ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the legacy of Augusta Savage to memories of Leonard Cohen
ReviewBiennials & festivals
Everything is good at the Whitney Biennial but nothing makes a difference
Despite a history of protest and a very present controversy at the museum, this year’s survey of American contemporary art is missing a radical spirit
NewsNan Goldin
Nan Goldin teams up with Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert for photography show at Versailles
The group exhibition includes works by Martin Parr and Vivianne Sassen
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Fierce debate over Christoph Büchel's Venice Biennale display of boat that sank with hundreds locked in hull
Up to 1,100 may have died on board the fishing vessel; critics say its display is grossly insensitive at best while others describe it as a powerful reminder of exploitation
ReviewExhibitions
Harvard’s sublime show makes you see Bauhaus everywhere
The university has a long history with the movement’s artists, many of whom fled from Germany to Cambridge, and has drawn from its impressive archive for a 100th anniversary exhibition
NewsExhibitions
Virtual reality tour offers glimpse of François Pinault’s long-awaited, grand Paris gallery
Exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice shows Tadao Ando’s designs for the Bourse de Commerce building
PreviewBiennials & festivals
Whitney Biennial aims to focus on artists but—as protests mount—it cannot escape politics
The Whitney Museum has turned to two in-house curators to put together a show that celebrates diversity in American art—but as in 2017, the biennial is already mired in controversy
ReviewPublic art
Wishful thinking: LA’s latest pop-up art project is both highly memorable and totally Instagrammable
Artist collective The Art Department spent a year gathering heaps of dandelion fuzz for their immersive "wish factory"
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions around the city
An indoor beach, Mongolian throat singing and ceramic vaginas—where to go beyond the Arsenale and Giardini
NewsLynette Yiadom-Boakye
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye gets a Tate survey and will show works in Accra
Nine new works by the ubiquitous UK artist are in the Ghana pavilion at the Venice Biennale
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
We've chosen the best of the art in Venice, now here's the worst
We’ve seen a lot of exhibitions in the city so you don’t have to
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Venice this weekend
From Tuymans's Third Reich paintings, to Kounellis's poor materials, there's more to see in the city than the Venice Biennale
PreviewJannis Kounellis
Arte Povera at Prada: first major survey of Jannis Kounellis since his death opens in Venice
The Fondazione Prada exhibition of the Greek-Italian artist has been organised by veteran curator Germano Celant
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Screen time: digital art eclipses painting in Ralph Rugoff's 'mightily impressive' Venice Biennale show
With multi-artist spaces and the split between the Arsenale and Giardini, May You Live in Interesting Times offers a new way of looking at a biennial exhibition
NewsEdmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal’s 2,000-book installation of exiled writers will tour to the British Museum
Ceramicist’s installation The library of exile, currently on show in Venice, will also travel to the Japanisches Palais in Dresden
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From an aquatic odyssey to a guerrilla dance performance, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event
NewsCommercial galleries
Warhol and Basquiat's fruitful friendship goes on show at Jack Shainman gallery
Exhibition in upstate New York includes over 100 works, from polaroids to film, some of which are for sale
InterviewAdrian Ghenie
Painting is more important than politics: Adrian Ghenie on his Trump-inspired portraits in Venice
Romanian artist, whose show is open at the Palazzo Cini during the Biennale, compares his art market ascendancy to working in porn
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Italy secures loan of Leonardo da Vinci's Benois Madonna from Russia's Hermitage museum
There has been intense competition to borrow works by the artist during the 500th anniversary of his death this year
PreviewCostume Institute
Bold, ironic and camp: Met show explores exuberant expression in fashion
Costume Institute's new exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion examines camp from the 17th century onwards
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Exhibitions during the Venice Biennale: a festival of painting
Among the many official “collateral” exhibitions connected to the Biennale and independently organised shows, painting is noticeably abundant
NewsExhibitions
Happy little clouds: Bob Ross’s first museum show aims to change his reputation
Group show will help the 1980s TV painter move from kitsch king to conceptual pioneer
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Berlin this weekend
From Julian Charrière’s deep dive into the Anthropocene to Bernar Venet’s enormous ropes of rolled steel
NewsMaurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet, once offered to Donald Trump, is on its way to the UK
The work will be in the Italian artist’s solo show and was recently celebrated in a “greatest hits” sculpture in the south of France
PreviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Winogrand's little-known colour photographs to Miró's mammoth canvas
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Five of the weirdest pavilions and shows at the 2019 Venice Biennale
From Hillary Clinton’s emails in a supermarket and a beach of opera singers, to the world’s largest plane carrying “all of Ukraine’s artists”
FeatureFrieze New York 2019
Out and proud: Stonewall at 50
Art After Stonewall, a touring exhibition of works covering gender, sexuality and Aids, shows how queer culture was shaped by the Stonewall riots
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Portrait sketch of Leonardo da Vinci discovered in Britain’s Royal Collection
The drawing, believed to be one of only two contemporary images of the artist, will go on show for the first time at the Queen’s Gallery in London
NewsExhibitions
Picasso’s muses to be celebrated in three shows this summer
A show of the Spanish master’s works at Gagosian in New York will be followed by Dora Maar and Olga Khokhlova surveys in Europe
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
The Art Newspaper's pick of the 2019 Venice Biennale
From a psychedelic furry grotto to a Tintoretto tribute—what to see at the pavilions and beyond
BlogThe Buck stopped here
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
PreviewExhibitions
Twelve exhibitions not to miss during Frieze New York
From the Leipzig School artist Neo Rauch at the Drawing Center, to Nari Ward at the New Museum, there's plenty to see around New York City during Frieze
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From imperturbable colourful calm at White Cube Bermondsey to Mandy El-Sayegh's information overload at the Chisenhale Gallery
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Alicja Kwade's rooftop solar system to Joe Minter's commanding sculptures
NewsExhibitions
Crowd control: Louvre to enforce timed tickets in run-up to Leonardo da Vinci blockbuster
Reservations will mainly be online as French museum anticipates record visitor figures
PreviewExhibitions
Honey I shrunk the art: the ultimate alternative biennial opens in Los Angeles
Dollhouse-sized paintings and installations replace big artistic statements and egos
ReviewExhibitions
Two shows that lost the plot
Joan Miró at MoMA and the Neue Galerie’s self-Portrait survey are both filled with great works, but they forget to stick to their themes all the way through
PreviewExhibitions
Havana Biennial opens amid controversy
Works on view draw on themes of collaboration and agency, at the same time the government seeks to control what art can be shown on the island
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in San Francisco this weekend
From a Modernist community on California's northern coast, to the kimono's continuing influence on international fashion
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Hito Steyerl’s powerful critiques at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to Rembrandt and friends at Gagosian Gallery
FeaturePodcast
From Despair to The Scream: the genesis of Edvard Munch’s most famous work
On our podcast, the curator of the British Museum’s Munch exhibition tells the story of the Norwegian artist’s anxiety at the blood-red sky he saw above the Oslo fjord, and how it led to a masterpiece
BlogThe Buck stopped here
William Eggleston's signature and style draws London crowds to David Zwirner
NewsExhibitions
Ai Weiwei creates Lego portraits of missing Mexican students
The installation investigating their disappearance is part of the artist’s show at MUAC
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
London's National Gallery defends inclusion of Salvator Mundi in Leonardo show after criticism in new book
The curator’s attribution to the Renaissance master helped Christie’s achieve a world record price for the painting
PreviewExhibitions
Civil War references hide in plain sight in American pre-Raphaelite art
Landscapes on view at the National Gallery contain hidden historical clues
NewsExhibitions
Portrait of Kevin Spacey going on show at V&A raises questions
The Netflix star, who is facing indecent assault charges in the US, is subject of painting series depicting visiting theatre professors at an Oxford college
