Object lessons

Object lessons: from a Papuan hornbill head to a rare jade carving from New York's Met Museum

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions and fairs

Romare Bearden

Portraits of the artist as a young man: Romare Bearden's autobiographical collages

A selection from the artist’s Profile series, which will be reunited for an exhibition at The High Museum of Art

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections—from a compendium of African American history to the vast archive of an expelled Surrealist

Art fairs

What to see at Portal: Governors Island

Our pick of highlights from the 12th edition of the fair launched by artists for artists

Books

Hello, kitties: new book celebrates the work of Walter Chandoha, cat photographer

Taschen publication charts the long and influential career of the late artist who inspired Warhol

Street art

Vancouver Mural Festival splashes colour on the streets

The festival will realise 25 new murals, including a 20-storey work by Shepherd Fairey

Public art

In pictures: Escape the heat with this Joana Vasconcelos-designed pool

Public can take a dip in the intricate Gateway pool at Jupiter Artland park in Edinburgh

Cathedral of Notre Dame

In pictures: recently released photos show the past 200 years of Notre Dame

The Courtauld Institute of Art has launched an online exhibition which shows a selection of digitised images of the Paris cathedral

New York

See the unguarded side of New York's Modern art legends

Ugo Mulas photographed the 1960s New York art scene and his pictures are now on show at Matthew Marks

Helene Schjerfbeck

In pictures: Helene Schjerfbeck’s self-portraits and the evolution of her singular style

The Royal Academy of Arts' assistant curator Rebecca Bray talks us through five of the Finnish artist’s key works

Looted art

Whereabouts unknown: see the antiquities US authorities are still trying to track down

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide—from Lee Krasner's record-setting painting to a Hogarth conversation piece

Prix Pictet

Photo series by formerly imprisoned Bangladeshi artist shortlisted for Prix Pictet

Shahidul Alam, who was arrested by Dhaka police last year, captured life in an orphanage run by a former sex worker

Hastings Contemporary

In pictures: from 'Picasso-esque' paintings to Quentin Blake illustrations, five must-see works at new Hastings Contemporary

Exhibitions on Copenhagen-based artist Tal R and late British painter Roy Oxlade open this week at the independent UK space formerly known as Jerwood Gallery

Art market

Object lessons: London Old Master season special

Our pick of highlights from London Art Week exhibitions and auctions, including an export-barred Renaissance cabinet and an uncharacteristically cheery Ribera

Yorkshire Sculpture International

Critic's pick of Yorkshire Sculpture International

The new event posits the Northern English county as a prime arts destination

Object lessons

Object lessons: from an ancient Roman mosaic to an Art Deco icon of the LGBTQ+ movement

Our pick of items from auctions and fairs around the world over the next fortnight

Art Basel 2019

In pictures: Art Basel veteran John Armleder targets his favourite pieces at the fair

The Swiss artist, who has had a stand at the fair since 1980, guides us round the second floor

Art Basel 2019

In pictures: furniture with a green conscience at Design Miami/Basel

Sustainability is a recurring theme at the 14th edition of the fair. Here is our pick of three ecological works

Art Basel 2019

In pictures: dirty puppets, talking trees and flagging immigration at Art Basel's Parcours

This year's edition of the citywide exhibition explores the boundaries of sculpture in the public space

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions in June

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Damien Hirst's portraits to Nari Ward's recycled shoelace installation

Object lessons

Object lessons: from Salvador Dalí greetings cards to a long-hidden Kandinsky painting

Our pick of highlights for sale over the next fortnight

Obituaries

Remembering I.M. Pei

The New York-based artist Cai Guo-Qiang shares personal memories and photos of his old friend, I.M. Pei

Exhibitions

Cooper Hewitt's Design Triennial considers our alliance with the Earth

Projects range from animating a white rhino to creating an environmentally friendly ‘burial suit’

