NewsJohannes Vermeer
Blockbuster Vermeer exhibition—including restored 'hidden Cupid' painting—announced at Dresden's Semperbau
The show promises to be “one of the most spectacular” in the newly renovated museum's history
NewsMuseums
Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie to open after six-year renovation with Calder exhibition
Mies van der Rohe’s steel-and-glass building is undergoing modernisation by David Chipperfield, including new air-conditioning, security, lighting and visitor facilities
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a chilling show on Arctic culture to Polly Morgan's gorgeously repellent serpentine sculptures
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
In a moving letter, Van Gogh complains about quarantine after his forced removal from the Yellow House
New exhibition at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum is a unique opportunity to see Vincent’s correspondence, normally locked away in a vault
NewsControversies
Madrid's Prado museum accused of misogyny in open letter after misattributing work to female artist
Uninvited Guests exhibition has "been done from a misogynistic point of view and still projects the misogyny of the 19th century,” says one signatory
NewsGustav Klimt
Stolen Klimt painting—buried for 20 years—to go back on show at Italian museum
Discovered by the gardener at the Ricci Oddi gallery last year, Portrait of a Lady will be the star of a series of exhibitions on the much-loved artist
BlogThe Buck stopped here
'Gorgeous, repellent, savagely erotic': Polly Morgan slithers into our subconscious at London's Bomb Factory
PreviewExhibitions
From the streets to the studio: show explores how Basquiat, graffiti and hip-hop culture stormed the art world in the 1980s
Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston includes works by Rammellzee, Keith Haring, Kool Koor and Lady Pink
InterviewExhibitions
Cecily Brown: ‘I’m trying to understand what England means to me’
With her delayed show now open at Blenheim Palace, the British-born painter explains that she is as likely to be inspired by childhood comics as historic battle scenes
PreviewElection 2020
Bureaucratic but not boring: exhibition explores the visual history of US election ballots
With early voting already underway in the 2020 presidential election, a show at New York's Cooper Union reveals the "power of design in our civic process"
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Liu Xiaodong's portraits of wealthy Chinese immigrants to the Royal Academy's delayed Summer show
FeatureBook Club
Judge a book by its cover: Centre Pompidou looks at Henri Matisse through a literary lens for new show
One of the most expansive museum surveys on the French artist in 50 years will present his book and magazine designs—and even some of his own writing
ReviewExhibitions
The Big Review: Félix Fénéon at the Museum of Modern Art
A collaboration between New York and Paris explores the dealer who championed both Neo-Impressionism and home-grown terrorism
NewsExhibitions
First look at the Torlonia marbles, as the last great private collection of classical sculpture opens to the public
Exhibition at Rome’s Musei Capitolini is the first step in finding a permanent home for the 620 ancient Greek and Roman works
NewsCensorship
Chinese interference derails Genghis Khan exhibition in France
Beijing authorities attempted to censor show's narrative amid a hardening of Chinese Communist Party's stance towards Mongol minority
NewsVenice
Ocean art space in Venice church confronts city's perilous battle with climate change
Multimedia installation synthesises three years of scientific research into marine transformation across the planet
PreviewExhibitions
Easy rider: when Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter went on tour
The artists' collaboration—first as teacher and student, then as a couple—is explored in a new exhibition at the Lenbachhaus in Munich
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the National Gallery's long-awaited Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition to Damien Hirst's career-spanning show at his own Newport Street Gallery
PreviewExhibitions
Wangechi Mutu asks the Legion of Honor, 'Are you listening?'
