raft of global agreements
Digital challenges and the social and economic changes sparked by cultural transformation are among issues aired
Artist’s film marks fourth anniversary of UK Covid-19 lockdown
Simon Roberts’s work incorporates mortality figures and contributions from key politicians
Paris’s most famous art school at centre of censorship row after book removes all mention of #MeToo
Publication on École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts was reprinted without text on former director Jean-Marc Bustamante
Trio of disputed Rubens paintings must stay in the UK, parliamentary panel rules
Heirs of the German banker Franz Koenigs claim the works housed at the Courtauld Gallery should be restituted
UK government pledges to cut red tape around art imports
Customs processes to be streamlined to boost the domestic art market and simplify the importing of art and antiques in the wake of Brexit
Arts Council England under the microscope in government review
Mary Archer to try and identify how arm’s length funding body can make 5% saving
Anselm Kiefer: the artist creating a monumental legacy without finishing a painting
Ahead of a new show in Florence, the German artist talks of good and evil, his Sieg Heil salutes, the eradication of borders through climate change, burning paintings, the fickleness of fame and why size doesn’t matter
Tschabalala Self and Andra Ursuța to create next works for London’s Fourth Plinth
The new sculptures will be unveiled on the Trafalgar Square site in 2026 and 2028
German museum director at centre of row over cancelled Candice Breitz exhibition steps down
Andrea Jahn will leave her post four months after Breitz's show was cancelled over her views on the conflict in Gaza
Five artists shortlisted to create London’s first ever permanent HIV/Aids memorial
Anya Gallaccio and Diana Puntar are among those who have submitted proposals for the work, which will reportedly be unveiled in 2026
Police investigating Pro-Palestine protesters’ vandalism of painting at Cambridge University
A pair of activists sprayed and slashed the work depicting Arthur Balfour, whose 1917 letter advocated the creation of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine
A definite Dürer? AI research says German artist 82% likely to have painted portrait of peasant woman
A European private collection asked the Swiss company Art Recognition to authenticate the piece
March Book Bag: from a collection of ‘disruptive’ women painters to a biography of the eccentric Piero di Cosimo
Our round-up of the latest art publications
The rise of a queer art history: three new publications and the stories behind them
Recently published books aim to bring a deeper understanding of the canon, from the work of LGBTQ+ photographers to the pioneers who paved the way for later generations