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Munch's angst-ridden prints at the British Museum to Van Gogh's love affair with the UK at Tate Britain
PreviewExhibitions
Forty years rocking the foundations in Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates its anniversary by looking back over the past four decades
NewsExhibitions
'Shameful scar': Centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre marked in New Delhi exhibition
Show exploring the fateful event that saw hundreds of people killed by British soldiers aims to commemorate "forgotten martyrs"
PreviewExhibitions
How Caravaggio brought naturalism to Naples
Museo di Capodimonte examines the huge influence that the Old Master had on Baroque artists active in the city
PreviewExhibitions
At the Queens Museum, an artist unearths the names and stories of buried women
Alexandria Smith threads religious and African American cultural themes in her memorial installation
PreviewGermany
New Berlin exhibition exposes Emil Nolde’s Nazi ties
Show at the Hamburger Bahnhof explores how the German artist hid behind Hitler's "degenerate" label
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Oscar Murillo remembers late friend Okwui Enwezor in Kettle's Yard exhibition
PreviewExhibitions
There is more to Edvard Munch than just The Scream
A British Museum exhibition explores the personal philosophy behind the Norwegian artist’s work, as well as his printmaking techniques
PreviewExhibitions
The all-too-human Shinto gods descending on Cleveland
Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art aims to bring the Japanese belief system and its often quarrelsome deities vividly to life
NewsDiscoveries
Anthony Caro's drawings corrected by Henry Moore to go on show for first time
Exhibition at East Gallery of Norwich University of the Arts aims to demonstrate the relationship between the two artists
ReviewExhibitions
Hockney-Van Gogh exhibition is ‘a tame,though colourful, bit of fluff’
The British artist dominates the Van Gogh Museum’s dubious doubleheader, which offers little to connect the pair
ReviewExhibitions
Sunday in Chapultepec Park with Carsten Höller
The artist’s interactive exhibition at Mexico City’s Museo Tamayo encourages visitors to explore, take drugs and dream, but is it more than just another “art experience”?
ReviewExhibitions
Lismore Castle serves up a rich palimpsest of themes for new show
Irish home of the Dukes of Devonshire is grand backdrop to works by Martine Syms, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Nicole Eisenman, among others
BlogDiary
Antony Gormley's maiden VR voyage blasts off to the moon
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Milan this weekend
From mesmeric cinematic art in a fresco-lined palazzo to the Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's first exhibition in Italy
NewsExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in New York this week
From Lucio Fontana's punctured canvases to an intimate look at Frida Kahlo's personal objects
NewsExhibitions
Tate to show $6m Blake watercolours that sold for £1,000 in a Scottish bookshop
Discovered after 165 years, eight of the 19 paintings will be included in the London exhibition in September
PreviewExhibitions
Lift-off for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing
New exhibition in Zurich exploring artistic engagement with the Moon will be joined by more lunar-themed shows launching around the world
NewsExhibitions
The Confederate flag of surrender rises in Philadelphia
The artist Sonya Clark aims to make the symbol of truce better known than the more pervasive battle flag
PreviewExhibitions
Out of time? London’s recent queer past comes under the spotlight at the Whitechapel Gallery
A new exhibition examines how the community has been affected by rapid development and gentrification in the UK capital
NewsFunding
Art venues have half the budget of science museums for temporary exhibitions, new report finds
Research by UK startup Vastari delves into hidden economics of museums' special shows
NewsExhibitions
Making art history: Zeng Fanzhi organises first show on Cézanne, Morandi and Sanyu
Non-selling exhibition at Gagosian Hong Kong includes works from Asian private collections
NewsAndres Serrano
Andres Serrano buys fake dollar bill showing Hillary Clinton behind bars
The signed novelty note will be included in the artist's upcoming Trump-themed show in New York
PreviewExhibitions
She persisted: DC’s National Portrait Gallery looks at the history of the women’s vote
One of the longest reform movements in American history, which continues to be an issue today, is explored in the show
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Hong Kong this week
From Tishan Hsu's family photographs at Empty Gallery to a group show on violence set inside a former police station