The artist will show new and recent works that play with San Francisco museum’s Neoclassical architecture and Western roots
PreviewExhibitions
‘We wanted to have sex all the time’: first major survey of Sunil Gupta—photographer of gay Indian life—opens in London
The Photographers' Gallery retrospective explores five decades of the long-overlooked artist's career—from cruising on street corners to Aids activism
ReviewExhibitions
Sue Coe takes on Donald Trump in final Galerie St Etienne show
The artist’s grotesque and violent images of the US president fit in with her works of political and social protest, made since the 1970s
PreviewExhibitions
Emperors, enamel and Easter eggs: how Fabergé and Russian workshops made some of the most desirable objects on earth
Exhibition of around 400 objects at the Moscow Kremlin Museums marks the centenary of the famed jeweller's death
InterviewExhibitions
'I learned a lot from Goya': an interview with the poet and artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The influential 101-year-old founder of San Francisco’s City Lights Bookstore discusses his paintings and drawings, now on view in New York
NewsExhibitions
Trump descends into hell—the state of America as seen by artist Jim Shaw
New London show at Simon Lee Gallery also takes a swipe at art world excess
NewsExhibitions
Fulfilling a legendary curator’s vision, New Museum will present an exhibition on grief in black communities
Show conceived by Okwui Enwezor will unite works by 37 artists exploring mourning and loss as a response to violent injustice
InterviewWilliam Kentridge
William Kentridge on turning his drawings into films, being inspired by dreams—and catching Covid-19
The South African artist talks about his new animation City Deep, now on show at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg
ReviewElection 2020
Denver exhibition considers the art of the Trump years
The Museum of Contemporary Art show aims to “take stock of the work that has come out of this difficult period”, says curator
NewsExhibitions
Exhibition in forest outside Moscow enchants Russian art world
“Form of soft protest” is likened to the optimism of the early 2000s
PreviewFrieze London 2020
Your guide to London's Frieze Week 2020
Including: the seven best shows • align your chakras, Frieze Week is getting spiritual • the challenges of making sculpture during a pandemic and more
NewsExhibitions
Original or fake? Museum Ludwig puts its Russian avant-garde art to the test
New exhibition reveals 22 falsely attributed works discovered in German museum's collection
NewsIndigenous art
Exhibition honours, demands action for missing and murdered Indigenous women
Boontak! (Stop it!) opens as Congress passes two bills to enact better law enforcement practices to protect Indigenous women and girls from violence
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in Berlin this weekend
From Olafur Eliasson's perception-altering lights to Émilie Pitoiset's surveillance capitalism dance marathon
NewsArt market
In search of la bella vita, Mendes Wood sets up in bucolic Italian villa
Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Cristina Canale, Vojtěch Kovařík, Paulo Nazareth and Brice Guilbert at Villa Era as clients seek a more rural art experience during pandemic
PreviewExhibitions
Under the influence: three artists on how Bruce Nauman continues to be an inspiration
As a retrospective opens at Tate Modern, we speak to Rashid Johnson, Jacolby Satterwhite and Adham Faramawy about the enduring appeal of the 78-year-old artist's work
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Delayed Royal Academy Summer Exhibition delivers powerful diversity statement and an Okwui Enwezor tribute
NewsExhibitions
Blockbuster JR show will travel to London's Saatchi Gallery from Brooklyn Museum
Murals, photographs and films by the French artist from past two decades will explore issues such as immigration and gun control
NewsPhilip Guston
'They fear controversy': open letter condemning museums for delaying Guston show signed by 100 artists and intellectuals
“The people who run our great institutions do not want trouble,” say signatories
NewsArt market
Damien Hirst to open huge exhibition of more than 50 early works at Newport Street Gallery
Pickled sharks, medicine cabinets and spot paintings from the artist's own collection will go on show—although none are for sale
NewsExhibitions
National Gallery hopes Artemisia exhibition will inspire public to 'get through the Covid crisis'
Postponed by the pandemic, the show will reveal Baroque artist's recently discovered intimate letters and "unflinching" paintings
AnalysisControversies
Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show
Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From transgressive Tantra at the British Museum to a series of artistic interventions in Brent's libraries
NewsPhilip Guston
Critics, scholars—and even museum’s own curator—condemn decision to postpone Philip Guston show over Ku Klux Klan imagery
Move is deemed “cowardly” and “patronising” after joint statement from host museums including National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and London’s Tate Modern
NewsVideo, film & new media
New Jersey artist residency turns their campus into a free drive-in theatre
Gardenship in Kearny Point has been hosting video art exhibitions and film screenings during the pandemic, including the Jean Michel-Basquiat cult classic Downtown 81 this weekend
PreviewExhibitions
What can we learn from the Salem Witch Trials?
