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University of Brighton to close Brighton Contemporary Centre for the Arts citing ongoing fee freeze, ‘soaring energy costs’ and ‘generationally high inflation’
First exhibition in the south coast city for Turner Prize-winner and Brighton resident Helen Cammock has now been cancelled
Play that brought Warhol and Basquiat to the stage in London to be adapted for the silver screen
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope will once again play Warhol and Basquiat in the $20m feature, which will be directed by the Young Vic’s Kwame Kwei-Armah
Berlin artists protest against Tempelhof airport’s new ‘Kunsthalle’
The temporary space’s inaugural exhibition of works by the French artist Bernar Venet opened at the weekend
Dada’s home: organisations in France and the US launch vast Marcel Duchamp research portal
The Duchamp research portal uses archival documents, correspondence and a wealth of images to paint a picture of the artist’s life and work in the US and France.
From Edvard Munch to MC Escher: Squid Game’s artistic references
Hit Korean drama isn’t just a metaphor for the cut-throat art world
Last photograph of Lucian Freud’s stolen Francis Bacon portrait published for first time
Image taken at Neue Nationalgalerie moments before the 1988 theft features in a new book of the artist’s copper paintings
New York human rights organisation ‘racing against the clock’ to get Afghan artists to safety
As the deadline for evacuation looms, the Artistic Freedom Initiative wants the US government to grant refugee status to individuals
'I am honoured to be one of the first Black men to have my work sent to space': Amoako Boafo to paint triptych on rocket
The Ghanaian painter speaks about his plans for the work, which will be attached to the head of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket when it blasts into space this autumn
Video footage emerges of police raid on East London multi-arts complex Antepavilion
Focus of the strike was a rooftop art installation that resembles a structure used at protests last year by the climate action group Extinction Rebellion
Dubai's long-awaited Expo 2020 announces artist line-up
Hamra Abbas, Olafur Eliasson, Yinka Shonibare and Haegue Yang are among the artists that will make works for the delayed giant world fair this autumn
Experiential art space Superblue (finally) opens in Miami
The inaugural program will feature immersive experiences by Es Devlin, teamLab, James Turrell
Tefaf Maastricht 2021 cancelled after multiple delays
The cancellation of the Dutch art fair, scheduled for this September, casts some doubt on whether Art Basel will go ahead as planned just a fortnight later
Dasha Zhukova, collector and founder of Garage magazine, launches a real estate firm that places a high premium on culture
Instead of the routine amenities offered by most residential apartment buildings, Zhukova’s buildings will feature artist studios, workshops and masterclasses
Unable to run in its usual format, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair moves into Christie’s for bijou showcase
Knotted Ties exhibition features textile works by female artists from Africa and the diaspora
'It is like spring in the art world': A more civilised, 'humane' Frieze New York bodes well for the market
Exhibitors praised Frieze for seamlessness of install and timed entry gave galleries and guests more time than usual for art chat, making deals and catching up
If you can't beat them, join them: Goodman Gallery jumps on the Hamptons bandwagon with new outpost
Denis Gardarin has joined as US director and will oversee the South Africa- and London-based gallery's presence at Frieze New York this week as travel restrictions persist
Jewish collections looted by the Nazis to be examined and traced in new database
The Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project will begin with a pilot scheme focusing on the Old Masters collection of Adolphe Schloss, which was seized by the Gestapo
Critics, scholars—and even museum’s own curator—condemn decision to postpone Philip Guston show over Ku Klux Klan imagery
Move is deemed “cowardly” and “patronising” after joint statement from host museums including National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and London’s Tate Modern
Major Francis Bacon show to explore how animals fuelled artist's fascination with flesh
The exhibition Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy of Arts in London next year will include the artist's final work—a painting of a bull
House of Illustration closes in King’s Cross but museum expands to historic north London site
The £8m Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is on track to open in late 2022 despite Covid-19 pandemic, officials say
French photographers demand President Macron puts his arts pandemic plan into practice
Signatories say that a ‘new deal’ is needed in France, enabling photojournalists to document the epidemic
UK government approves banknote designs featuring ethnic minority pioneers
Founder of advocacy group championing BAME figures says she is “tackling statues, artwork and signage next”
Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrested on way to a LGBTQ+ censorship protest
The artist will face a summary trial in ten days while activists say the arrest amounts to "state terrorism"
Deaf artist calls out Fox Sports news for limiting her sign language performance at the Super Bowl
Alleged Bronzino seized from the Alana Collection in connection with ongoing Old Master scandal
French customs officials have barred the return of Saint Cosmos to the US following its inclusion in a show at the Jacquemart André Museum in Paris
Boris Johnson’s Conservative manifesto promises £250m funding for culture
Although Tory announcement calls it the “largest cultural capital programme in a century”, pledge is only quarter of Labour’s £1bn culture fund
Los Angeles police recover $800,000 worth of stolen lithographs by Scottish artist Benjamin Creme
Missing since 2012, around 1,300 prints have been returned to their rightful owner, who used to sell Creme's works
Art storage demands flare as California fires rage
Calls for emergency art storage are putting pressure on art shipment and insurance firms
Chilean art fair suspends its 2019 edition as artists and galleries mobilise to support protesters
After more than a week of violent uprising in Santiago, the director of Chaco calls on art to “become the meeting space that Chile needs”
UOVO employees vote against unionising after weeks of contention
The decision comes after the company was accused of using “aggressive and coercive tactics” against staff when they attempted to unionise in September