AnalysisExhibitions
The year in exhibitions: world’s great collections reunited for once-in-a-lifetime shows
In 2018, curators turned into sleuths to track down works that belonged to some of history’s greatest—but often flawed—collectors
AnalysisThe Year In Review
From counting muddles to collective cuddles: the art world's highs and lows of 2018
The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget
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Two become one: Mantegna painting reunited in National Gallery London show for first time in up to 500 years
The upper panel in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo was only recently re-attributed to the Italian Renaissance master
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From Thomas Gainsborough's family portraits—including his pet dogs—at the National Portrait Gallery to "sexual warfare" at Goldsmiths CCA
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the treasures of an Assyrian king at the British Museum to Lorenzo Lotto’s insightful portraits at the National Gallery
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the erotic drawings of Klimt and Schiele at the Royal Academy to a last chance to see two hard-hitting shows by Mika Rottenberg and Hannah Perry
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the idealistic beauty of Edward Burne-Jones to the dystopian nightmares of Cold War Steve
NewsJeff Koons
Jeff Koons's balloons, basketballs and ballerinas to head to historic Oxford museum for solo show
“Miniature retrospective” at the Ashmolean will focus on recent works, such as the US artist’s Gazing Ball series
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a “once in a lifetime” show of Henry Walpole's reunited treasures to a final chance to see a Michael Jackson thriller at the National Portrait Gallery
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Anni Albers' textile masterclass at Tate Modern, to an exploration of artist couples at the Barbican
NewsExhibitions
Chinese artist and Netflix star Cai Guo-Qiang gets major show at Uffizi
Exhibition to include works made using signature pyrotechnic technique inspired by Renaissance flora in the Florence museum’s collection
NewsOpenings
New London gallery Elephant West to be filled with Maisie Cousins’ food photographs for first show
British photographer’s largest exhibition to date will inaugurate space opened by culture magazine Elephant
PreviewExhibitions
Huge London show celebrates a decade of video installations from New York’s New Museum
Exhibition at The Store X includes works by 21 artists made in the 21st century
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From key video pieces courtesy of the New Museum to 17th-century depictions of martyred saints à la Ribera
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Hannah Perry: Paying tribute to an absent friend
The UK artist’s solo show at Somerset House remembers a collaborator after his suicide, and also explores how we process grief and trauma
NewsExhibitions
Diane Arbus exhibition coming to London’s Hayward Gallery next spring
Show of early works by the US photographer will coincide with first Kader Attia survey in the UK
NewsCommissions
Tania Bruguera renames Tate Modern after local London activist as part of Turbine Hall commission
Heat-sensitive floor work and crying room part of “stealth” piece pushing positive aspects of migration
NewsDiscoveries
Painting of courtesan by Kitagawa Utamaro—who influenced the Impressionists—goes on show for first time
Hanging scroll by the shunga master will be displayed in the British Museum’s revamped Japanese galleries
NewsCensorship
Wolfgang Tillmans and Tania Bruguera pledge support for censored Serralves Museum director
João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a show on humour at the South London Gallery's new Fire Station space, to Samuel Courtauld’s Impressionists at the National Gallery
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Under the skin of Jusepe de Ribera’s ‘extreme violence’ at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
First major UK exhibition of Spanish artist aims to show how his brutal realism was informed by classicism
NewsMuseums
South London Gallery unveils new £4m annexe in Victorian fire station
Historic space, transformed by 6a architects, opens with a group show on humour
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
Mika Rottenberg’s surreal world lands in London’s newest space, Goldsmiths CCA, while the “king of cling” Azzedine Alaïa captivates at the Design Museum
NewsProtest
‘Who keeps the cube white?’: protesters disrupt opening of London’s newest gallery Goldsmiths CCA
Students supporting cleaning staff picket the unveiling of £4.5m building on university campus
NewsAnish Kapoor
Man hospitalised after falling in Anish Kapoor installation
The work at the Serralves museum, which includes a gaping hole, is part of the artist's first institutional show in Portugal
FeatureArt Fund Museum of the Year 2018
The Postal Museum: a ride into the story of mail that really delivers
The newly opened museum takes visitors on a journey underground and reflects major shifts in the nature of human connection
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Michael Jackson is a thrilling muse at the National Portrait Gallery, while ancient Egypt is given a modern twist at the British Museum
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From Christo’s huge floating sculpture in Hyde Park to the intimacy of Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe at the Victoria and Albert Museum
NewsDiscoveries
Newly discovered Michaelina Wautier painting added to first major show on Baroque’s forgotten female master
And experts are convinced that “many more works will pop up”
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Sam Gilliam: a life beyond the frame
With a show of his unstretched canvases at the Kunstmuseum Basel, the lyrical abstractionist is enjoying a late resurgence in popularity
NewsArt Basel 2018
Liste feels the weight of Cuban history
Cuban artist uses exact amount of black ink used to write key parts of constitution for work
FeatureArt Basel 2018
Match of the day: football vs art
The two may seem unlikely bedfellows, but plenty of artists are football fans—and they are making their allegiances known during this summer’s World Cup
NewsArt Basel 2018
