José da Silva
José da Silva is the Exhibitions Editor of The Art Newspaper
Image taken at Neue Nationalgalerie moments before the 1988 theft features in a new book of the artist’s copper paintings
From sensuous sculptures by Noguchi to a rare outing of Italian Futurist masterpieces
We asked eight artists about the comic's influence ahead of a new exhibition exploring the publication's history and featuring contemporary art with that "Beano sensibility"
All you ever wanted to know about Dürer, from the Old Master’s own accounts of his achievements and mishaps, to a recent creative take on his travels—selected by the art historian Susan Foister
The Chinese artist will unveil a new work this week at the Southbank Centre for the English PEN 100 festival championing freedom of expression
The small contemporary art organisation was awarded the £100,000 prize for its work during the pandemic and engagement with the local community
A new book looks at the detailed preparations and 60 years of planning behind the work being unveiled in Paris
All you ever wanted to know about Titian, from a biography fit for a king to an overlooked lecture essay from 1990—selected by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum curator Nathaniel Silver
Drastically altered composition of Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window can now be seen in all its glory ahead of major exhibition
As we enter the final weeks of the season, check out these riveting reads, from “the best novel about painting” to a book with no words at all
Job cuts came after major retrospective in Beijing was cancelled due to the pandemic
The installation by Jason Bruges Studio creates unique performances and images based on different sports, from swimming to shooting, sprinting to skateboarding
British artist Hew Locke has been selected for Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries commission, while Barbara Hepworth gets a survey at Tate St Ives
All you ever wanted to know about Taeuber-Arp, from a children’s book full of inspiring projects to a publication exploring the dynamics of artist couples—selected by the Tate curator Natalia Sidlina
Whether you are lying on a beach or next to a paddling pool, sit back and let your mind soak up these inspiring reads
The work by Gabriella Hirst, titled An English Garden and consisting of a flowerbed of roses and benches, had received no complaints from the public
The Argentinian artist’s work aims to make aspects of climate change “more tangible”
From crumbling castles to beach huts and giant chalk drawings on the English coast, there's no need for PCR tests if you live near these local gems
Among the masterpieces going on show at the Courtauld Gallery will be two works painted a week apart and reunited for the first time
Firelei Báez, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Meiro Koizumi, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Prabhakar Pachpute and Carrie Mae Weems each win £10,000 in latest example of award-sharing
All you ever wanted to know about Paik, from a “deep dive” into a single work to the best biography—selected by the curators Rudolf Frieling and Andrea Nitsche-Krupp
The exhibition’s president and curator also announced the main exhibition’s three themes
The Waterfronts commissions, by artists such as Michael Rakowitz and Katrina Palmer, have been created in collaboration with organisations like Turner Contemporary and the Folkestone Triennial
A new book looks at the life and work of the Italian architect and designer, famed for his Pirelli Tower and Superleggera chairs
All you ever wanted to know about Hepworth, from a pictorial autobiography to a collection of her poems, notes and transcripts—selected by the curator and biographer Eleanor Clayton
Site-specific installation called Life opened this week at the Fondation Beyeler near Basel in Switzerland and can be visited at all hours
All you ever wanted to know about Hockney, from the best biography to the artist's “radical” investigations into art history—selected by the critic (and longtime friend) Martin Gayford
We asked the people behind the Royal Academy’s Twitter, the Met’s Instagram, the Uffizi’s TikTok and the Van Gogh Museum’s Facebook account what 2020 was like for them
Major UK institutions lost 78% of their visitors due to the pandemic last year, our research reveals
The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings