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Final sentencing in Norval Morrisseau forgery scandal derailed by new allegations

Convicted fraudster’s sentencing pushed back amid widening dispute between family, foundation and authenticators

Hadani Ditmarsabout 9 hours ago

EU threatens to pull funding from Venice Biennale over return of Russian pavilion

The move comes after Russia's participation sparked outcry from European governments and arts professionals

Sophia Kishkovskyabout 13 hours ago

Caravaggio portrait of influential patron—and future Pope Urban VIII—purchased by Italy for €30m

The price is among the highest the Italian state has paid for a single work of art, according to the culture ministry

James Imamabout 13 hours ago

Snuffboxes stolen in Paris daylight robbery to go on display at V&A

The snuffboxes, made in 18th-century Berlin, come from the Gilbert Collection, and will go on display in a new gallery space at the V&A in South Kensington

Gareth Harrisabout 10 hours ago

Obituary | Umberto Allemandi, visionary publisher who founded 'Il Giornale dell’Arte', has died aged 88

The editor built an international network of publications—including 'The Art Newspaper'—that transformed cultural journalism

Luca Zuccala1 day ago

Art market

The rise of the destination art fair

As collectors tire of mega-fairs and splurge on experiential travel, a new wave of boutique events seeks to draw buyers and sellers to places like Aspen, Joshua Tree, St Moritz and Mallorca

Nifty Gateway has shut down, but NFTs are not dead—they are evolving

Crypto-based art is more than just cartoon apes and Beeple works

Tim Schneiderabout 8 hours ago

Is most art now just too expensive for most people?

As billionaires chase blue-chip trophies, a widening wealth gap leaves most would-be collectors priced out. Perhaps it is time artists focused on selling affordable prints again

Scott Reyburnabout 15 hours ago

New York’s Independent fair reveals 76 exhibitors for first edition at Pier 36

The fair is foregrounding its reputation as a place to discover new galleries and artists, with nearly half of exhibitors showing at Independent for the first time

Benjamin Suttonabout 14 hours ago

UK presenters Ant and Dec take legal action over 'secret and unauthorised £250,000 profit' made from Banksy prints

The duo has won a court order to force an art dealer to reveal details of his transactions with an unnamed intermediary

Museums & Heritage

Mummies and other human remains held in UK museums raise serious ethical questions, warn scholars

Guardian investigation highlighting 263,000 remains is a wake-up call for government, says Oxford professor

Joe Wareabout 10 hours ago

National Gallery of Canada receives donation of 24 works from developer Bob Rennie

The Vancouver-based real estate tycoon has gifted works by two Canadian artists and two US artists to Canada’s national art museum

Larry Humberabout 3 hours ago

Missile strike hits boundary of archaeological site in Tyre, Lebanon as minister calls for Unesco intervention

An Israeli airstrike caused “material damage” to the entrance of the Unesco World Heritage site according to the Lebanese ministry of culture

Unesco sites in Iranian city of Isfahan damaged by US-Israel strikes

There have also been reports of damage to the third-century Falak-ol-Aflak Citadel in Khorramabad, western Iran

Comment | What is the role of art museums in times of civic stress?

Museums and cultural organisations must embrace our vital role in bringing people together, whether friends or strangers

Mary Ceruti

Exhibitions

São Paulo pop-up exhibition spotlights spherical home by architect Eduardo Longo

The fifth edition of “Aberto”, an annual exhibition melding Modernist architecture and contemporary art, offers the public a rare opportunity to visit Longo’s Casa Bola

New public art biennial to take over Dallas’s urban greenbelt park

The open-air exhibition KTX Biennial, curated by SculptureCenter’s Jovanna Venegas, will bring works by international contemporary artists to the city’s busy 3.5-mile pedestrian and cycling corridor

Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats

The monumental outdoor environment, “El Santuario del Agua” (The Water Sanctuary), is located in one of the world’s largest lithium reserves

Texas university's sudden cancellation of exhibition with works critical of Ice sparks censorship row

The removal of Victor Quiñonez’s immigration-themed exhibition at the University of North Texas without explanation has intensified concerns about artistic freedom at public universities in the state

Alton Yan1 day ago

‘There’s a bead connection to every place’: Wendy Red Star on exploring the real and symbolic currency of beads

The Apsáalooke artist’s new exhibition at Sargent’s Daughters in New York takes the form of a simulated trading floor for glass beads

The Week in Art

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

War in the Middle East, the Whitney Biennial, and a newly-discovered Rembrandt in Amsterdam—podcast

Ben Luke talks to The Art Newspaper's Melissa Gronlund about the outbreak of war in a region that has invested heavily in arts and culture, while Ben Sutton discusses the 82nd Whitney Biennial in New York. Plus, a newly-discovered Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum.

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

Books

Clash of the Renaissance titans: an intriguing double biography of Titian and Michelangelo

The book about the two Old Masters, who probably only met twice, considers what they had in common and how they differed

New book digs into the little-known gallery that brought Modern art to America

The publication's author on how it has taken decades of research to tell the story of the New York gallery, which exhibited artists such Picasso and Mondrian

An expert's guide to John Constable: five must-read books on the British painter

The best publications to learn all about Constable, from a journey through the landscapes that inspired him to a children's activity book—selected by the curator Emma Roodhouse

A short guide to the hidden meanings in great paintings

An A to C extract from the glossary of Painted Mysteries, which deciphers common motifs and symbols in famous works

A brush with... podcast

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

A brush with… Danh Vo—podcast

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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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.

Innocent mistake? Italy's prime minister appears as a cherub in Rome church

A double of Georgia Meloni was spotted in the chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina

Can you feel the love tonight? Elton John's cosy family portrait captured by Catherine Opie

Picture featuring his sons, husband David and their dogs goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London

‘Haters will say this urn is mid’: US National Gallery of Art curator is Insta hit with Gen Z

Deputy head of sculpture's slang-heavy posts appeal to a new generation of art lovers

See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years

Adrian Searle has described writing for the paper as “an exhilarating ride”

David Beckham dutifully does the art rounds in Doha

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

Opinion

Comment | Art is more than its original context

The place where we observe a work of art—and the feelings we have—play a crucial role in our experience

Comment | Time for a rethink: women artists were never meant to merely be canon fodder

Exhibitions pairing Munch with Paula Modersohn-Becker and Maria Lassnig provide opportunities to subvert the established order

How do we stem the decline in students studying art history in the UK?

We need to reframe the subject as one worth knowing about, rather than focusing on its use

Art collective Cooking Sections’ food projects are helping save the planet

Art duo are delivering actionable ecological change through sustainable food production and consumption schemes

When it comes to restitution, how can museums solve a problem like inalienability?

Having a legal structure and policy that allows institutions to make moral decisions on returning objects is crucial

Obituaries

Liliana Angulo Cortés, director of Bogotá’s Museo Nacional de Colombia, has died, aged 51

Angulo’s work was devoted to decolonising the museum, anti-racism and reparation with a special focus on diversifying narratives to include more Black and Indigenous voices

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

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