Artist paints Dana Schutz's child in response to controversial Emmett Till work
The Somali-Australian artist Hamishi Farah is showing the work in Basel at the Liste fair
PreviewExhibitions
Juergen Teller tackles football’s highs and lows in Moscow show
Exhibition at Garage Museum includes stalker-like snaps of Pep Guardiola and live work charting Germany’s World Cup success—or failure
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From the Hayward Gallery’s sparkly and surreal Lee Bul survey to the final paintings of Howard Hodgkin
NewsBiennials & festivals
‘Global’ contemporary African art comes to rural Portugal—despite growing visa issues for artists travelling to Europe
New festival Evora Africa includes key works by Malick Sidibé, Romuald Hazoumé and Cheri Samba
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From rejuvenated “killed negatives” to a new lease of life for the UK’s only Michelangelo marble
NewsCensorship
Instagram deletes photographer Dragana Jurisic's account and Facebook censors her work
Image is no more contentious than those shared on the platforms by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, supporters say
FeatureRoyal Academy of Arts
We go behind the scenes as the Royal Academy celebrates 250 years
Delve into the heart of the revamped London institution—expanded, embellished and eccentric as ever
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From a glimpse of the future at the V&A to a Charles II blast from the past at the Queen's Gallery
NewsBruges Triennial
In Bruges: sea plastic, Chinese crabs and a Spanish pool take centre stage at triennial
Commissions for the second edition of the Bruges Triennial are closely linked with the city’s famous canals
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Rodin takes on the Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum while James Cook sets sail for the British Library
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From the high emotions of Taryn Simon’s professional mourners to photography galore at Somerset House and the Hayward Gallery
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The Brazilian Modernists who helped with the war effort, and the last chance to see Winnie-the-Pooh
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From Michael Rakowitz’s winged bull soaring above Trafalgar Square to the last chance to have a swing at Tate Modern
AnalysisArt's Most Popular
The world's most popular exhibition? Ancient sculptures in Tokyo versus Modern masters in Paris
Plus record crowds in US, UK and Australia
NewsArt's Most Popular
The price of gallery-going in London—and how it compares with Paris and New York
Blockbuster shows don't come cheap
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From Tacita Dean's double-header, including films of David Hockney and fermenting pears, to a Tate Modern takeover by Joan Jonas
NewsExhibitions
'Overlooked' pioneer of Abstract Expressionism Richard Pousette-Dart gets first UK show
US artist was first of New York group to create large-scale paintings—before Jackson Pollock
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From the Deutsche Börse photography prize to Rockefeller's collection including Gauguin and Picasso
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From the glitz and glamour of ocean liners to post-Brexit politics by the official election artist Cornelia Parker
NewsMuseums
Kettle's Yard—where Modern art meets pot plants and pebbles—reopens after two-year facelift
House-museum in Cambridge now has “world-class” conditions for future exhibitions, says its director
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From photographs of real northern soul to Lydia Ourahmane's golden teeth and trembling floor
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From a triumphant show of Charles I's collection at the Royal Academy to an Andreas Gursky retrospective at the revamped Hayward Gallery
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From a huge light show across the city to the final week of Rachel Whiteread's retrospective
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Three to see: Condo London 2018
Third edition of art-fair alternative and new exhibition model opens this weekend
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Three to See in London in 2018
From King Charles I to the King of Pop
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From Michael Armitage’s powerful Gauguin-like scenes at the South London Gallery to Marguerite Humeau's hypnotic installation at Tate Britain
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From the Merrie Monarch's display of power at the Queen's Gallery to a family-friendly Winnie-the-Pooh show at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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From Rose Wylie’s parade of footballers and royalty to Arthur Jafa’s powerful video collage
NewsBiennials & festivals
New Orleans triennial Prospect.4 looks to Louisiana history, warts and all
Event coincides with the city's tricentennial next year
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From Pussy Riot's immersive penal colony installation to a final chance to see Francis Kéré’s Serpentine Pavilion
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From the British Museum's Lion Man to Matisse's studio studies at the Royal Academy
NewsCity of Oslo Art Collection
Oslo looks to track down 1,600 missing works of art
Works are from City of Oslo Art Collection, which has pieces displayed in around 1,000 locations throughout the Norwegian capital
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Nothing is quite black and white at the National Gallery, while Marie Jacotey’s enigmatic illustrations provide further mysteries
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From Cézanne’s ballsy portraits to a Tove Jansson survey showing that she was much more than Moomin’s mother
NewsMuseums
V&A director calls for Exhibition Road to be fully pedestrianised after 11 injured in accident
Tristram Hunt had already voiced concerns before Saturday’s incident
NewsFrieze 2017
Frieze news in briefs
Ian Cheng gets Serpentine show, Jasper Johns's potter and the most Insta friendly art at the fair
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The unlikely friendship of Dalí and Duchamp is explored at the RA, while Superflex turn Tate Modern into a playground