NewsAppointments
Ralph Rugoff named artistic director of the 2019 Venice Biennale
Director of London’s Hayward Gallery will organise 58th International Art Exhibition
NewsContemporary art
Artist installs mirror into panel of famous Ghent Altarpiece for new project
Kris Martin says his addition to the Flemish masterpiece turns observers into “just judges”
AnalysisArt market
From tribal art to Old Master paintings, taking the market's temperature at Tefaf Maastricht
As the Dutch fair opened its 32nd edition, we spoke to exhibitors across four sectors about the state of the market
NewsTate
'State decline, spawning vanity and inequality': Mike Nelson's Tate Britain show offers bleak portrait of UK
Artist sourced defunct industrial machines online for new installations, reflecting “an eating away of ourselves”
NewsArt market
Powerful collectors open up in Tefaf Maastricht's Chinese art market report
New study, released today, covers 40-year history of the country's market and reveals many private art museums run at a loss
NewsBob and Roberta Smith
Bob and Roberta Smith protests Hertfordshire County Council's decision to auction off art collection
Works by Carel Weight and Julian Trevelyan are among those to be sold at Cheffins auction house
NewsDisasters & destruction
Tributes pour in for Italian marine archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa who died in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
He was was an expert on the battle of Egadi of 241BC
NewsKara Walker
Southern discomfort: Kara Walker to take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn
The Tate had previously purchased a large linoleum silhouette work by Walker in 1998
FeatureThe Netherlands
Golden Age day trips from Tefaf Maastricht: our pick of must-see shows
The 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt this year has prompted a glut of exhibitions devoted to the Dutch artist and his peers
NewsCensorship
Exclusive interview: photographer Shahidul Alam speaks out about prison, being tortured and the human rights situation in Bangladesh
Artist was granted bail in November after being held in custody in Dhaka for 102 days
NewsMichael Jackson
Michael Jackson exhibition goes ahead in Germany and Finland despite latest sexual abuse allegations
The Thriller star's estate is reportedly suing HBO for $100m over the Leaving Neverland documentary
NewsAppointments
Zeitz Mocaa appoints new director following #MeToo scandal
Koyo Kouoh, who founded RAW Material Company in Dakar, replaces Mark Coetzee who was accused of misconduct
NewsTehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Artist accuses Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art of selling off works at a premium
Rokni Haerizadeh sold his work to the museum at a reduced rate before it was auctioned without his permission
AnalysisArco
Arco provides lifeline for South American dealers
Political turmoil and economic crisis keep collectors away from countries such as Venezuela, so galleries rely more on fairs
NewsCaravaggio
Attic to auction: a timeline of the 'Lost Caravaggio'
The painting, thought to be the second version of the Baroque artist’s Judith Beheading Holofernes will be auctioned this June with an estimate of £86m-£129m
NewsLaw
National Gallery's art educators owed same rights as permanent staff, London tribunal rules
NG27 group's case is described as first in public sector to address concerns over “gig economy” but museum says there will be implications
PreviewArt fairs
From poaching to plastic: London's Collect craft fair takes on politically charged topics
Fifteen artists show conceptual craft and design works, some of which reflect current concerns
NewsDeaccessioning
UK local authority's plan to dispose of 90% of works in its collection rings alarm bells
Art Fund raises concerns about consignment of 152 works to auction by Hertfordshire County Council
NewsBiennials & festivals
Block Universe performance festival expands to Berlin power station
New 350 sq. m contemporary art space E-Werk Luckenwalde has joined the programme for the event's fifth anniversary
NewsCensorship
Turkish artist Zehra Dogan is released from prison after more than two years
The journalist, accused of spreading propaganda, was backed by Banksy
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
David Adjaye to design Ghana’s first ever pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Artists on show will include John Akomfrah, El Anatsui and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
NewsExhibitions
Sold out: Dior on track to become V&A’s most successful show ever
