Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
New plaques on controversial City of London sculptures highlight links to slavery
Artists, poets and writers will also respond to statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass following the introduction of the UK's "retain and explain" policy
One year on from Mahsa Amini's death, protest art marks the streets
Public works by four artists go on show in Edinburgh, Paris and Dublin focusing on the "battle for basic human rights"
‘Retain and explain’: still no sign of guidelines on contentious UK heritage
Art world figures, meanwhile, have continued to question the relevance of the approach
Vija Celmins and Olafur Eliasson win £90,000 Praemium Imperiale prizes
The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, spans five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
'Fighting for culture, not culture wars': new Labour culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire addresses the art world
Creative arts will be at the core of school curriculums, she pledged
Constable sketch discovered in a suitcase heads for auction (again)
The drawing, which was first sold by the Yorkshire auction house in 2021, depicts Dover harbour from an East India company ship
Chris Ofili’s mural on Grenfell Tower tragedy unveiled at Tate Britain
The work honours the artist and activist Khadija Saye who died in the fire in 2017
A question of attribution: just how useful can AI tools be?
Connoisseurs and app makers agree on one thing: artificial intelligence-driven apps may supplement but do not replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship
Photo ban lifted on Picasso’s Guernica after 30 years
New museum director hopes to appeal to younger audiences though selfie sticks are still off limits
Unesco beefs up protection for 20 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine
Damaging any of the sites inscribed in the agency's new list qualifies as a ‘serious violation’ to the 1954 Hague Convention
Newly attributed Guercino work previously carrying €6,000 high estimate goes on sale for €2m
The Biblical painting will be shown at Moretti Fine Art gallery in Paris
UK Art Fund announces £1m grant bonanza to boost diversity and inclusion
The funds will benefit organisations including Glasgow Women’s Library and Studio Voltaire
Day-trippers to Venice to be charged €5 admission fee in bid to save lagoon city
Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring
Hauser & Wirth announces representation of Venice Golden Lion winner Sonia Boyce
The move comes after the UK artist split from Simon Lee Gallery in London
Manchester Museum returns 174 items to Indigenous Australians in major restitution move
Objects handed over as part of the extensive repatriation project include shell dolls, bark baskets and spear throwers
September book bag: from a queer Claude Cahun graphic novel to veteran critic Richard Cork’s encounters with artists
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Coco Fusco on her new monograph, her activism and why she remains sceptical of the art world
The artist also discusses her “meditation on death”, a film shot around and above Hart Island in the US
Thangam Debbonaire appointed UK shadow culture secretary
The Labour MP, who has held the position before, campaigned for the removal of Bristol's Edward Colston statue
V&A Dundee becomes latest museum to drop the Sackler name but retain donations
The Scottish museum confirmed it will not be returning the £500,000 it received before opening in 2018
British Museum thefts: Mark Jones named interim director of the British Museum
The former V&A director was keeper of coins and medal at the embattled London institution
How almost meeting Alberto Giacometti the week he died inspired a new biography
A 60-year “obsession” began when Michael Peppiatt set out for Paris with a letter of introduction from Francis Bacon
British Museum thefts: Welsh politicians join the queue in calling for objects to be repatriated
The treasures singled out so far include the Mold Gold Cape and Moel Hebog shield
Tate hires new curators dedicated to Indigenous art and the climate
Both posts are part of an initative to redefine the institution's “existing collection of art and offer new perspectives on global art histories”
Collector David Walsh's subterranean Mona museum expanding to house 'dream library'
The new space at the Tasmanian institution will also include other “treasures” according to Walsh's wife, curator and artist Kirsha Kaechele
Cuban artists call for boycotts in light of government's 'persistent human rights violations'
Open letter also says that the regime is ‘using art to salvage its public image’
Suspects in Maurizio Cattelan’s gold toilet theft may soon be charged
Loo worth £5m was removed from Blenheim Palace in 2019
British Museum thefts: Chinese state newspaper calls for the return of cultural relics
Article in The Global Times also criticises the UK’s ‘bloody, ugly, and shameful colonial history’
Parthenon Marbles deal still on the table despite British Museum theft scandal
Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures
Nigeria doubles down on restitution demands following British Museum thefts
Government official says new claim will be made for Benin Bronzes housed in London
Paris’s Grand Palais gets a new director
New Rmn-GP chief Didier Fusillier will need to oversee the restoration of the historic venue and work with the Centre Pompidou