PreviewBiennials & festivals
‘Post-industrial’ Biennale de Lyon to examine shifting social and economic experience of the region
As the largest edition of the biennial expands into an abandoned factory, we also roundup new festivals sprouting up around the world
NewsExhibitions
Dior show smashes total attendance record at the V&A—but Alexander McQueen exhibition had more daily visitors
Exhibition of the late French designer had 594,000 visitors overall but was on for seven months
NewsGermany
Danger! High voltage: former German power station sparks back to life as green arts centre
E-Werk Luckenwalde will be powered with locally sourced biomass, with excess energy sold back to the grid
NewsExhibitions
Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch joint show on its way to London’s Royal Academy of Arts
Exhibition first opens at Norway’s new Munch Museum, where Emin’s giant bronze The Mother will be permanently installed outside
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The lauded Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck finally gets major UK show
Although her greatest work was painted in St Ives, the artist is little known in the UK—but a survey at the Royal Academy of Arts hopes to change that
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the magnetic Takis at Tate Modern to destruction and preservation of culture at the Imperial War Museum
NewsMuseums & Heritage
St Fagans National Museum of History wins Art Fund Museum of the Year award
The Cardiff museum is the first Welsh winner of the £100,000 prize, beating other finalists including V&A Dundee and Pitt Rivers Museum
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Félix Vallotton's psychologically charged interiors at the Royal Academy of Arts to the many many faces of Cindy Sherman at the National Portrait Gallery
NewsBiennials & festivals
Actor Russell Tovey to curate new arts festival in the UK seaside town of Margate
Exhibitions and performances will coincide with this year’s Turner Prize exhibition at Turner Contemporary
NewsBauhaus
Big birthday is a boon for Bauhaus
How the market for artists associated with the German movement is hotting up in this centenary year
InterviewLawrence Abu Hamdan
Interview: Lawrence Abu Hamdan—a self-styled 'private ear'
Your voice reveals much more about you than you think—and the Turner Prize nominee is listening
NewsDesign
Virgil Abloh picks five classics from Vitra Design Museum
The US fashion designer has curated a display at the museum and developed a line of limited-edition products
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: Mario von Kelterborn
The German collector tells us what he's bought and why he loves it
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a major survey of Abstract Expressionist Lee Krasner at the Barbican, to rooftop sculptures at Bold Tendencies in Peckham
NewsThree to see
Three photography exhibitions to see in London this weekend
As Photo London fair kicks off in the capital, we pick out three other shows and events for photography fans
NewsPrizes
Susan Meiselas wins the 2019 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize
The US photographer has been awarded the £30,000 prize for her retrospective at the Jeu de Paume in Paris
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Venice this weekend
From Tuymans's Third Reich paintings, to Kounellis's poor materials, there's more to see in the city than the Venice Biennale
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale
The former shipyards house many of the star national displays this year, here are some of the best
ReviewVenice Biennale 2019
Venice Biennale 2019: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From an aquatic odyssey to a guerrilla dance performance, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Exhibitions during the Venice Biennale: a festival of painting
Among the many official “collateral” exhibitions connected to the Biennale and independently organised shows, painting is noticeably abundant
NewsMaurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet, once offered to Donald Trump, is on its way to the UK
The work will be in the Italian artist’s solo show and was recently celebrated in a “greatest hits” sculpture in the south of France
PreviewVenice Biennale 2019
Five of the weirdest pavilions and shows at the 2019 Venice Biennale
From Hillary Clinton’s emails in a supermarket and a beach of opera singers, to the world’s largest plane carrying “all of Ukraine’s artists”
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From imperturbable colourful calm at White Cube Bermondsey to Mandy El-Sayegh's information overload at the Chisenhale Gallery
NewsMuseums & Heritage
How to future-proof a work of art that will not be completed for 100 years
As Katie Paterson's sand castle project goes on tour, we look at how her Future Library is being made to outlive the artist
FeatureArt's Most Popular 2019
Ranked: the top ten most popular shows in their categories from around the world
Including Old Masters, Contemporary, Post-Impressionist and Modern, and more
BlogArt's Most Popular 2019
Suffering from the blockbuster blues? Here are some top tips for beating the exhibition queues
We asked museums for advice and The Art Newspaper team for their best hacks
NewsArt's Most Popular 2019
Museum visits drop in Taipei as relations sour with China
Taiwanese museum has seen a significant decline in visitors since 2015, our Art's Most Popular research shows
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2019
Art's Most Popular: here are 2018's most visited shows and museums
Fashion continues upward trend in the US, shooting to the top of The Art Newspaper's chart, while the British Museum slips from the top spot in the UK
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Emma Kunz's powerful abstract drawings at the Serpentine Gallery to Mike Nelson's industrial sculptures at Tate Britain
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the collaborative creations of the Chicago Imagists at Goldsmiths CCA to the reopening of John Soane's Pitzhanger Manor
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Henry Moore’s Helmet Heads at the Wallace Collection to Renaissance nudes at the Royal Academy of Arts
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the surreal sights of Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern to the trompe l’oeils and Parisian scenes of Louis-Léopold Boilly at the National Gallery
FeatureExhibitions
How museums are stepping up exhibition design
A wave of innovative exhibition design has graced our museums in recent years. What are the keys to holding the viewer’s gaze?
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From exquisite Elizabethan portrait miniatures at the National Portrait Gallery to Franz West's playful sculptures at Tate Modern
NewsAcquisitions
Spot the difference: newly acquired Cranach painting joins earlier work at London’s National Gallery
Moral painting of Venus and Cupid by the German Renaissance master shows the young god of desire being attacked by bees
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Diane Arbus's intimate portraits of street life at the Hayward Gallery to a window into the future at the Whitechapel Gallery
PreviewExhibitions
Diane Arbus's nudists, drag artists, carnival folk and street urchins are laid bare in London show
Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery uses a distinctive layout to encourage visitors to get up close to US photographer’s early 35mm works
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Don McCullin's powerful war photography at Tate Britain to a last chance to see Lorenzo Lotto's insightful portraits at the National Portrait Gallery
PreviewExhibitions
15 must-see Rembrandt shows during the 350th anniversary of his death
Two exhibitions to be held at the Rijksmuseum this year will provide a cohesive overview of Rembrandt’s life and work
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the dazzling dresses of Dior at the V&A to the grim reality of how architecture can affect your health at the Wellcome Collection
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Pierre Bonnard's colours-turned-up-to-11 at Tate Modern to Bill Viola's dust up with Michelangelo at the Royal Academy of Arts
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Grace Wales Bonner's group show at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to a last chance to see Christian Marclay's The Clock at Tate Modern
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Condo’s gathering of 52 galleries to a last chance to take a dip into Elmgreen & Dragset’s world at the Whitechapel Gallery
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2019
Which exhibitions will be the blockbusters of 2019?
Major Leonardo and Rembrandt anniversaries mean a wealth of shows focusing on the Old Masters, but Tintoretto, the Bauhaus or Bill Viola could be dark horses
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
NewsExhibitions
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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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
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
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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
PreviewExhibitions
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
News
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