Museums & Heritage

A look inside New York's new Statue of Liberty Museum

America's most famous work of art gets a dedicated $100m exhibition building

Art market

Object lessons: from Giacometti’s last bat to Dior's New Look

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions and fairs

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Delacroix’s sketchbooks to a pair of Brexit vases

Frieze New York 2019

Expert eye: Javier Téllez

The Venezuelan artist Javier Téllez has partnered with the Outsider Art Fair to present a curated space at Frieze New York

Frieze New York 2019

Collectors, curators and a couple of celebs come out to Frieze New York

From Rachel Weisz to Anne Pasternak, art loving VIPs arrived on Randall's Island

Damien Hirst

In pictures: first look at Damien Hirst's new blossom paintings

"I remember my mum painting cherry blossoms in the garden, when I was five or six—I think I ate some paint."

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a political work by Ayman Baalbaki to photo albums of Bonnie and Clyde

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions

Frieze New York 2019

In pictures: Frieze Sculpture takes over Rockefeller Center in New York

Pieces by 14 international Modern and contemporary artists are dotted around the famous plaza's indoor and outdoor spaces

Object lessons

Object Lessons: From a Persian shah's portrait to a popsicle stick "painting"

Our picks from upcoming fairs and auctions in the next fortnight

Cathedral of Notre Dame

Paris's Medieval muse: ten of the most famous works of art inspired by Notre Dame

From Jean Fouquet and Jacques-Louis David to Picasso and Damien Hirst, artists across the ages have captured the French cathedral

Exhibitions

The best of Buenos Aires beyond arteBA

Five shows to see during the city's Semana del Arte

Exhibitions

Exploring early Rubens

A new show at the Legion of Honor is the first to focus on the artist's post-Italy years

Object lessons

Object Lessons: from a triumphant tapestry by El Anatsui to a heroic charcoal drawing by Charles White

Our picks from upcoming fairs and auctions in the next fortnight

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist

Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019

In pictures: hanging ghost ships and upside-down architecture at Art Basel in Hong Kong

Alexie Glass-Kantor has chosen the large-scale works for the fair

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a highlight of New York's Asia Week to a Surrealist watercolour

Our picks from upcoming fairs and auctions in the next fortnight

TEFAF Maastricht 2019

Tefaf Maastricht wish list: from a £3m Pissarro landscape to ancient Greek armour

As the VIP preview of the Dutch fair opens, we select objects to suit every taste from the Classical to contemporary

TEFAF Maastricht 2019

Tefaf Maastricht wishlist: five works for under £5,000

From the death of Seneca to a mycological still-life, our pick of the more affordable works on offer at the fair

Biennials & festivals

Fake news, contested histories and fluctuating borders: the Sharjah Biennial in pictures

The 14th edition of the international exhibition in the United Arab Emirates includes more than 80 artists with over 60 new commissions

Exhibitions

In pictures: the little-known pioneers of 19th- and 20th-century abstraction

Munich exhibition explores the experimental works of Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint and Emma Kunz

The Armory Show 2019

Hope punctures darkness in The Armory Show's Platform section

Nine large works pose big questions in tandem with a World’s Fair theme

Exhibitions

Must-see exhibitions during The Armory Show

From Frida Kahlo’s personal items at the Brooklyn Museum, to the work of Jamaica-born artist Nari Ward at the New Museum, there’s plenty to see off-pier

Acquisitions

Top six acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from a totemic Klansman to the art of colonial Latin America

The Armory Show

Thirteen artists not to miss at The Armory Show

In the fair’s Presents section, galleries founded no more than ten years ago exhibit artists solo or in pairs. Here are some faces to look out for

Art fairs

What to see at New York's Spring/Break Art Show

Works in the 2019 edition of the fair aim to blur the lines between reality and perception

Object lessons

Object lessons: from Lucian Freud's tender portrait of a friend to El Lissitzky's pivotal self-portrait

Our highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions

Architecture

In pictures: the unfinished 'ghost' projects of Italy

The 696 incomplete public works are not simply a result of crime, corruption and incompetence, new book says