A historical exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum traces the political and religious forces that led to the executions of innocent people
PreviewExhibitions
‘If they don’t have a story behind them, what’s the use?’ Elijah Pierce's woodcarvings portray America in the 20th century
Images of the Kennedys, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Watergate scandal go on show at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
ReviewExhibitions
Virtual photography show reveals modern Lebanon's many layers of tragedy
Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 to 2020 hosted by Washington, DC's Middle East Institute is both timely and prescient
ReviewExhibitions
The Big Review: Gauguin and the Impressionists at the Royal Academy of Arts
The London exhibition has many highlights, but viewing this long-planned show is unlike anyone could have envisaged before the coronavirus pandemic
PreviewBiennials & festivals
Rosewater soda and a coronavirus memorial: what to see at the Brent Biennial
From Dawn Mellor's George Michael mural to Rasheed Araeen's anarchic library installation
PreviewExhibitions
Japan's leading photography festival comes to Kyoto this weekend
The eighth edition of Kyotographie will include exhibitions in venues ranging from traditional wooden townhouses to shopping arcades
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Jadé Fadojutimi's purposeful paintings at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery to Trevor Paglen's floral AI animations at Pace
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Cartoon constellations and deserted deserts: hop on board Andy Holden's ghost train ride
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh exhibitions return—exclusive news all the way up to 2024
From olive groves to peat moors: shows coming up in Dallas, Amsterdam, Detroit, Vienna, Assen, Columbus and Santa Barbara
PreviewExhibitions
Incarceration is part of the American experience for many—its art is explored in a major new show at MoMA PS1
Exhibition in New York will include works made by those who are part of—or who have ties to—the largest prison population in the world
PreviewExhibitions
Reap what we sow: Trevor Paglen’s new flower works take an allegorical view of AI
Created during quarantine, the artist’s Bloom series is about the fragility of life, and how computer systems interpret the complexity of humanity
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Danh Vo's millennia-spanning pastoral show at White Cube to Abbas Zahedi's rosewater sprinkler system at South London Gallery
InterviewMuseums & Heritage
Director of Yale Center for British Art embraces a global framework
Courtney J. Martin explains why it is time to reposition the Paul Mellon collection
NewsExhibitions
Largest hoard of Bronze Age objects found in London—containing mysteries of city's ancient residents—goes on show
The Havering Hoard, which will be exhibited at the Museum of London, Docklands, was discovered two years ago and has never before been shown in its entirety
PreviewLos Angeles
For no eyes only: Mark Bradford’s quarantine paintings push the bounds of virtual art viewing
For his first online exhibition, the artist hangs paintings made during lockdown in isolation in an empty space atop Hauser & Wirth’s LA gallery
NewsExhibitions
Saatchi Gallery exhibits London’s graduate artists deprived of degree shows
The exhibition forms part of the education programme at the collector’s gallery which has now ‘transitioned into a charity’
PreviewExhibitions
Sanford Biggers show will highlight the unlikely role played by quilts in helping slaves flee to free states
Retrospective at the Bronx Museum in New York will also include the artist's mandala pieces
InterviewTavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan: 'I grew up not feeling empowered by art'
As a new show opens at Marian Goodman Gallery in London, the Bahamian artist explains why he feels schoolchildren, and not the art world, are his natural audience
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Raisa Kabir's transcontinental textiles to Toyin Ojih Odutola's epic cycle of queer, Black drawings
PreviewExhibitions
Art historian Aby Warburg’s groundbreaking image atlas reunited in Berlin after nearly a century
The Bilderatlas Mnemosyne—once derided by Ernst Gombrich—will appear in its fullest form since Warburg's final presentation
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Exhibitions during Covid-19: museums turn to 'virtual couriers' to protect unchaperoned art
To overcome travel restrictions, registrars are using Zoom and other technologies to monitor works on loan remotely
NewsExhibitions
Major Francis Bacon show to explore how animals fuelled artist's fascination with flesh
The exhibition Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy of Arts in London next year will include the artist's final work—a painting of a bull
NewsBiennials & festivals
How to organise a biennial in the Covid era
Bangkok Art Biennale director on grappling with coronavirus constraints and displaying "sensitive" works
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in September
From Danh Vo in London to Linda Stark in Los Angeles
NewsExhibitions
Basel’s new culture hub puts Caribbean artists, Picasso and Klaus Littmann’s nature project in the mix
Delayed by coronavirus, the new Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger has opened with the promise of free entry and catalogues for visitors
BlogThe Insiders
Letting the art, and the visitors, breathe: a Covid-conscious Met and MoMA return from lockdown
Anxiety gives way to enlightenment as museums spring back to life
NewsExhibitions
Brisbane lands mammoth European loan exhibition from the Met
