NewsAppointments
BBC head Tony Hall joins London's National Gallery to lead board of trustees
Hall will leave his top media job in the summer to take up the unpaid position at the museum
PreviewExhibitions
Mum's the word: the exhibitions rethinking motherhood
Several London shows focusing on representations of pregnancy and female parenting cast new light on these sometimes divisive themes
ReviewExhibitions
The best shows to see at Condo London 2020
From satirical prostitute advertisements to a baby's beating heart—the must see shows from London's coolest gallery sharing initiative
BlogDiary of an art historian
Disneyfication at the National Gallery? Plus, the problem with deaccessioning in the UK
The stigma around state museums selling works means that other institutions dare not buy them; and a frank review of the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Tim Marlow finally receives a big shiny medal as he waves goodbye to Royal Academy
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Elizabeth Peyton's historically contextualised portraits to a jarring installation on queer existence
NewsAcquisitions
Christmas comes early: London's National Gallery raises enough money to buy Gentileschi masterpiece
The Finding of Moses is on display, but it will soon be moved to the newly refurbished Baroque room
CommentRedevelopment
'A catastrophe for the system of protecting historic buildings': the saga of London's Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Plans to turn the foundry that cast the bells of Big Ben, St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey into a boutique hotel have been put on hold—but they should never have gone ahead in the first place
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Bomberg's love of the Renaissance to Bruce Conner's sexy music video
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Oscar Murillo hosts 'fun-raising' feast in London studio
NewsAppointments & departures
Charles Saumarez Smith steps down as senior director at Blain Southern
Gallery is going through a “period of restructuring”, according to founder Harry Blain
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the UK's hottest graduates to forgotten Indian masterpieces
AnalysisArt market
Tiepolo and Giovanni di Paolo spark excitement in underpowered Christie’s Old Master sale
Auction raised more than last year but supply still limited as Brexit-dominated general election looms
BlogDiary of an art historian
Why was the National Portrait Gallery so secretive about its closure?
The London museum will close between 2020 and 2023, but the announcement was buried in the fourth paragraph of a press release
NewsCourtauld Institute of Art
Courtauld lecturers take eight-day strike action over pay inequality and the ‘strain’ of working conditions
Striking staff say funding is channelled towards art institute’s multi-million pound redevelopment project
Podcast
Dora Maar and Jann Haworth: acclaim at last
We take a tour of the Dora Maar show at London's Tate Modern, where the artist is finally getting her due, and talk to US artist Jann Haworth about her retrospective at Pallant House Gallery. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
BlogThe Buck stopped here
House of Voltaire's naked Christmas tree brings new meaning to a 'festive bush'
ReviewExhibitions
London exhibition examines 'tragic absurdity' at the Korean border
Group show at Korean Cultural Centre UK combines photography, installations and archival material to explore one of the world's most heavily militarised zones
NewsLoans
Titian’s six epic mythological paintings to be reunited as Wallace Collection announces first ever loans
National Gallery in London will display the series next year and lend a Rubens work in return
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Roy Oxlade's energetic canvases to Nan Goldin's first UK show in almost two decades
BlogThe Buck stopped here
'Welcome to the shitshow': Jeremy Deller's new film delves into the dark underbelly of Brexit
NewsExhibitions
King of the monarch collectors: George IV's lavish collection goes on show in London
The royal amassed works of art in every field from Rembrandt paintings to Sèvres porcelain
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Steve McQueen's epic primary school portrait series unveiled at Tate Britain
NewsOrazio Gentileschi
London's National Gallery launches public campaign to fund last £2m to buy Orazio Gentileschi masterpiece
The 17th-century painting The Finding of Moses was painted in London for Charles I and represented the birth of Charles II
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Grassroots band of locals organise a squat to protect Gerry's Pompeii
ReviewExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From an unflinching look at childbirth to sound performances on the Strand
NewsArt market
Judicial review of UK Ivory Act rejected
After months of fundraising to bring legal action, judge dismisses antiques trade's objections to upcoming ban
NewsNational Portrait Gallery
London’s National Portrait Gallery to close for three years with ‘some job losses’
Museum plans to send 300 portraits a year on tour around the country during £35.5m redevelopment
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: three must-see gallery shows opening in November
Conceptual videos by Teresa Margolles and the boys of the Beaux Arts Generation are among our picks of the best commercial exhibitions this month
NewsParasol Unit
Parasol Unit to close east London gallery
From next spring the foundation will hold exhibitions "in whatever part of the world I feel the dialogue is needed”, says founder Ziba Ardalan
NewsExhibitions
King Tut show on track to become one of the most popular art exhibitions ever in the UK—and the most expensive
Peak adult tickets for the travelling exhibition opening at the Saatchi Gallery in London this week will cost £37.40
NewsArt market
Renewed enthusiasm for Orientalist paintings and a £3.7m coin buoy London's Islamic sales week
Busy auction series brought records for Osman Hamdi Bey and Jean-Léon Gérôme, and controversial sale of two illustrated folios separated from a Persian manuscript
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Art world fights to preserve former gardener's fantastical kingdom of historic figures
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Sue Webster unveils new installation and book inspired by her Siouxie Sioux-obsessed teenage years
PreviewExhibitions
Lucian Freud's self-portraits sure to pack a punch in London show
