NewsAppointments
Ralph Rugoff named artistic director of the 2019 Venice Biennale
Director of London’s Hayward Gallery will organise 58th International Art Exhibition
NewsExhibitions
Revamped UK gallery gets major Paula Rego retrospective that will tour to Scotland and Ireland
MK Gallery in Milton Keynes will also host a George Stubbs survey
NewsTania Bruguera
Tania Bruguera pulls out of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, vowing to stay in Cuba and fight censorship law Decree 349
The activist says that the government crackdown continues with the creation of a “cultural police”
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: performing beauty at Satellite, cosmic creations at Untitled and making sweet art world music
Plus, a look into the archive at Solange's porn confession
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Late artists finally get their due at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Galleries at the fair are giving lesser-known deceased artists the credit they deserve
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: the ghost of Dan Flavin, Dan Sallick wants to start a 'slow art movement' and Fab 5 Freddy talks art
Plus, a look into the archive at Isabella Rossellini's saucy series on the sex lives of animals
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
A gift for Chicago, a new work for Norway, and a Rothko rockets in price: talking points at Art Basel in Miami Beach
From a Tschabalala Self painting donated to the Art Institute of Chicago to Goshka Macuga's commission the Norwegian parliament
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: Neneh is the Cherry on top at White Cube and stars show support for HIV/Aids charity auction
Plus, feast your eyes on a ten-foot-high chocolate tower
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: Arnold Schwarzenegger is a forgery fan and Tomás Saraceno gets nerdy on the beach
Plus, a look into the archive at Larry Gagosian's crabby habits
NewsProtest
'Tania Bruguera's bravery always stands out': art world responds to Cuban artist's arrest
Activist is among several artists detained in Havana on Monday ahead of planned protest
NewsMuseums
Non to tourists: free Saturdays at the Louvre cater to locals
Officials at the Paris museum want to boost homegrown audiences and draw lower-income visitors
NewsCandice Breitz
Venice Biennale artist Candice Breitz demands release of imprisoned aid worker Sarah Mardini
The humanitarian volunteer, held in a Greek jail for more than 100 days, faces charges of people smuggling
NewsBridge
Multi-million pound donation gives Illuminated River project the green light for next year
Ambitious public art commission to makeover London's bridges is supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation
NewsLaw
'Fired' employees take London's National Gallery to court
Dispute with 'NG27' group—who argue they were unfairly dismissed—could set a precedent for protecting rights of casual workers
NewsOpenings
Astronomy, unknown trailblazers and failed monuments: new Collective space opens in Edinburgh's old observatory
Works by Dineo Seshee Bopape and Klaus Weber go on show in the revamped 19th-century neoclassical complex
NewsBen Uri Gallery
Ben Uri museum advisory board resigns en masse over Sotheby’s sale of works from the collection
Nicholas Serota and Norman Rosenthal say that selling off the works is a “grave mistake”
PreviewExhibitions
Feminisms, gender, resistance: three curators choose their favourite works from politically charged show
Group exhibition at UK's Nottingham Contemporary looks at activist movements across the world from the late 19th century to the present day
NewsPolitics
Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam granted bail after 102 days in jail—but must still face trial
Court decision comes after a wave of protests from cultural and political figures
NewsAwards
Cerith Wyn Evans wins 2018 Hepworth Prize for Sculpture
New £30,000 award goes to the established Welsh artist who has “moved into new territory”
NewsUnesco
UK threat to leave Unesco reignites debate about purpose of UN culture body
The US and Israel announced plans to leave the international organisation last year
NewsParis
Double vision: Paris show displays two Mary Magdalene Caravaggios
Scholars are divided over whether either of the paintings of Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy—or both of them—are copies
NewsOpera
Wolfgang Tillmans turns set designer, creating the backdrop for a Benjamin Britten production at English National Opera
The Turner prize winner will unveil a sculptural piece and projections during the War Requiem oratorio
NewsExhibitions
Aids, crack cocaine and apartheid: Tate Liverpool show brings Keith Haring’s works to the UK
The artist Kaws is loaning a key work to the survey which includes subway chalk drawings and painted tarpaulins
NewsPublic art
Do Ho Suh house sculpture stays put in London's square mile
Planning permission for the installation extended until 2020
NewsAppointments
Former Tate Modern chief Chris Dercon takes the reins at the Grand Palais in Paris
The Belgian curator, who quit the Volksbühne Theatre in April, has been appointed head of the culture body Rmn-GP
NewsBuilding projects
Cost of Manchester arts centre The Factory jumps due to 'construction inflation'
City council will cover extra £20m costs for the Rem-Koolhaas designed venue
NewsAppointments
Liverpool Biennial chief Sally Tallant named executive director of Queens Museum
She replaces Laura Raicovich who stepped down in January, citing differences with the board of the museum
NewsPhotography
Steve McQueen’s school initiative shows 'striking similarities' with another photographer's work
The Turner prize winner's photography project has been likened to Classroom Portraits by Julian Germain
NewsSponsorship
Imperial War Museum London receives 'generous' donation from Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich
The money will go towards new Holocaust Galleries due to open 2021
NewsDisasters & destruction
Venice museums reopen after worst floods in 10 years
High tide may have been prevented by barrier that is still under construction
NewsDonations
Major coup for Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe as it receives one of its biggest ever donations of works
Gallerist Claude Lemand and his wife France also set up a fund to support the museum
NewsQatar
Qatar dynasty’s collection of jewels and antiquities will be shown in the heart of Paris
The Al-Thani collection to be displayed at revamped Hôtel de la Marine over 20 years, in a deal that will help fund the building’s restoration
NewsRestoration
Urgent revamp of William Morris’s country home to go ahead after £4.3m grant
UK National Lottery award will also fund a new education centre at the Victorian designer’s 16th-century Kelmscott Manor
NewsCensorship
Artist accuses Florida officials of censoring his photographs of queer life
Organisers at Bal Harbour show asked Pacifico Silano to remove his images with partial nudity and descriptions referring to pornography
NewsPolitics
Emmanuel Macron woos French art world with call for new cultural policy that fights extremism
France's president also plans to install Modern and contemporary works at the Élysée Palace
News#metoo
Riyas Komu, co-founder of Kerala's Kochi-Muziris Biennale, steps down after #MeToo allegations
Accusations were posted on an Instagram account that claims to uncover abuses of power in the Indian art world
AnalysisFiac
Art world figures at Fiac reveal the main challenges they face today
From fair fatigue to unearthing new talent, gallerists and collectors at the Paris event share their concerns
PreviewArt market
Can an increase in two-artist booths spur sales at Paris's Fiac?
Artist pairings have grown in popularity for this year's edition of the fair at the Grand Palais
NewsPolitics
Franck Riester appointed as France’s new culture minister
Françoise Nyssen—who introduced a youth culture pass and lobbied for copyright reform—is out in cabinet reshuffle
NewsArt market
Stolen painting shown on BBC Antiques Roadshow in 1988 now held in limbo at Christie’s
Auction house sold the painting by Emma Sandys for £62,500 earlier this year, but now 19th century work is caught up in a legal battle
NewsAuctions
Writer and ceramicist Edmund de Waal’s famed netsuke collection to go on long-term loan to Vienna—and under the hammer
The Japanese carved toggles feature in his 2010 memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes
NewsLoot
President Rouhani personally takes looted ancient relief back from New York to Tehran
Piece depicting a Persian soldier was seized last year at Tefaf New York
NewsConservation
Titian's Crucifixion work torn after falling from the wall in Spain's Royal Monastery
Sixteenth-century painting of Christ on the cross was rushed immediately for conservation
NewsCommissions
Rachel Whiteread turns a Nissen Hut inside out for her first UK permanent piece
The concrete cast—a 14-18 Now commission—is sited in a secluded spot in Dalby Forest
NewsFrieze London 2018
Wasteful art world gets ready to clean up its act
Shipping firms seek to replace single-use crates
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Confessions of a dealer: Franck Prazan
