Lee Cheshire

Storytelling without language: the video art programme at Art Week Tokyo hopes to bring people together

Curator Chus Martínez on how she wants to spark curiosity and conversation with her selection

In partnership withArt Week Tokyo

Letters of Light: joining the threads through the written word

A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi brings together some of the oldest and most important religious manuscripts from Judaism, Christianity and Islam to show the deep connections between the three faiths

In partnership withLouvre Abu Dhabi

Marina Abramovic to take over London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall this autumn

A selection of artists have been invited by Abramovic to stage long-form performances in the concert venue—including backstage areas normally off-limits to visitors

Recognising what’s special about museums: marking 10 years of the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize

The finalists for the 2023 Museum of the Year award, all of which focus on the importance of community engagement, will compete for a record £120,000 prize

In partnership withArt Fund Museum of the Year 2023

Best shows to see in Basel: from sound sculptures to a Basquiat bonanza

An interactive show of multimedia works has opened at Museum Tinguely while the Fondation Beyeler has reunited a series of Basquiat paintings

Basel's groundbreaking open-storage venue Schaulager celebrates 20 years with video art show

Museum's model, giving access to works not on display, has been replicated throughout the world

London Gallery Weekend announces performance commissions

Li Hei Di, Minh-Lan Tran and Nicole Bachmann will perform their work around the city in June

Kimchi and K-pop: National Museum of Asian Art marks centenary with festival

The Washington, DC, institution wants to better connect with Asian American communities

Are visitors finally returning to museums? We dive into our latest visitor figures survey

Plus, the Manet/Degas rivalry in Paris and one of the most significant female Impressionists

Hosted by Ben Luke. With guest speaker Lee Cheshire. Produced by David Clack, Aimee Dawson and Julia Michalska
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The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling?

Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2022 survey shows that numbers in Paris and Seoul were almost back to normal last year, while other major centres such as London struggled to hit pre-pandemic levels

Lee Cheshire and José da Silva. Research conducted by Alex Colville and Justin Kamp

Louvre retains its place as the most-visited art museum in the world

Paris institution tops our visitor figures survey yet again, while the city’s other museums do well too

M+ becomes one of the most-popular art museums in Asia, despite Covid closures

The new Hong Kong museum attracted more than 2 million people in its first full year

London museums struggling to regain visitors after Covid closures, our survey shows

The Art Newspaper's annual Visitor Figures survey has found the National Gallery has lost more visitors since 2019 than any other art museum worldwide

Richard Mille Art Prize shines a spotlight on the Gulf's burgeoning art scene

The ten shortlisted artist for this year's prize are showing work in the Louvre Abu Dhabi

In partnership withRichard Mille

Crop circles: Shaikha Al Mazrou's focus on materials and man-made marks

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Ayman Zedani: examining the future of the Gulf—through whale song

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Vikram Divecha on his ambitious proposal—a museum of walls

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Zeinab Alhashemi on bringing camels—and camel breeder culture—into the contemporary art scene

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Simrin Mehra-Agarwal on how her work as a technical diver inspires her art

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Rand Abdul Jabbar: 'Iraq is a clay culture—my choice to work with ceramics is linked to that lineage'

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Habits, hair and hardware stores: Afra Al Dhaheri on her artistic inspirations

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Manal AlDowayan—one of Saudi Arabia's best known artists—on moving from beautiful aesthetics to harsh concepts

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Elizabeth Dorazio: 'The unpredictability of nature guides my work'

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Dana Awartani on using craft—which is 'seen as a bad word'—in her art

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize

In partnership withRichard Mille

Head of London's Royal College of Art, Paul Thompson, to step down in 2024

Vice-chancellor of the UK’s highest-rated arts college will leave after 15 years in the role

The big museum openings to look out for in 2023

From the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in London to the major expansion of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the US, here is our pick of new museum projects in the coming year

Veronica Ryan becomes the oldest person to win the Turner Prize, at 66

"This is the Turner Prize recognising that artists can have a breakthrough at any moment in their career,” says Tate Liverpool director Helen Legg

'This land has an important history': Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA on their design for the Art Gallery of New South Wales

The designers behind the New Museum in New York and the Louvre-Lens talk about their latest project in Sydney

In partnership with the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Brutal cuts to London arts organisations as national funds are moved away from capital

“We’ve had to make invidious choices”, says Arts Council England’s chair, Nicholas Serota, as funding portfolio for 2023-26 announced