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New documentary provides an inside look at the Harlem Renaissance

Originally shot in 1972, ‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ gathers creative giants of the era for an intimate discussion at Duke Ellington’s home

Susan Morrisabout 10 hours ago

Artistic director of Malba steps down after one year in role

Following Rodrigo Moura’s departure, the Buenos Aires museum will create a new chief executive position

Mercedes Ezquiagaabout 5 hours ago

Philadelphia sues US Department of the Interior and National Park Service over removal of slavery exhibit

Lawsuit claims that the federal agency acted outside its purview in removing exhibit memorialising the enslaved people who lived in George Washington's home

Torey Akersabout 11 hours ago

Anish Kapoor to show some of his most ambitious projects—realised or not—in Venice

The exhibition of architectural models and sculptures at the artist's Cannaregio foundation will explore the less commercial side of his practice

Anny Shawabout 14 hours ago

Natalie Portman tries to sell a corpse and film-makers traffic in art-market stereotypes in The Gallerist

The new black comedy, co-starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Zach Galifianakis and Charli xcx, puts its blue-chip talent up to derivative humour

David D'Arcyabout 9 hours ago

Art market

Gustav Klimt: a buyer’s guide

The Austrian artist’s paintings are relatively rare “trophy pictures”, and prices have rocketed over the past 50 years

Anna Bradyabout 15 hours ago

Master Drawings New York marks 20th anniversary as both fair and market expand

Thirty-six dealers will take part, with more exhibitors hailing from Europe

Expo Chicago lines up 130 galleries for ‘a more focused’ fair

Down from around 170 exhibitors in recent years, it is the first edition of the fair under director Kate Sierzputowski

Rediscovered portrait by the Renaissance’s leading woman artist goes on display at the Winter Show

A rare painting by Sofonisba Anguissola resurfaced in a private collection after it was thought to have been lost

London show of Lee Miller photographs is fundraising to save thousands of her negatives

Gallerist Lyndsey Ingram is working with the Lee Miller Archives to support the conservation of the photographer’s works and Sussex home

Museums & Heritage

Frankfurt’s Städel Museum announces ‘momentous’ acquisition of Altenberg Madonna

The museum describes the purchase of the 14th-century Madonna sculpture as “one of the most significant acquisitions in its history”

Catherine Hickleyabout 15 hours ago

London’s Courtauld to open two new contemporary art galleries after £10m gift

The spaces, which will launch as part of a 2029 re-development plan, will be funded by a donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation

Joe Ware2 days ago

Museum wall texts are an art in their own right—but will they survive the digital age?

With shortened attention spans and constant technological distractions, some museums are getting rid of labels altogether

Emma Riva1 day ago

Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing US museums to think local

Institutions are analysing their relationship with audiences during a sobering time for many in the sector

Art Gallery of Ontario curator resigned after failed acquisition of Nan Goldin work

Two committee members also resigned after the vote, which unravelled amid allegations of “antisemitism” over Goldin’s support of Palestinians

Exhibitions

Show unpacks legacy of polymath architect who restored Paris's Notre-Dame (the first time)

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's epic 19th-century redesigns of the cathedral are a highlight of the exhibition at Bard Graduate Center in New York

J.S. Marcus1 day ago

Denmark exhibition invites visitors to come face to face with Basquiat’s ‘head’ works

Show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents early drawings of human heads that remained largely unseen during the artist’s lifetime

‘Rubens with jokes’: UK exhibitions place Beryl Cook in the art historical canon

Two new shows in the artist’s hometown of Plymouth examine her themes and influences

Practice what you preach: artists reflect on ocean crisis at England's Baltic as centre wins sustainability award

Shezad Dawood, Joan Jonas and Otobong Nkanga are among the artists included in the group exhibition 'For All At Last Return'

Conceptual artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s gets expansive tribute in California show

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive aims to present a more complete view of the late artist’s varied practice

The Week in Art

A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week

Hawai’i at the British Museum, a Venice palazzo for sale, Joseph Beuys’s ‘Bathtub’—podcast

