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
NewsExhibition
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
PreviewExhibitions
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
NewsExhibitions
Olafur Eliasson: the art world is 'trying to find its feet' on climate change
Artist's Tate Modern retrospective features works drawn largely from European collections in an effort to reduce carbon footprint
PreviewExhibitions
Wong Ping tells us about his explicit animations and how his working process is like a stand-up comedian’s
The Hong Kong artist brings his explicit retro-pop videos to London's Camden Arts Centre and Mayfair
NewsThree to see
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
PreviewArt market
Tedious link: six degrees of separation at Masterpiece London
Emphasis on "storytelling" and making connections at the cross-collecting fair this year, chief executive says. So we created some tenuous links of our own
NewsArt Night
Art Night works will live on after pop-up London debut this weekend
Oscar Murillo works bound for Bristol, Zadie Xa’s performance piece tours to Glasgow and Azerbaijan
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the little-known Renaissance painter Bartolomé Bermejo at the National Gallery to the Hayward Gallery's huge group show exploring gender fluidity
PreviewExhibitions
Cindy Sherman gets first UK retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition will explore the influence of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and how it all began with a humble family album
NewsArt market
Goodman Gallery will open in London to rail against 'heightened nationalist sentiment and populist politics'
South African gallery is first to be confirmed for new Cork Street redevelopment which has been empty since it was finished last year
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Michael Rakowitz’s recreations of bombed artefacts at the Whitechapel Gallery, to Faith Ringgold’s story quilts at the Serpentine Gallery
PreviewExhibitions
Barbican show in London aims to raise Lee Krasner’s profile
Exhibition continues the re-evaluation of the Abstract Expressionist who spent too long in the shadow of husband Jackson Pollock
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
NewsPhotography
After years of copyright limbo, Vivian Maier comes to London
Her heir was not apparent, her life full of mysteries, now a major collection of Vivian Maier’s work is available to British collectors for the first time at Photo London
NewsStudios
Locked out via legal loophole: artists evicted from London studios following 'administrative error'
Studio leaseholders ACAVA cite managerial changes as the reason for late payment of rent to landlord
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Denzil Forrester's new London retrospective offers zingy blast from the parties of the past
Artist's works from last four decades bring London’s reggae and dub club scene back to life at Stephen Friedman Gallery
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
NewsBuilding projects
London’s Warburg Institute launches £14.5m expansion to revive the 'science of culture'
Research centre based on the library of German art historian Aby Warburg plans to open new public spaces in 2022
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Hito Steyerl’s powerful critiques at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to Rembrandt and friends at Gagosian Gallery
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Battered London tomb of the great French tightrope walker Blondin restored
The 19th-century daredevil is most famous for crossing Niagara Falls 17 times—once with a stove on which he cooked an omelette
NewsAcquisitions
Photography gallery at Victoria and Albert Museum renamed after Elton John following 'significant' donation
The Rocket Man will organise a photography exhibition at the London institution with his husband David Furnish
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Mystery of Van Gogh’s love affair in London
Did the Dutch artist fall for his Brixton landlady or her daughter?
NewsArt market
Historic Bernheim-Jeune and Fine Art Society galleries shut up shop
A sign of the times, two of London and Paris’s oldest firms closed their premises in the traditional art heartlands of the cities
PreviewExhibitions
Grandmaster flash of the Mediterranean—Joaquín Sorolla comes to London's National Gallery
The enormously productive painter wielded the fastest of brushes on often huge canvases, suffusing them with Spanish sun and colour
BlogDiary
Andy Holden: friends, family and the Cartoon Laws of Motion at London's Cinema Museum
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private View: our pick of March gallery shows around the world
New commercial gallery shows—from sculpture to shipwreck paintings
PreviewArt fairs
From poaching to plastic: London's Collect craft fair takes on politically charged topics
Fifteen artists show conceptual craft and design works, some of which reflect current concerns
NewsPodcast
Hunk of burning love: the naked selfie of the Elizabethan age
On The Art Newspaper podcast, we zoom into a passionate expression of desire in a miniature at the National Portrait Gallery
NewsBiennials & festivals
Block Universe performance festival expands to Berlin power station
New 350 sq. m contemporary art space E-Werk Luckenwalde has joined the programme for the event's fifth anniversary