The artist’s altercation with a cab driver produced one of many revealing paintings being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Feminist trailblazer Caroline Coon finally receives her dues at London's Tramps gallery
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Jennifer Binnie and Andrew Logan unite once more for collaborative London show
NewsStudio Voltaire
Phyllida Barlow sculpture to pop up in partially ruined, gothic chapel in London cemetery
Studio Voltaire’s ambitious off-site programme also includes commissions by Monster Chetwynd and Dawn Mellor
NewsArt education
Art school shake up: London's Courtauld Institute to offer Modern and contemporary African art degrees
New Tate curator calls the development "a bold decision" in a "burgeoning field"
NewsAppointments
Tim Marlow leaves Royal Academy of Arts to head London’s Design Museum
Announcement of RA artistic director's new appointment comes after Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black stepped down as co-directors
CommentUK politics
'London’s resilience, creativity and innovation will help us to keep open for the world'
As the art world turns out in the capital during Frieze, Justine Simons, London's deputy mayor for culture and the creative industries, wonders what the rest of the world must be thinking
FeatureArt market
Running a contemporary gallery is tough: we look at London's lost commercial art spaces
There is a long list of innovative ventures to have fallen by the capital’s waysides but some have left a lasting legacy
PreviewExhibitions
Hollywood director lights up Rembrandt show at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky brings a film-industry sensibility to the south London show
AnalysisAuctions
New artists to the block bring excitement to Phillips Contemporary evening sale in London
New record set for Alex Katz, but less-familiar names also exceed expectations
NewsArtists
Welcome to the Shitshow! Jeremy Deller greets Frieze visitors with an original work for The Art Newspaper
Special "pull-out souvenir" is available in our first daily edition at the fair
NewsBanksy
The full story behind Banksy's pop-up shop in Croydon
Street artist has created merchandise range from disco balls made from riot police helmets to hand-stitched welcome mats
ReviewExhibitions
High tension: metal guru Antony Gormley pushes the limits for Royal Academy show
London exhibition tells a complex story of body, space and boundaries
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in October
Steamy Trinidad scenes and black female fetishisation—the best new commercial exhibitions this month
NewsExhibitions
As demonstrations return to Cairo, Egyptian protest artist goes on show in new London space
Exhibition of street artist Bahia Shehab's work opens at Aga Khan Centre Gallery in King's Cross
NewsMuseums & Heritage
British Museum knocks Tate Modern off top spot as UK's most popular attraction after miscalculation
Over 300,000 visitors had been missed in the financial year 2018/19 because of 'incorrect light levels caused by a broken light fitting'
BlogThe Insiders
Throwing open the gallery doors: the art world darlings keeping it real
NewsPolitics
'We want the Babylonian Palace of Tiglath-Pileser!': new book reveals Boris Johnson's thwarted vision for new V&A East
Nicholas Coleridge, the chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, tells how Boris laid down the law on his plans for the project
NewsExhibitions
Raphael revelry: National Gallery secures exceptional loans for 500th anniversary of artist's death
London exhibition in 2020 includes around 30 paintings, 20 of which will come from international museums
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Inflatable Trump and a singing Sophie Jung: Matt's Gallery turns 40
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Where there’s a will there’s a way: the Wallace Collection lifts loan restrictions
Terms of original bequest are loosened, paving the way for the London museum to stage joint international exhibitions in Los Angeles and Vienna
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Rozzers and Rastas: Denzil Forrester unveils Brixton underground station commission
BlogIn the frame
New installation tosses up courtroom outfits of fake heiress Anna Delvey
NewsPublic art
Officials reject reports of permanent Prince Philip statue for London's Fourth Plinth
Mayor of London’s office says contemporary art series will continue with Heather Phillipson sculpture planned for 2020
NewsPolitics
Tom Watson, deputy Labour leader, wants to put 'creativity back at the heart of our classrooms'
Politician also says Brexit will have 'disastrous' consequences for creative industries
NewsArt fairs
Bada sells majority stake in Chelsea fair to Masterpiece founders
The event will be renamed The Open Art Fair and will launch in March next year
News
Dora Maurer: 'a lack of market was positive for my work'
White Cube announces representation of the Hungarian avant-garde artist with an exhibition of paintings from the past 30 years
NewsNational Gallery
Filmmaker Rosalind Nashashibi is National Gallery's latest artist in residence
Initiative is part of London gallery’s developing Modern and contemporary art programme
BlogDiary of an art historian
National Gallery should be ashamed of how it treated its educators
Court documents reveal that the museum took little action to rectify the education team's employment status
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
NewsLaw
London art dealer Joseph Nahmad spared jail after banging ex-partner’s head against wall during drunken row
Nahmad received a suspended sentence on Friday and must attend 20 days of rehab
NewsMuseums & Heritage
UK's most valuable museum acquisition in a decade? National Gallery set to buy Gentileschi masterpiece
The Finding of Moses, currently on loan at the London museum, is owned by sofa-billionaire Graham Kirkham
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
NewsRestoration
Delicate seven-year restoration of altarpiece finally completed at London's National Gallery
The 16th-century work The Virgin and Child with Saints is now back on show in the museum
NewsObituaries
Dealer Karsten Schubert—champion of YBAs including Rachel Whiteread and Gary Hume—has died, aged 57
The German-born gallerist and publisher was a key figure in the London art world for more than 30 years
CommentMuseums
Letter to the editor | Necessity, not secrecy, will close NPG’s doors
Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, responds to criticism about the museum's three-year closure
Nicholas Cullinan