Frieze Los Angeles 2019

In pictures: Is it New York? Is it Los Angeles? Frieze Projects takes over Paramount's Backlot

“The results are magical, otherworldly, surreal and hyper-real but never dull,” says curator Ali Subotnick

Fairs

Frieze Los Angeles has star power

Brad Pitt, Jodie Foster and more stars attended the first edition of the fair

Frieze Los Angeles

Doug Aitken's pop-up installation haunts LA's Santa Monica Boulevard

Don’t Forget to Breathe—three ghostly figures lit from within—are on show in an abandoned storefront

Exhibitions

Six shows to see during Frieze Los Angeles

From a Charles White retrospective to raw canvases inspired by the occult and queer sex magic

Museums & Heritage

In pictures: Egyptian treasures at the revamped National Museum of Scotland

Senior curator Margaret Maitland reveals the stories behind some of the key exhibits in the new Ancient Egypt Rediscovered gallery

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Dalí’s lobster telephone to a bumper gift of indigenous art

Object lessons

Object lessons: works by female artists, from 17th-century Hyperrealism to an Art Nouveau watercolour

Our pick of the highlights from January's auctions and fairs

Object lessons

Object Lessons: from a pioneering wooden chair to a hypnotic Delvaux painting

Our highlights from January's fairs and auctions

Object lessons

Object Lessons: from Palermo's mummies to a drawing by a man wrongfully convicted of murder

Our pick of highlights from January's auctions

Acquisitions

Top five acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from a vintage Hawaiian shirt to an heirloom Chinese art collection

Photography

MFA Boston brings Ansel Adams into the present day

“You can’t tackle the subject of American western photography without coming to grips with him,” says the shows curator

Acquisitions

A Baroque #MeToo heroine, a censored video and an 'unprecedented deal': the year in museum acquisitions

We look back at ten significant gifts and purchases that entered public collections in 2018

Art Basel in Miami Beach

In pictures: Curator Philipp Kaiser picks his top works at Art Basel in Miami Beach

Design Miami

In pictures: must-see works at Design Miami

From lady lamps that light up at the touch of a nipple to experimental Italian design, here are some pieces from the 14th edition that caught our eye

Art Basel in Miami Beach

In pictures: tapestries are on trend at Art Basel in Miami Beach

From repurposing commercially made tapestries to weaving works themselves, contemporary artists take on textiles

Art Basel in Miami Beach 2018

First on to the floor: we spot VIPs at Art Basel in Miami Beach

We spotted curators, collectors, artists and, of course, celebrities—although the ever-present actor and collector Leonardo di Caprio evaded our lens

Art Basel in Miami Beach

In pictures: 15 years at Art Basel in Miami Beach

From the fair's director Marc Spiegler playing football on the beach to the collector Jorge Pérez getting a lift from rapper Wyclef Jean, some of our favourite images from the archive

Heritage

Analysis: impact on sea-level rise on ten World Heritage sites around the Med

How many World Heritage sites around the Mediterranean will be saved?

Object lessons

Object Lessons: from children's book illustrations to a bronze-cast scooter by Subodh Gupta

Our pick of highlights from December's auctions

Art market

Object Lessons: London Old Master week

Tis the season for Old Masters: here are three works to seek out, from a mythological marriage portrait to Annibale Carracci's sketch on an old account book

Wolfgang Tillmans

In pictures: Wolfgang Tillmans's set design for the English National Opera

The Turner prize winner unveils a sculptural piece and projections during the War Requiem oratorio

Art market

Object Lessons: from a Song Dynasty scroll that could smash auction records to a small but foxy 19th-century garment toggle

Our picks from this week's fairs and auctions around the globe

Art market

Object Lessons: From a marble mask by Henry Moore to a powerful Namibian wooden sceptre

Our picks from this week's fairs and auctions around the globe

Photography

Picture this: from €10,000 to €1.3m, what to buy at Paris Photo

Prices for photography tend to be lower than standard art market price ranges but Richard Avedon’s famous Warhol image has a seven-figure price tag