Gallery of Modern Art is sole venue for a show resulting partly from a skylight renovation project at the New York museum
NewsExhibitions
A three-way collaboration delves into the paradox of ‘commonwealth’
ICA in Virginia teams with Philadelphia Contemporary and Beta-Local in San Juan
NewsExhibitions
After controversial cancellation in Cleveland, Mass MoCA will exhibit Shaun Leonardo’s images of Black victims
Drawings exploring systemic violence and injustice will also travel to Bronx Museum of the Arts
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Queer, Black, out of this world: Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawings flip power structures in Barbican show
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Four years after closing museum, National Academy of Design envisages a New York exhibition space
Newly appointed executive director sees potential for a wealth of new initiatives
PreviewExhibitions
Condoms, clean needles and comedy take to the walls in HIV-Aids poster show
As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, public campaigns around another virus are explored in an exhibition at the Folkwang Museum in Essen
NewsExhibitions
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer turns curator for Dusseldorf museum
Exhibition will recall the “intense and wonderful” 1990s fashion scene with photographs by Juergen Teller, Corinne Day and Karl Lagerfeld
Newsreopenings
New York clears the way for the city's museums to reopen
MoMA, the Whitney, the Morgan, the American Folk Art Museum, the New Museum, the Guggenheim and the Brooklyn Museum announce plans to welcome the public, joining the Met and the New-York Historical Society
NewsExhibitions
Berghain—Berlin’s exclusive nightclub—to transform into huge art venue during pandemic
“Studio Berlin” offers a way to circumvent the toughest door policy in the world and see works by Olafur Eliasson, Wolfgang Tillmans and Anne Imhof
NewsBiennials & festivals
Wham! London's first Brent Biennial to launch with a nine-metre high George Michael mural
The inaugural exhibition in the north-west borough opens in September and will include 23 new commissions
NewsChina
National Museum of China exhibition commemorates country's fight against Covid-19
Open-submission show of professional and amateur art celebrates medical workers with propaganda posters and Socialist Realist statues
ReviewExhibitions
The Big Review: Raphael at the Scuderie del Quirinale
The stimulating show in Rome tells the life story of one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance—but in reverse
NewsExhibitions
As protestors call for justice in New York, Mel Edwards to install broken chains in City Hall Park
An outdoor exhibition of the sculptor’s work has been postponed to give space to the Black Lives Matters movement
BlogDiary
Take home a work by Ruth Asawa for 55 cents—and help the US Postal Service
NewsExhibitions
Lithuania gives over billboards to help artists sell works during the pandemic
In the capital of Vilnius, outdoor displays of works by local artists aims to boost the arts sector and tourism
NewsObituaries
Neon pioneer Keith Sonnier—who has died aged 78—honoured with exhibition at New York's Dia Beacon
The late artist was a key figure in the 1960s post-Minimalist New York art scene
NewsExhibitions
‘I want people to know how it feels’: quilt exhibitions will explore police brutality and racism
Shows in Twin Cities to offer a historical snapshot of tumult in the US
NewsExhibitions
Frieze to open delayed sculpture show at New York's Rockefeller Center in September
Free-to-visit, open air exhibition includes site specific works by Ghada Amer, Beatriz Cortez and Andy Goldsworthy
NewsExhibitions
'Corona-proof plan': Dutch museum launches drive-by art show
Exhibition visitors must drive electric cars through an arena housing major works by artists including Bas Princen, Bruce Nauman and Anselm Kiefer
NewsVenice Biennale
New Venice Biennale show reveals fraught episodes in its 125-year history
Interdisciplinary display in the Giardini will look at how the international exhibitions “crossed paths with history”
NewsExhibitions
'Get rid of prisons': artist Stanley Whitney speaks out against US judicial system in online show
Initiative highlights disproportionate number of African Americans incarcerated in the US
NewsExhibitions
Return of a blockbuster: delayed Artemisia Gentileschi show to open on 3 October at London's National Gallery
Exhibition will include the never previously exhibited transcript of the Rome trial when Artemisia accused a fellow artist of rape
NewsExhibitions
Women artists to dominate Tate's 2021 solo shows
Exhibitions will focus on Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid, Yayoi Kusama and Sophie Taeuber-Arp as well as a major survey of Philip Guston
NewsTutankhamun
BBC investigation uncovers legal dispute over blockbuster Tutankhamun exhibition
Lawyer says Egypt breached heritage protection laws by contracting a private company to tour the artefacts
NewsMedia & broadcast
Our friend Keith Haring: in new BBC documentary buddies of the late artist draw back the curtain
Street Art Boy debuted recently on BBC2 and uses unheard interviews to document Haring's upbringing and work
NewsExhibitions
'Tender, gentle and creative soul': outdoor exhibition in west London pays tribute to artist Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell fire
Unveiled by Tottenham MP David Lammy today, the show also marks the launch of an arts mentor scheme in Saye’s name
Commentcoronavirus
Exhibitions need a perfect storm to succeed—but shows opening during Covid-19 are getting a disappointing drizzle
With no group student visits, no art-world private view, and limits on public access, the buzz of new exhibitions has potentially been short-circuited
Ben Luke