Music
Taylor Swift’s cat painting pops up in New York museum show
Museum of Arts and Design exhibition is a feast for Swifties (namely devotees of the Shake It Off singer)
U2 Bono’s drawing of President Zelensky graces cover of The Atlantic
Musician made 15 to 20 different iterations of the image
Etel Adnan's poetry and Hilma af Klint's hidden worlds: curator Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel on her greatest influences
Director of Lafayette Anticipations tells us about her favourite writers, what music and podcasts she's been listening to, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
As the world strums: an exhibition examines the unique appeal and political power of guitars
The show “Stories Strings” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts brings together images of guitars in art from the 19th century to today, plus classic examples of the instruments themselves
Move aside Paul McCartney! Ai Weiwei and Ai-Da the robot to debut work at this year's Glastonbury Festival in England
At the Somerset music event, the Chinese dissident artist is screening a film about his family's history as prisoners of conscience
Louis Armstrong’s ‘second home’ in New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Ida
The Karnofsky Store, a Jewish family’s former tailor shop where the young jazz legend found early encouragement for his musical talent, has been reduced to rubble
Concert from Bangladesh: virtual reality music event revives 1971 Beatles charity concert—but without the white saviour complex
British-South Asian artist Shezad Dawood and curator Diana Campbell have collaborated with a group of Bangladeshi creatives to create a virtual stage celebrating the country as it turns 50
'If you are of the camp that wants to keep the art world an exclusive club, then look away now'
Silos are tight in the arts, but here's how musicians, artists and writers and can work together to bring in new audiences
Raphael Cartoons at Victoria and Albert Museum serenaded by live orchestral performance
The London museum’s newly refurbished Raphael Court plays host to a “visual album” of classical pieces on film
Hear the sound of an ancient conch horn, played again after 18,000 years
The unique Palaeolithic instrument was found in a cave rich in rock art, and was marked with red pigment that matches the paintings
Singer RM from Korean boyband BTS named 'art sponsor of the year'
The Bangtan Boys musician was recognised for donating $90,400 to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul last September
Opera as art: the rise of the artist as impresario
Marina Abramovic's opera The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas, which opened to a socially distanced audience in Munich last week, is the latest in a long history of artistic explorations of the art form
What songs do contemporary artists listen to while they work? Tune in to our Spotify playlist to find out
From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson reveal their favourite tracks
Redbone music video sparks artist dispute over copyright infringement
Frank Buffalo Hyde says the imagery in the short film for the band's 1974 hit Come and Get Your Love released by Legacy Recordings this month is "too close to comfort" to his work
Native American artist Brent Learned collaborates on first official music video for Redbone's 1970s pop-rock hit
The "Come and Get Your Love" short film is the first release in a new Sony Legacy project that will tap contemporary artists to create videos for classic tunes
Florian Schneider, co-founder of pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk, has died, aged 73
The experimental musician and his fellow “klangchemiker” Ralf Hütter were known for their highly visual, conceptual sensibility
The artist’s composer: Steve Reich's percussive experiment returns to the Hayward Gallery this week
Drumming was first performed at the London venue in Mark Rothko's 1972 exhibition—now it will be surrounded by Bridget Riley's show
John Lennon wanted Hitler on cover of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album
Jann Haworth, who co-created the classic image with Peter Blake, revealed the surprising choice on our podcast
What Kanye West got wrong so far in his Nebuchadnezzar opera
The image used in Ye's tweet is actually thought to depict Darius the Great. But why celebrate Nebuchadnezzar anyway?
US singer Chris Brown accused of ripping off several artists’ work in Wobble Up music video
Marius Sperlich and Tony Futura are among those calling for greater copyright protection in the creative industry
How Paul McCartney helped Richard Hamilton create the Beatles' iconic White Album
On The Art Newspaper podcast, we celebrate 50 years of one of the world's greatest records of all time with a look at how the distinctive plain cover was designed
Can’t get tickets for Hamilton: the Musical? See the exhibition instead
A new exhibition about the Broadway show opens in April 2019
In pictures: Bayreuth's Margravial Opera House reopens to the public
The Unesco World Heritage Site had been closed for restoration since 2012
Harlem gallery performance evokes Martin Luther King Jr’s final moments
Jazz musician Melvin Gibbs remembers the Civil Rights Leader’s death and the impact it had on the African American community at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise