Green is the New Black
In this monthly column, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis
Reopening the flood gates: series of films and exhibitions in UK mark 70 years since deadly storm surge in North Sea
The threat posed by rising sea levels to coastlines is explored across commissions and shows in east London, Southend and Cornwall
New York Insider
Art critic and journalist Linda Yablonksy takes us inside New York's art scene and beyond
Nairy Baghramian's playful forms grace the facade of New York's Metropolitan Museum
The artist is the fourth to receive the museum's commission to install work on the Fifth Avenue entrance of its Neoclassical building
'A poster child for a mismanaged career': Gagosian opens first posthumous show of Ashley Bickerton
The Barbadian-born American artist, who died last year, created 15 new works for an exhibition based on snapshots of family and friends
Poisonous plants and an animatronic bear: Precious Okoyomon fills Roman chapel with a garden of unearthly delights
The New York-based artist's ability to balance the horrifying with the restorative reaches a mad-genius peak at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis
New York art world gathers in Matthew Barney's studio for premiere of his new video installation
Secondary picks apart the spectacle of violence now overtaking America as it plays out in professional football
Diary of an art historian
Bendor Grosvenor, art historian and broadcaster, tells us about his latest research, discoveries and views
How Italy’s Renaissance lives on today
Like their 15th-century counterparts, contemporary artists continue to enjoy the patronage of the church
Was a Vienna auction's €6,000 'copy' of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling actually by Michelangelo?
My heart-stopping research saga to find out if Dorotheum’s part-painted cartoon by a "follower" was in fact a sleeper
Protestors took too much risk throwing soup on the Sunflowers—and missed an opportunity
Had they thought about it more deeply, the activists who attacked the Van Gogh work could have gained something more than attention
Some (impertinent) art advice for King Charles III on how to manage the Royal Collection
Opening it up through more generous loans and by easing copyright restrictions would be good for both HM and the country
Top tips for the culture secretary, as the UK is about to get a new prime minister (and yes, you will have to return the Parthenon Marbles)
Here are three big challenges they will face—and what to do about them
The Buck Stopped Here
Louisa Buck, our contemporary art correspondent, brings us all the latest from the UK's key art events
Lactating breasts and farting bottoms: unruly bodies run rampant in exhibitions across London
Our leaky, creaky, capricious corporeal vessels are the subject of shows at Somerset House, Goldsmith's CCA and the Design Museum
Glamorous moths and giant lily pads: Monster Chetwynd unveils commissions in London Underground and Scottish island Bute
The Turner Prize-nominated performance artist delves into the worlds of botany and insects for two characteristically extravagant UK commissions this summer
Anne Collier turns her eyes towards the illustrious history of Lismore Castle in Ireland
The American artist's exhibition of images of female eyes sourced from comics, films and advertisements is now on show at the historic home of the Dukes of Devonshire
Artists bring hope and healing to mental health facilities in London
Arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms, which is partnered with Hauser & Wirth gallery, is unveiling more than 20 major new works at Springfield Hospital
Trade Secrets
Every month, our editor-at-large Melanie Gerlis shares her insights on the art market
'Forget the Brexit blues: for art, London is still where it’s at'
There are plenty of encouraging dynamics in the city this summer
Sharing the Bacon: how fractionalisation is taking the art market by storm
Artex, the latest in a slew of new initiatives, is offering shares in a Francis Bacon triptych for as little as $100—but is it a good investment?
Rogues’ gallery? Three reasons why the art market is vulnerable to wrongdoing
Lavish lifestyles, misplaced confidence and the wish to keep up with billionaire clients can all wreak financial havoc
Backroom deals for wet paintings: why contemporary art is driving private sales for auction houses
Shortening art market cycles and the politics around "flipping" artworks are leading collectors to conduct business away from public scrutiny
'From "wet painting" to NFTs: the art market is moving on faster and faster'
Cycles in the industry are getting shorter with trends now coming and going within a year
'New French restitution laws should benefit the market—and maybe force change in Britain too?'
As the Washington Principles turn 25, the complexities of restitution in a global art world have mushroomed—leaving lessons to be learned for institutions, governments and art market players
Slade to Zaria
Slade to Zaria, which refers to the prominent art schools in London and Nigeria, is a column by Chibundu Onuzo, a novelist and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Every month she shares her reflections on the contemporary art world.
A tale of two art worlds: how Black-centred art is often relegated to outside central London
The Association of Women in the Arts's first conference near Bond Street and the 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat' exhibition in south London are worlds—and a lengthy commute—apart
Art stars of tomorrow? Four of my favourite artists from the Slade School degree show in London
Unburdened by lengthy texts, gushing profiles and auction prices, graduate exhibitions are a reminder of the subjective nature of art
Depictions of the Black figure are finally entering the Western canon—but where are the pot-bellied and love-handled bodies?
Artists are rushing to fill the wide gaps in museums' holdings of Black figurative art, but much of this work has an aspirational approach
Why, for me, Frieze London is a satellite art fair
Ahead of its time, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is more than just a satellite to the Regent's Park event
Why Black contemporary artists shouldn’t just be shown through a Western lens
When Black artists break through in the market, they are often described as 'discoveries', yet there's a long line of artists that came before them
Opinion
'The NFT bubble has popped, but there’s still untapped potential in digital art'
Artists have long mined cyberspace for inspiration, as two current exhibitions underscore
A closer Luke
Ben Luke, our Review editor and podcast host, weighs in on the pressing issues facing the UK art world and beyond
‘"Immersive" art makes me yearn for something less empty’
Among the art world’s favourite terms, "immersive" art has become a byword for a shallow form of meaningless spectacle
'The NFT bubble has popped, but there’s still untapped potential in digital art'
Artists have long mined cyberspace for inspiration, as two current exhibitions underscore
Not everyone is celebrating Picasso’s big anniversary—that makes it more exciting
A series of exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist's death includes a show curated by comedian and Picasso-hater Hannah Gadsby
Twenty-five years after it opened, artists still find it hard to love the Guggenheim Bilbao
Architect Frank Gehry claimed his design for the Spanish satellite museum was neutral and would not compete with the art within—did he succeed?
Fair or not, Tate's discrimination row has damaged its reputation among the very artists it needs to attract
The institution denies claims that it refused to allow the increasingly prominent Black performance artist Jade Montserrat to participate in a project for Tate Exchange
Insta' gratification
Aimee Dawson, our live editor, looks at how the worlds of art and social media collide
'TikTok, TikTok… It’s time the art world stopped being so uptight and joined the world's most entertaining app'
Big museums are missing a trick by refusing to embrace the youth- and fun- oriented platform
Don’t delete art! Project documenting censorship on social media launches manifesto
New campaign hopes to convince companies like Facebook and Instagram to bring artists into the content moderation process
Five ways ChatGPT could help the culture sector create social media content
AI chatbot software has made waves by creating convincingly human speech and text—could it transform communications in the arts?
Five insider tips and trends for art world social media in 2023
Digital experts in the cultural field—Alec Ward, Adam Koszary and Chris Unitt—share their predictions for platforms this year
Art Decoded
Twice a month, digital artist Gretchen Andrew explains new technology and its impact on art and the art world
What are DAOs? How blockchain-governed collectives might revolutionise the art world
Egalitarian and democratic, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations are powerful collecting forces with the potential to reshape the industry
Adventures with Van Gogh
Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on Van Gogh, tells us about his meticulous investigations and discoveries about this most intriguing artist. Published on Fridays.
Was Van Gogh's olive grove landscape another Nazi-era 'forced sale'?
We uncover the tangled tale of the painting controversially sold off by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972 and now in an Athens museum
I met the oldest woman in the world—who shared her memories of Van Gogh in Arles
Madame Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122, recalled meeting the artist as a child
Van Gogh's Tokyo Sunflowers: Was it a Nazi forced sale? And is the painting now worth $250m?
Bought for a Japanese museum in 1987, the masterpiece has just been claimed by the heirs of a Jewish Berlin banker
Van Gogh in 2023: a bumper year of exhibitions, openings, books and an Amsterdam birthday party
The Van Gogh Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary—and everyone is invited
Reality Bites
The art world, long-thought to be immune to, is now having to acknowledge urgent realities of pandemics, climate crisis, wars, energy and food shortages, mass migration and inflation. In a new regular column, Scott Reyburn and Anny Shaw report on what auction houses, gallerists, artists and other players are doing—or not doing—about it.
The elephant in the booth: the environmental toll of art fairs
With a host of identikit international fairs showing works already viewed online and often already sold, is there a point to generating all those air miles?
Can art actually help improve Saudi Arabia's abject human rights record?
Culture is being used by Saudi Arabia to project an image of a state that “enriches lives, celebrates national identity and builds understanding between people”
Five years after #MeToo, what has changed for female artists?
Recently, some major galleries have signed high-profile women, many of whom launched artistic careers long before the industry cared
Pakistani artists raise money for its devastating floods—and question which causes garner art world support
Osman Yousefzada and nine others sold specially created prints, but Pakistan’s worst natural disaster in living memory has yet to galvanise the industry
All hot air on climate action? Auction houses pledge to cut CO2 while organising global tours for star lots
In our new series Reality Bites, we assess whether the art market's key players are addressing the urgent issues affecting the wider world