Ben Luke hears about the British Museum’s fresh approach to the stewardship of its collection of Hawaiian objects, discusses the eerie history of Ca’ Dario and learns more about a late Beuys work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Alexander Morrison and David Clack

The Year Ahead

Fair behemoths bet on Gulf plus new, bigger venues for Independent—a quick look at art fairs in 2026

Art Basel and Frieze are expanding in the Middle East while Art Cologne is reinstating its Mallorca edition

Venice, Sydney, Gwangju: the most interesting biennials to visit in 2026

Plus, full listings of the biennials, triennials and festivals taking place throughout the year

Art market 2026 predictions: underwhelming rebound and another Frieze fair

Our columnist gazes into her crystal ball to spot the major trends—from London regaining its lustre to AI fatigue—that are set to dominate the trade over the coming 12 months

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.

Pioneering US collector Albert Barnes turned down both of Van Gogh’s 'Starry Nights'

But he did buy seven of the artist’s paintings, which are now shown in his Philadelphia museum—including two risqué ones

Books

Blonde ambition: book looks at the women who became Britain’s post-war cultural icons

A sharp study of shifting attitudes to femininity in British culture after 1945, connected by a trend for "blondeness"

Beth Williamsonabout 15 hours ago

How an artist and a writer forged a frank friendship—and a book

The author Olivia Laing and the painter Chantal Joffe tell us about collaborating on a new book detailing their creative exchanges

New book tells the tale of David's ‘Death of Marat’ through the eyes of a lifelong admirer

Art historian’s dissection of famous work is as much about the painting as his decades-long obsession with it

Opinion

Museum wall texts are an art in their own right—but will they survive the digital age?

With shortened attention spans and constant technological distractions, some museums are getting rid of labels altogether

Emma Riva1 day ago

Comment | Tate Britain’s Turner and Constable show got me thinking about Marxist art history

On a recent trip to London, Bendor Grosvenor enjoyed the buzz of the Old Masters auctions but bemoaned Tate’s exhibition labels

In the age of AI, can art expertise be digitised?

Artificial intelligence attempts to offer objectivity in the inherently subjective field of authentication

Let’s celebrate the new arrivals in the public domain, for auld lang syne

Copyright changes bring New Year cheer for fans of Léger, de Staël and Hepworth

Obituaries

Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97

The dealer was known for her support of conceptually challenging artistic practices, and credited with bringing key European figures like Gerhard Richter and Marcel Broodthaers to the US

Remembering Gathie Falk, Canadian artist whose singular practice sparked comparisons to Surrealism and Pop art

Shaped by the austerity of her Mennonite upbringing and the bustling Vancouver art scene of the 1960s and 70s, she developed a playful, poignant and exacting visual language

Beatriz González, indefatigable force in Colombian art, has died, aged 93

One of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century, she influenced the direction of post-war painting and helped shape Colombia’s museums as a curator, educator and mentor

Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73

Alongside her work at organisations such as New York’s Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida, Goncharov was also an artist

Remembering Erik Bulatov, the Soviet artist who reframed propaganda

The pioneering painter was known for his luminous skies and loaded slogans on power, space and freedom

A brush with... podcast

A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to

A brush with… Luc Tuymans—podcast

Luc Tuymans talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly, David Clack and Aimee Dawson

Sweet Jesus—Trump auctions off a Christ painting made in ten minutes

Work was created live by Vanessa Horabuena at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s eve bash

We are all in the gutter but Banksy’s Christmas kids are looking at the stars

The same work has appeared in west London and under the Centre Point tower in the city centre

Spirited art—Sharon Stone looks to the afterlife for her latest paintings

For her new Rogues Gallery series, the film star says she channelled spirits from across the centuries

Look what she made them do: Taylor Swift fans descend on German museum

Swifties have been arriving in droves to catch a glimpse of Friedrich Heyser's Ophelia, which appears in a recent music video by the showgirl superstar

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