“Many people are buying membership just so they can get in,” ticket attendant says
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Jerwood Gallery in Hastings to lose British art collection by November
Almost 300 Modern and contemporary works will be withdrawn amid funding dispute with the Jerwood Foundation
NewsExhibitions
Okwui Enwezor organises huge El Anatsui show at Munich’s Haus der Kunst—despite resigning last year
Exhibition on Ghanian artist is due to tour to Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha in the autumn
BlogDiary
Frieze LA diary: bright stars, sexy architecture and Kenny Schachter’s hotel dalliance
Plus, an art gallery "rap battle"
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2019
Confessions of a dealer: Alex Freedman
We speak to the co-founder of Freedman Fitzpatrick gallery in Los Angeles about coding, George Bush and mistaking dealers for magicians
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2019
Confessions of a dealer: Brian Faucette
We speak to the senior director of Night Gallery in Los Angeles about art world small talk, forgotten studio visits and the resurgence of photography
FeatureCurators
Globetrotting curators: the international search for art
Leading curators on their travel schedules, how technology shapes their visions—and whether they are aware of their carbon footprints
NewsAttribution
Former politician questions authenticity of Khnopff sculpture
Sculpture is currently the centrepiece of a major Paris survey
InterviewCollecting
Collector's Eye: an interview with Wallis Annenberg
The Los Angeles-based philanthropist tells us what she's bought and why
NewsConceptual Art
Danish artist sells rough sleepers in ‘human Tamagotchi’ project
Kristian von Hornsleth enables collectors to track London homeless
NewsSalvator Mundi
Simon Fujiwara builds mini museum for Leonardo's Salvator Mundi at the Whitechapel in London
The original painting is never shown, only copies and projections are displayed
NewsArt schools
Open School East free art school moves into two new venues in Margate
The organisation has relocated to the former home of Thanet School of Arts and Crafts on Hawley Square
NewsExhibitions
Edmund de Waal to create exhibition in Jewish Ghetto in Venice
The ceramicist will also unveil library of books by exiled writers at Ateneo Veneto to coincide with the opening of the 58th Biennale
NewsAppointments
Fatos Üstek appointed director of the Liverpool Biennial
The Turkish curator has worked on Art Night and was recently named director of the Draf project
NewsRobert Ryman
Art world tributes for Minimalist painter Robert Ryman, who has died aged 88
“In defining art's formal limits, he was the most radical painter of his time,” says art historian Robert Storr
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Is Leonardo da Vinci's only sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum?
Italian scholar says terracotta statuette, currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino, is actually by the 15th-century master
NewsAuctions
The Fine Art Society closes Mayfair gallery after 142 years with 'emotional' sale at Sotheby’s
Sculpture of Peter Pan and painting by Gluck were among the stars of five-hour long auction
NewsTechnology
Marina Abramovic to make digital appearance at London's Serpentine Galleries
Performance using cutting-edge Magic Leap One device is world first
NewsVenice
Venice authorities introduce day-trippers charge on eve of the Biennale
Officials finally implement fee designed to control tourist numbers
NewsRestitution
Nigeria calls for return of Lander Stool from the British Museum
Woodcarving was taken from the African country in 1830 by the UK explorer Richard Lander
NewsProtest
'Exploitation and injustice': London gallery show protests BP sponsorship at British Museum
P21 show, organised by campaign group BP or Not BP, is due to coincide with a “mass takeover” of the British Museum
NewsDigital Age
New watercolour database could help experts combat climate change
Global digital resource provides valuable environmental documentation from an age before photography
NewsAncient Egypt
British Museum teams up with Louvre for revamp of Egyptian Museum in Cairo
But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London
NewsRoyal College of Art
Despite Brexit, applications from EU up 12% at London's Royal College of Art
Art and design institution announces five-year plan centred on $108m Battersea base
ReviewArt market
Brafa fills a gap in the art fair market (yes, apparently there is one)
New exhibitors at Brussels event are targeting a strong European collector base seeking works priced under €1m
