The Year in Review 2020

We asked artists to send an image that summed up their 2020 experiences—here's what we received

From coronavirus and lockdowns to US politics, this is a collection of postcards from "a year on the edge"

Miami Art Week

The must-see outdoor shows and artworks in Miami this week

From Marco Brambilla's Duchamp-inspired projection for Maison Margiela to an interactive work by Olaf Breuning

Outdoor sculpture

A breath of fresh air: The Clark opens its first outdoor exhibition

Known for its esteemed collection of European and American paintings and art historical research library, the institution's 140-acre meadow now features contemporary sculptures set against the bucolic landscape of the Berkshire Highlands in Massachusetts

Environment

'Trying to tap into the memory of the place': As Storm King turns 60, artists reflect on the storied outdoor art centre

Beyond its visually rapturous value, the Storm King region also had a pivotal but lesser-known role in the development of US environmental law and policy

Art market

In pictures: lost world barely touched by industrial revolution captured in first photographs of Sussex

Album by Thomas Honywood, pioneer of photography in England, will be auctioned on 28 October

Conservation & Preservation

Marking a centennial, a new list highlights endangered US landscapes created by female pathbreakers

Sites range from historic squares in Savannah to the landscape aesthetic of Disneyland

Prizes

Prozac nation: Russian photographer’s images of depression win 2020 Wellcome Photo Prize

Arseniy Neskhodimov’s photographs raise awareness of mental health in the age of coronavirus

Art books

The art of tarot, from the Renaissance to today

Tarot has had a resurgence in popularity in recent years. But the iconography of this centuries-old occult practice is constantly evolving with each new generation of artists

Design

Art can save us: six of the best creative face masks you can buy now

From photo faces to protest pieces, designers and artists have responded to a new demand for PPE

Masterpiece London

Here's what has sold so far from Masterpiece London Online

From a portrait of a nurse to a £100,000 chandelier, collectors from as far afield as Australia have been buying via the digital version of the fair which was due to run this week

Art Basel

Here's what has sold so far from Art Basel's Online Viewing Rooms

From a tribute to a guerrilla soldier and priest to an exploration of black female beauty, collectors snap up pictures on fair's VIP day

Protests

Art for a good cause: artists show their support for Black Lives Matter

Portraits of George Floyd and other works dedicated to victims of police violence raise awareness and funds for activist groups

coronavirus

See messages of hope from Jenny Holzer, Pedro Reyes and Carrie Mae Weems being sent across New York, Chicago and Boston today

The project, organised by Times Square Arts, Poster House, and For Freedoms, will spread to over 2000 billboards in three cities

Mark Wallinger

Mark Wallinger unveils new photographs of London’s deserted streets

The British artist, who captured the images on his daily walks, has also written a new poem

Acquisitions

Top five museum acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

Artoon

Our favourite Artoons, by Pablo Helguera

Need a pick me up? We've collected some of the funniest illustrations from our monthly issues that will bring a smile to your face

Tefaf Maastricht 2020

A turquoise Egyptian amulet and an Australia-shaped book: four works under £5,000 at Tefaf Maastricht

Our pick of some of the most covetable, and affordable, works at this year’s fair

Tefaf Maastricht 2020

The Tefaf Maastricht wish list: what to buy at this year's fair

A dazzling diamond tiara, a Rococo monkey teapot, a Van Gogh rescued from a farm sale and a saucy Greek vessel are among the highlights on the stands

Acquisitions

Top five museum acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from a pot by an African-American slave to the earliest depiction of Highland dress

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a spring-time Alma Thomas to an enamel lamp representing an 'ecstatic orgasm'

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions and fairs

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a Rubik's Cube Mona Lisa to a Surrealist animal bone sculpture

Our pick of highlights from the next week's auctions and fairs

Acquisitions

Saudi art organisation acquires vast collection of Middle Eastern art from Dubai's bankrupt Abraaj firm

Works from the Abraaj Group Art Prize will be managed by Art Jameel with some works going on show at the Dubai space Jameel Art Centre

Frieze Los Angeles 2020

In Pictures | Artists play it up on the backlot at Frieze LA

Responding to current issues in a surreally faux-New York setting

Frieze Los Angeles 2020

Hollywood stars descend on Frieze Los Angeles

Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham were amongst the A-list celebrities who showed up to the LA fair

Art market

Object lessons: from a medicinal Damien Hirst to a splashy David Hockney

Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's fairs and auctions

Exhibitions

Blitz, bodies and the British landscape: Bill Brandt and Henry Moore’s intertwining careers explored in new show

The assistant curator Clare Nadal talks us through five key images from The Hepworth Wakefield’s exhibition

Acquisitions

Top five museum acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from an "erotic" depiction of Adam to a masterpiece by a female French painter

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a Depression-era social works photo to a Jean Metzinger painting inspired by a bet

Our pick of highlights from this week's fairs and auctions around the world

Saudi Arabia

Trampolining in a Saudi Arabian valley? First look at the interactive art biennial Desert X AlUla

Inaugural edition of the monumental show, opening this Friday, is free to the public

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a manuscript globe of Mars to a Baroque female self-portrait

Our pick of the highlights from this week's fairs and auctions

Auctions

Object lessons: from a self-referential Picasso minotaur to a battlefield drawing

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions

Artemisia Gentileschi

Sticking it to the man: first look at 'feminist icon' Artemisia Gentileschi's works for National Gallery show

Exhibition on rediscovered 17th-century artist is due to open in London in April

Exhibitions

Fluxus fan's collection of pianos 'prepared' by artists goes on display in Berlin

KW Institute exhibits works assembled by Francesco Conz, an Italian art collector and patron who entertained artists at his villa

Fashion

Bath gallery brings overlooked 20th-century fashion illustration to the fore in New York

With images dating from the 1920s to today, exhibition at the Society of Illustrators shows off medium that was once ubiquitous in the fashion press

Acquisitions

Top five museum acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from a rising star of Weimar-era Berlin to a Bohemian Virgin and Child

Art market

The top ten auction results of 2019—and the art market trends they reveal

We look back at the biggest art sales of the year, which reveal a concentration on New York over London and a continued dominance of 20th century male artists

Acquisitions

Climate protest designs, an authentic Banksy fake and radical collection updates: the year in acquisitions

Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019

Object lessons

Object Lessons: from a picture of Georgia O'Keeffe to a reindeer weathervane

Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs

Art Basel in Miami Beach 2019

Expert Eye: Isaac Julien shares his favourite works at Art Basel in Miami Beach

From Faith Ringgold to Frank Bowling, the UK artist and film-maker shows his regard for long overlooked artists

Art Basel in Miami Beach 2019

In Pictures | Look who we spotted at Art Basel in Miami Beach's VIP preview

Artists, curators and one camera-shy rapper turn out for the fair's opening

Object lessons

Object Lessons: the best of London Art Week

From a miracle scene seized by Nazis to a pensive painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, our pick of highlights from this week's auctions and fairs

Art Basel in Miami Beach 2019

In Pictures | Immerse yourself in Miami's art

From Kusama's pumpkins to pink furry beasts, our pick of the top art experiences around town this week

Victoria & Albert Museum

Who owned these Jewish-owned treasures? V&A seeks clues from public

New exhibition highlights works from the museum's Gilbert Collection that have unclear provenance during the Nazi era

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a tobacco bird jar to a Frida Kahlo still life

Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a Space Age-inspired V.S Gaitonde to a cheeky Norman Rockwell

Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions around the world

Centre Pompidou x West Bund

Our picks from the opening show at Centre Pompidou's new Shanghai satellite

The 18-month-long exhibition will showcase highlights from the Centre Pompidou's collection

Acquisitions

Top five museum acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from an 800-year-old figure of Christ to a rediscovered Delacroix painting

Podcast

Gunpowder, treason and plot: how artists have captured fireworks throughout history

In a special podcast episode we talk to Simon Werrett who has written a book on pyrotechnic arts in European history

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a potentially record-breaking Gérôme to a painting commissioned by a whiskey distillery

Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs

MoMA expansion 2019

In pictures: inside the new MoMA

Before the public opening, we sought out some highlights from the rehang

Exhibitions

A journey through William Hogarth’s ‘moral geography’ of London and beyond

As an exhibition opens at the Sir John Soane's Museum, the curator David Bindman takes us from Covent Garden and Grosvenor Square to “Guzzledown”

Acquisitions

Top five museum acquisitions of the month

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from Dorothea Tanning's Surrealist terrier to vintage prints by Vivian Maier

Frieze London 2019

Who let the dogs in? We sniff out the best pooch portraits to purchase at Frieze London

It’s puppy love in the tent this week—from Hogarth’s pug called Trump to a pup picture fit for a French king

Frieze London 2019

Subversive, playful and politically engaged: our pick of Frieze London's budding stars

This year's focus section is full of surprises

Frieze London 2019

KAWS picks his favourite works at Frieze Masters

The US artist and designer has had a life-long love affair with collecting

Frieze London 2019

P(art)y picks: Grayson Perry chooses Frieze London's best dressed

The artist with a flair for fashion shows us the outfits that caught his eye at the fair’s VIP opening

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a 'pendulously lobed' Buddha head to a Japanese-Italian boxing ring

Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs

Biennials & festivals

Cod’s country: the 2019 Lofoten International Art Festival in pictures

Biennial in northern Norway takes the “intertidal zone” as its theme, with artists rustling up cod fish dinners and recording the sounds of the sea

Object lessons

Object lessons: from a Modigliani drawing to a whimsical automaton

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions and fairs

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