BlogDiary of an art historian
The National Portrait Gallery's ethical dilemma
Plus, taking a stand on copyright
BlogIn the frame
Philip Roth’s ephemera—including his Richard Nixon plate—goes under the hammer
BlogIn the frame
Sotheby's staff subject to peer review to benefit charity
Security guards and specialists alike appraise each others works for selling exhibition to support Mind UK
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Ackroyd & Harvey unveil 52 Beuysian oaks in centre of London as Tate declares climate emergency
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It's a dog-eat-dog art world: London show features canine-themed works chosen by cultured pooches
BlogIn the frame
On a medieval-style tapestry, the last season of Game of Thrones unfurls
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This Charming Clan: London’s Marlborough shows 35 artists with the last name Smith
BlogIn the frame
Solange partners with museums to debut extended film version of acclaimed album When I Get Home
Free screenings of the performance art film will run at institutions across the US and Europe throughout the summer, closing at The Chinati Foundation in October
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Tantric shows and couture gowns: Penny Slinger steps into the spotlight
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The Brexit Bunch: fake Farage and counterfeit Corbyn attend the Malekis' pro-EU party
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
How a concierge restored 200 Van Gogh paintings, including the Sunflowers
The astonishing tale of Jan Traas, a caretaker and intern conservator in the 1920s, who later worked on Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring
BlogIn the frame
Lucian Freud's model David Dawson looks forward to artist biography and self-portrait smorgasbord
BlogIn the frame
A homage to headbanging: shows across the Black Country hail Heavy Metal
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Love is in the air at the Art Car Boot Fair
BlogIn the frame
On the head: art world takes to the pitch for OOF football tournament
BlogIn the frame
How to spend the longest day of the year with art and nature
Storm King Art Center is hosting a Summer Solstice celebration alongside its shows by artists Mark Dion and Jean Shin
BlogDiary of an art historian
Our 17th-century female artists faced a double injustice
New exhibition on Joan Carlile, Mary Beale and Anne Killigrew opens in London this week
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
A once-in-a-lifetime look behind Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
The Van Gogh Museum’s masterpiece has suffered from a 1960s restoration which involved the insertion of three long metal bolts
BlogIn the frame
‘Ingenious’ portrait series celebrates Juneteenth
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Bruce McLean's cinematic 'cardboard catastrophe' opens at London's Coronet Theatre
BlogIn the frame
Toddler sends €50,000 sculpture flying at Art Basel
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The aerodrome: Michael Stanley remembered at Ikon Gallery
The show is loosely structured around Rex Warner's eponymous novel and co-curated by George Shaw and David Austen
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s astonishing week in the asylum, 130 years ago—when he painted an olive grove and a starry night
By coincidence, both pictures ended up at New York’s MoMA, which is now planning a redisplay
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: Robert Indiana's spooky sculpture and a rogue rat
Plus, would Marcel Duchamp approve of a snow-globe urinal?
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: celebrity-spotting, nimble octopi and a bratwurst that cuts the mustard
Plus, Alvaro Barrington has designs on Notting Hill Carnival
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The gadflies and the gifted: Johnny Dewe Matthews and Andrew Logan at Roche Court
Johnny Dewe Mathews on his exhibition of 1970s photographs at New Art Centre
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: horseplay with Harry and Meghan and fairgoers prove it's never too old for swinging
Plus, bath time with a very young Jeff Koons
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: crime, casinos and cocks
Plus, a pumped-up Mark Zuckerberg
BlogIn the frame
Queen's birthday honours: Rachel Whiteread is made a Dame with awards also for Glenn Brown and Ralph Rugoff
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Rikrit Tiravanija offers cups of sake and space for contemplation at the ICA
“Everything is moving so fast, we need to pause. Here you can do just that with a beautiful glass of sake and a nice comfortable chair.”
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Gauguin blames Van Gogh over ear incident
Little known letter says he feared “a fatal and tragic accident”
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Great artists steal: Alvaro Barrington's new show reveals eclectic range of influences
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Linder goes 'au naturel' for erotic Tuscan exhibition
BlogIn the frame
A ban on Banksy? Anti-Brexit work at the Royal Academy is on/off limits
BlogIn the frame
Just hot air? Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan blimps bound for the Museum of London
BlogIn the frame
Stars come out: Annie Lennox at MASS MoCA—Pharrell at the Musée Guimet
Lennox has made a mound dotted with ephemera and artefacts linked to different parts of her life
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Peckham's Pride: Bold Tendencies opens new season with a snaking sewage system and growling cars
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
An insider’s travel guide to Van Gogh's Arles
Follow in the artist’s footsteps and discover the places that inspired his greatest paintings
BlogIn the frame
Rise up: new monument to honour Stonewall heroines Marsha and Sylvia
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Bodily references and plenty of Bourgeois: Ursula Hauser's collection goes on show at all female exhibition in Somerset
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Margate gains another star: Carl Freedman opens up new seaside gallery
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Do Ho Suh brings Korean tradition to London's Victoria Miro gallery
London-based artist hosts "artist's table" fundraiser for Contemporary Art Society
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Gauguin exhibitions in Ottawa and London will feature tributes to Van Gogh
Tahitian still lifes of sunflowers are surrogate portraits of his Yellow House friend
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Bernard-Henri Lévy makes poetic plea for European solidarity at Thaddaeus Ropac
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Block Universe launches with reflective performance by Sophie Jung
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh's correspondence about famed Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta unearthed
Largely overlooked postscript suggests surprise friendship between the Van Gogh brothers and the young Belgian
BlogIn the frame
Rock stars night out: Ronnie Wood joins the White Cube crowds for Harland Miller book signing
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Venice diary: Prouvost hypnotises and Bonami returns to painterly roots
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Virtually unseen Van Gogh painting comes up for sale in New York next week
Christie’s values the Japanese-influenced picture of the asylum garden at $25m
BlogThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Siah Armajani on democracy and exile, to Michelle Handelman's look at otherness
BlogDiary
Camping out for Camp
We caught up with the crowds waiting to spot celebs—particularly Harry Styles—on the red carpet of tonight’s annual Met Gala
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Frieze New York diary: from Tom Sachs channeling Family Guy to an art handler at centre stage
Plus, Helena Christensen supports MFA graduates and MoMA screens the de-installation of Picasso's Guernica
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Frieze New York Diary: from Jean Dubuffet's Coucou Bazar at Tefaf to the celebrity cat Coco Chanel
Plus, NADA condemns Paul Manafort and Frieze does virtual reality
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Theo van Gogh is identified in mystery drawing now on show in London
Lucien Pissarro’s sketch in Tate Britain exhibition is the only depiction of the two brothers together
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Sea shanties and sartorial stripes for Peer's nautical shindig honouring Jenni Lomax
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Frieze New York diary: from Ron Nagle's psychedelic works to Hockney's portrait of a cross-dressing superstar
Plus, the Rubin Museum's wheel of fortune and Videofreex's comeback
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Frieze New York diary: from Oliver Beer's pot sounds to art dealer Joel Mesler's watercolour portraits
Plus, Mark Zuckerberg and other tech bros as Greek and Roman gods
BlogThe Gossip Girls
New York diary: Brooke Shields and KAWS, elves at the Morgan, plus more art world gossip
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Denzil Forrester's new London retrospective offers zingy blast from the parties of the past
Artist's works from last four decades bring London’s reggae and dub club scene back to life at Stephen Friedman Gallery
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Fashion meets art as Casa Loewe launches on New Bond Street
Museum directors mixed with fashionistas last night
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Exclusive: Van Gogh’s prostitute lover committed suicide—just as predicted
My new book recounts the untold tragedy of how Sien Hoornik drowned herself in a Rotterdam canal
BlogIn the frame
Madge (apparently) channels Frida and Pyotr
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Gavin Turk takes his eggs giant and bronze at Somerset House ovular unveiling
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Two stolen Van Goghs go back on display after 14-year ordeal at the hands of Italian gangsters
Conservation at the Amsterdam museum has revealed a fake Vincent signature on the genuine seascape
BlogIn the frame
Down on the farm: Picasso masterpiece hangs in a Swiss barn
BlogThe Buck stopped here
William Eggleston's signature and style draws London crowds to David Zwirner
BlogDiary of an art historian
UK art charity has alienated its network of cheerleaders
The Art Fund is doing away with its volunteers
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
I held the gun that probably killed Van Gogh—and here is its story
The revolver discovered by a farmer in an Auvers field comes up for auction on 19 June