NewsCollectors
Taiwanese mega-collector Pierre Chen reveals plans for new space
The electronics magnate owns ten works by Gerhard Richter, seven Picassos and two works by Francis Bacon
NewsPrizes
Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins £40,000 Artes Mundi prize
His film Invisibility is a nuanced examination of political corruption and restrictions on free speech
NewsBanksy
Banksy buyer plans to build urban art centre in Wales
John Brandler, who paid a six-figure sum for Season's Greetings, is in talks with local officials
NewsExhibitions
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America comes to Tate Liverpool
The artist's radical video sparked debate about race relations in the US
NewsArt fairs
New London fair in crowded art calendar looks at drawing in the digital age
Exhibitors at Draw Art Fair London in May will juxtapose drawings with related paintings and sculptures
NewsCaravaggio
French state rejects painting with controversial Caravaggio attribution that was found in an attic
Now the export ban has been lifted, the work may go on the market after restoration
NewsAppointments & departures
Stedelijk Museum issues conciliatory statement insisting that feud with Beatrix Ruf is over
Unusual press release is latest twist in long-running dispute between Amsterdam institution and its former director
NewsAppointments & departures
Marc-Olivier Wahler steps down as director of MSU Broad Art Museum
The Swiss curator is resigning from the Michigan institution for family reasons
NewsArt market
Sean Kelly gallery moves into Asia with exhibition of works by Callum Innes at new Taipei project space
Inaugural Taipei Dangdai fair reflects growth of wider art market in the region
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Delacroix and Beyoncé bring record-breaking Louvre visitor figures
After attendance dips, 10.2 million people flocked to the Paris museum last year
NewsArt market
Christie's France wins the artist resale royalty battle
Supreme court victory in France allows the auction house to shift the responsibility for resale royalties from sellers to buyers of works of art
NewsCopyright
Artist Lina Iris Viktor and rapper Kendrick Lamar resolve Black Panther legal dispute
Copyright infringement case centred on Constellations series
NewsAwards
UK New Year’s Honours 2019: artists awarded include Sonia Boyce, Gillian Wearing, Tacita Dean and Alison Wilding
Museum professionals recognised include Ian Blatchford, director of the Science Museum group, who is made a knight
NewsVenice
St Mark’s administrators accuse Italian government of failing to protect Basilica
Procuratori say October flood waters caused the church to age “20 years in one day”
NewsObituaries
Tributes for the art historian Sister Wendy Beckett who has died, aged 88
Her unscripted commentaries on Rembrandt, Monet and Leonardo da Vinci turned her into an unlikely television star
NewsExhibitions
eL Seed brings his brand of contemporary calligraphy to London for first UK show
French-Tunisian artist’s 'tabula rasa' paintings at Lazinc will challenge “deep-seated preconceptions” about Arabic script
NewsExhibitions
Overlooked sculptor Elisabeth Frink's legacy reexamined in extensive UK survey
Curators of the Sainsbury Centre exhibition consider her work in relation to darker political concerns
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2019
Must-see biennials, triennials and festivals in 2019
From "interesting times" at Ralph Rugoff's Venice Biennale to an Anthropocene-inspired Istanbul Biennial, plus Sharjah and the best of the rest
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2019
Top ten new museums and major extensions due to open in 2019
A MoMA expansion, the opening of the Humboldt Forum, the unveiling of the National Museum of Qatar and a new Bauhaus Museum are just some of the highlights of the year ahead
NewsPublic art
Laure Prouvost to bring Brexit song to London underground passengers as part of 2019 commissions
Ahead of UK leaving the European Union, Art on the Underground programme looks at what it means to be "on edge"
NewsControversies
'Too conservative' to direct France's arts academy? Jean de Loisy hits back at critics
A petition protesting his appointment at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts has been signed by 60 arts professionals
NewsCollectors
Tasmanian museum expands with £230m luxury hotel that includes a Marina Abramović-designed spa
Collector David Walsh plans to build new Motown complex alongside his Museum of Old and New Art
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