We speak to the director of Paris's Applicat-Prazan gallery about dealers in denial and the pleasures of Pink Floyd
News#metoo
'I have been sexually assaulted numerous times': Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak joins #metoo debate
The curator has called for women to be treated with "respect and dignity"
NewsCommissions
Tania Bruguera renames Tate Modern after local London activist as part of Turbine Hall commission
Heat-sensitive floor work and crying room part of “stealth” piece pushing positive aspects of migration
NewsArt market
Nan Goldin signs up with Marian Goodman Gallery
The photographer and anti-opioid activist will show works at Frieze and Fiac
NewsArt market
Top galleries take a chance on Taipei Dangdai
With Taiwan tipped as Asia's rising art market power, galleries such as Gagosian and David Zwirner join new fair next January
NewsArt market
Auction transfer season: Cécile Verdier of Sotheby's replaces Christie's France president, François de Ricqlès
Move follows a record-breaking breaking year for Paris auctions in 2017
NewsCensorship
Wolfgang Tillmans and Tania Bruguera pledge support for censored Serralves Museum director
João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show
NewsArt market
Millennials in mind: Unseen Amsterdam photography event tempts younger collectors
The burgeoning platform for emerging artists includes a 53-dealer fair, special projects, awards and a section for collectives with a conscience
NewsSculpture
Huma Bhabha’s unsettling sculpture will be centrepiece of 2019 Yorkshire Sculpture International festival
Commission is lined up for Wakefield city centre
NewsEducation
Art Fund's new student pass scheme offers 500 paid jobs in culture sector
UK non-profit's plan may draw in young crowds which are a target demographic for museums
NewsArtists
Portrait of the future at Tate: Steve McQueen plans to photograph every seven-year-old in London
Images of primary school children will go on show at Tate Britain alongside survey of Oscar winner’s work at Tate Modern
NewsSexual harassment
Belgian culture minister investigates Jan Fabre following allegations of sexual harassment
Twenty dancers sign letter saying that “humiliation” is rife in the artist's Troubleyn troupe
NewsExhibitions
Qatar dynasty's collection of jewels and antiquities could be shown in the heart of Paris
Al-Thani collection in discussions to show holdings at revamped Hôtel de la Marine
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in São Paulo this weekend
From the artist-curated Bienal de São Paulo to a sweeping survey of Latin American art by “radical women”
NewsBienal de Sao Paolo 2018
Little known Modern artists struggling with mental health find a place in the Sao Paulo biennial
Swedish artist Mamma Andersson brings marginalised practitioners, including Chicago recluse Henry Darger, to the fore
NewsMuseums
Great art, not famous alumni, will be the focus of Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art
New south London gallery is housed in 19th-century public baths converted by architectural collective Assemble
NewsMuseums
Protesters decry neglect after Brazilian museum fire
Amid melee at National Museum, museology students begin project to digitise the institution
NewsAppointments
Palestinian Museum appoints Adila Laïdi-Hanieh as director after surprise departure of previous head
The writer and academic replaces Mahmoud Hawari who was only in post two years
NewsPolitics
Nicholas Serota, Frances Morris and Mark Wallinger demand the release of Shahidul Alam
Leading UK names have signed an open letter raising concerns about human rights in Bangladesh
NewsExhibitions
Sweet on Europe: Ulla von Brandenburg to re-stage exhibition of European confectionery, 45 years on
Show at Whitechapel Gallery in London was held in 1973 to mark the UK's entry to the common market
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Victoria and Albert Museum brings Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks to life online
New technology allows novices and scholars to zoom in on the artist’s sketches and notes
NewsArchitecture
Renzo Piano designs replacement for collapsed Genoa bridge
Since the Morandi tragedy, architect "can’t think of anything else but that bridge"
NewsPerformance art
Berlin Wall may be resurrected—and then demolished—as part of anniversary of reunification
Organisers of the culture festival Berliner Festspiele are in talks with city authorities and are yet to confirm the event
NewsExhibitions
Artists and projects announced for first Art Basel Cities Week in Buenos Aires
September event marks end of first year of the initiative overseen by Cecilia Alemani, the director of High Line Art, New York