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British Museum acquires £3.5m golden pendant linked to Henry VIII after high-profile campaign

The museum raised the money to buy the Tudor Heart following a celebrity-endorsed fundraising campaign launched in October

Alexander Morrisonabout 8 hours ago

France’s ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigns from L’Institut du Monde Arabe amid Epstein revelations

Lang, 86, who has led the Parisian institution since 2013, has vigorously denied any wrongdoing after his name was found nearly 700 times within the Epstein files

Vincent Noceabout 19 hours ago

Dangling sculpture—‘evacuated’ from Russian frontline—will be focus of Ukraine's pavilion at Venice Biennale

Suspended from a crane, the work is meant as a metaphor for the country's ongoing precarious situation during the war

Rob Sharpabout 19 hours ago

‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show

Ninawa Huni Kui has spoken out ahead of a show focused on the threatened Brazilian ecosystem of the Pantanal

Joe Wareabout 21 hours ago

‘I'm going to miss the quiet life we had’: Greenlander artist Inuuteq Storch on Trump, travel and his ambitions to build a photography museum

As his latest exhibition opens in Hasselblad, Storch discusses his love and hope for his home country

Alexander Morrisonabout 22 hours ago

Art market

Artemisia Gentileschi, Michelangelo and Rembrandt bring new energy and records to New York’s Old Masters sales

The week's sales also saw a near-record for a Canaletto painting and a seven-figure result for a 15th-century Hebrew illuminated manuscript

At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature

The two foremost satellite fairs of Mexico City Art Week are drawing record crowds and feature strong presentations by artists and galleries from across Mexico and throughout the Americas

India Art Fair strengthens its role as launchpad for South Asian talent

The New Delhi stalwart, which has raised the profile of many artists, increasingly reflects the growing interest in Indigenous art

Thaddaeus Ropac expands to New York, with Emilio Steinberger at the helm

The Austrian gallery has hired a permanent senior director for its new project space in Manhattan

Museums & Heritage

UK’s Hepworth Wakefield announces new co-directors

Hepworth insiders Laura Smith and Olivia Colling have been appointed into new roles as the gallery celebrates its 15th anniversary this year

Gareth Harrisabout 21 hours ago

Renowned Mexican art collection to be managed by Spanish bank

Banco Santander will take charge of 160 iconic works, including 18 by Frida Kahlo, from the Gelman Collection of 20th-century Mexican art

Saudi Arabia looks to its Modern art history as the art world eyes up the Gulf

With the inaugural Art Basel opening in Qatar, and with Frieze in Abu Dhabi later this year, the Kingdom is looking to the past with its exhibitions and auctions

'Still young and going strong': Berlin's pioneering contemporary art space Hamburger Bahnhof turns 30

Born out of the merger of East and West Germany's collections, the institution, which propelled the careers of Anne Imhof and Tomás Saraceno among many others, is celebrating its birthday with a year-long programme of events and a star-studded gala

What the US’s removal of Nicolás Maduro means for Venezuela’s heritage

Longstanding preservation challenges are likely to be exacerbated by the current political instability

Exhibitions

Fourth Lahore Biennale, to take place during 80th anniversary of Partition, will explore cross-border connectivity

The Pakistan-based festival has announced the curator of its next edition, opening in January 2027

World Cup art initiatives go for goal in Mexico City

Ambitious cultural programme will accompany the 2026 Fifa World Cup tournament

Afghanistan’s heritage comes to the fore in acclaimed Doha show

The exhibition showcases 5,000 years of Afghan art and craft

Five artists announced for India's Venice Biennale pavilion

Organised by curator Amin Jaffer, the selected artists all use organic materials traditional to India in their work

Vancouver Art Gallery show celebrates Emily Carr's affinity with nature

The Canadian painter is the subject of a major exhibition of her landscapes, inspired by British Columbia

The Week in Art

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Art Basel Qatar, Dürer portrait debate, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch—podcast

Ben Luke talks to art market editor Kabir Jhala about the inaugural fair in Doha, explores the debate surrounding a painting of Dürer’s father, and we hear about the synergies between two 20th-century painters

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

Books

How Martin Parr’s defining photobook made a splash 40 years ago

‘The Last Resort’, which will be republished later this year, is the subject of a new show at the late photographer’s foundation

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.

David Beckham dutifully does the art rounds in Doha

Meanwhile film star Angelina Jolie also put in an appearance at Art Basel Qatar

Get your skates on: artist puts ice rink in Venice palazzo

Olaf Nicolai's "Eisfeld II" has taken up residence in an 18th-century banqueting hall

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

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

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

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

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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

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