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San Francisco’s Fog art fair returns with rapid sales of tangible works and rising interest in the digital
The fair, which was canceled in 2021 due to Covid-19, has seen strong participation from local galleries and collectors, as well as institutions
Help Tonga! Contemporary art organisation TBA21 calls for support following volcanic eruption
Danish artist group Superflex made a 2018 film on the island destroyed by the explosion
Future of one of Mexico’s most important collections uncertain as parent company put up for sale
La Colección Banamex, which numbers more than 6,000 works including pieces by Frida Kahlo and Clemente Orozco, belongs to a bank that Citigroup is offloading
US customs agents return ancient cuneiform writing implements to Iraq
The millennia-old prism and tablet were found to lack proper paperwork—one after its owner’s death, the other following an online auction
Austria sets up expert panel to develop guidelines for repatriating colonial loot
Committee led by Jonathan Fine of Vienna’s Weltmuseum may pave the way for new legislation
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Why did the €471m Caravaggio villa fail to sell?
Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
Art market
Van Ham auction house to sell inventory of insolvent Galerie Michael Schultz
Schultz, who died last month, was arrested in 2019 on suspicion he cheated customers
Pace will launch a project space in Tribeca, with founder Arne Glimcher at the helm
“Gallery 125 Newbury is about expanding my own story...about going full circle, back to the little gallery I once had,” Glimcher said of the new space in Manhattan's booming art district
Could it be magic? Singer Robbie Williams to auction three Banksy works worth more than £10m at Sotheby’s
Former Take That star acquired the works directly from the artist’s studio in the mid-2000s
Art Basel Hong Kong hedges bets for March fair with Covid-contingency plan in May
Well over half the galleries participating in the fair are opting for satellite booths as travel restrictions continue to disrupt large-scale events
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
The mind-blowing Van Gogh gallery that never was
What happened to the 1923 plan for a Grand Museum to house the collection of Helene Kröller-Müller
Museums & Heritage
Into the ether: How a German museum accidentally lost access to two highly valuable NFTs
Copy-and-paste fail or meta commentary on crypto art?
Manicure at the Mauritshuis? Dutch museums turn into beauty parlours in protest over Covid restrictions
Initiative questions why gyms, hair salons and brothels have reopened but culture venues remain closed in the Netherlands
Historic Peruvian church to be restored after earthquake
The Church of La Jalca Grande, one of the first churches built in Peru after the Spanish conquest, was constructed using stones from pre-Hispanic monuments
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts settles dispute with its former director
Nathalie Bondil, who was fired in 2020, was seeking $1.5m in moral and punitive damages from the museum’s board
Clare Lilley is named Yorkshire Sculpture Park's director—only the second in its 45-year history
Curator is overseeing a major Robert Indiana show due to launch this spring
The Buck Stopped Here
Louisa Buck, our contemporary art correspondent, brings us all the gossip from the UK's key art events
Power to the people: London’s new public art gives a glimmer of hope in gloomy times
A colourful playground, giant vegetable sculptures and an elegant etched glass installation have all brightened up the capital this year
Exhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Abraham Palatnik’s first posthumous show at Nara Roesler to ayahuasca-inspired ceramics at Salon 94
Liz Larner’s Corner Basher channels the helpless and hopeful rage of our day
The artist’s 1988 kinetic, participatory sculpture—which is included in a new survey show at SculptureCenter in New York—is temperamentally attuned to the prevailing moods of 2022
Haroon Mirza: ‘The question I’m asking is, what kind of species are we?’
As he opens a show in New York and looks forward to his participation in the Lille3000 festival, the artist-composer discusses his interest in energy and power in their many forms
The Big Review: 'Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist' at the National Gallery in London
Does a show focusing on the German artist’s European trips illuminate his genius?
Books
Book Club
Extract | What should we do about paintings with racist titles?
In a new book of cultural essays, the Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan ponders whether we should change offensive names given to art—and what that might say about us
An expert’s guide to Georgia O’Keeffe: five must-read books on the American painter
All you ever wanted to know about O’Keeffe, including a comprehensive biography, the artist’s “perfect” novice recipe book, and her letters to photographer Alfred Stieglitz—selected by the curator Theodora Vischer
January Book Bag: from Marina Abramović’s instructions for rebooting your life to Paul Nash’s little-known design work
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Extract | Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing and painting tips
The Old Master’s advice is among the fascinating facts and illuminating anecdotes gathered in a new compendium called Artifacts
The Year Ahead
The most exciting exhibitions around the world in 2022
We take a look at the must-see exhibitions in 2022, including the return of the Venice Biennale and Documenta, blockbuster shows of Donatello and Cézanne, and a sculpture festival for the Qatar World Cup
The top art fairs for 2022
Despite the ongoing restrictions due to the pandemic, many art fairs hope to go ahead this year. Here's our pick of the key ones to visit
Making a fresh start: new museum openings for 2022
While the pandemic may have forced museums around the world into an involuntary temporary slumber, builders have been busy. Here are the most exciting new and expanded museums opening in 2022
Museums plan for a busy year despite Covid-19 uncertainty
Will 2022 see a return to normal for exhibition schedules? Or will surging cases mean plans have to be torn up again? We asked museum directors and head curators how confident they are for the year ahead
Get ready for the new world order: art market experts make their predictions for 2022
US dominance, industry collaborations and increased concern about climate change are all on art market experts’ minds—and, of course, NFTs
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An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Richard Dyer to John Singer Sargent