NewsArt market
Blue chip galleries partner with London's Selfridges store to sell art
Shop's programme highlights Crossrail artists’ commissions including Chantal Joffe, Yayoi Kusama and Darren Almond
NewsExhibitions
Sold out: Dior on track to become V&A’s most successful show ever
“Many people are buying membership just so they can get in,” ticket attendant says
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
NewsThree to see
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
NewsSalvator Mundi
Simon Fujiwara builds mini museum for Leonardo's Salvator Mundi at the Whitechapel in London
The original painting is never shown, only copies and projections are displayed
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
NewsThree to see
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
Podcast
Tracey Emin on mourning and #MeToo; George Shaw on realism and Rembrandt
We talk to Tracey Emin as her new show at White Cube opens. And we speak to George Shaw, whose exhibition has arrived at the Holburne Museum after its stint in the US. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsTechnology
Marina Abramovic to make digital appearance at London's Serpentine Galleries
Performance using cutting-edge Magic Leap One device is world first
NewsThree to see
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
NewsProtest
'Exploitation and injustice': London gallery show protests BP sponsorship at British Museum
P21 show, organised by campaign group BP or Not BP, is due to coincide with a “mass takeover” of the British Museum
NewsRoyal College of Art
Despite Brexit, applications from EU up 12% at London's Royal College of Art
Art and design institution announces five-year plan centred on $108m Battersea base
NewsBrexit
Leave campaigners call for Photographers' Gallery to be stripped of charitable status over Jonas Lund's project to 'reverse Brexit'
Swedish artist created fully functioning office ‘to expose online manipulation tactics’ used in the lead up to the EU referendum
BlogIn the frame
Aleksandra Mir presents Trump, the tabloid creation pre-2000
NewsExhibitions
London's National Gallery plans major Artemisia Gentileschi show in 2020
Exhibition of Europe’s greatest female Old Master will include museum's freshly conserved acquisition
NewsPublic art
Laure Prouvost to bring Brexit song to London underground passengers as part of 2019 commissions
Ahead of UK leaving the European Union, Art on the Underground programme looks at what it means to be "on edge"
NewsClimate Change
Olafur Eliasson's latest work is melting away on the bank of the Thames in London
Public sculpture unveiled to coincide with the COP24 climate summit in Poland
NewsBridge
Multi-million pound donation gives Illuminated River project the green light for next year
Ambitious public art commission to makeover London's bridges is supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation
NewsLaw
'Fired' employees take London's National Gallery to court
Dispute with 'NG27' group—who argue they were unfairly dismissed—could set a precedent for protecting rights of casual workers
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh sculpture unveiled outside the London lodgings where he fell in love
As well as Brixton, Anthony Padgett’s works will go to Isleworth, Ramsgate, Welwyn, the Borinage, Nuenen and Arles
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Victoria Sin plumbs watery depths for Gasworks fundraiser in London
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Twenty years of 'ducking and diving': London's Peer celebrates director Ingrid Swenson
ReviewBritish Museum
British Museum’s Islamic art finally gets its fairy-tale ending
Restored Victorian galleries, funded by Albukhary Foundation and featuring screens by Ahmad Angawi, have transformed the presentation of the collection
BlogThe Buck stopped here
It’s only rock ’n’ roll but we like it at the Lisson
InterviewMuseums & Heritage
Tristram Hunt unveils plans for V&A East—the Victoria & Albert Museum's satellite London location
Museum will receive the buildings in former Olympic park for free, director says
NewsPodcast
Dull, dim and dusty no more: British Museum's new Islamic galleries bring collection out of the shadows
Light and spacious Albukhary Foundation Gallery is a huge transformation for the London institution, says Jane Jakeman
CommentMiddle East
Why being a royal artist in the Gulf is a mixed blessing
Rashid Al Khalifa of Bahrain is showing his art in London’s Saatchi Gallery
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Hundreds of art world luminaries choose favourite texts for London exhibition-cum-publication
NewsPodcast
The National’s 'sweetest song': how Ragnar Kjartansson convinced US rock band to play a song repeatedly for six hours
Icelandic artist's video work is in New Museum's pop-up show in London
InterviewLooted art
Meet the amateur art sleuth who is helping India recover its stolen antiques
Shipping company executive S. Vijay Kumar was responsible for recovering a Buddha stolen from India 57 years ago among many other looted works
News
V&A's new photography centre brings history of the medium into view
Controversial transfer of Royal Photographic Society collection from Bradford has led to a growing "culture of research" at the museum
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
BlogIn the frame
Aids activists Gran Fury bring their rage to the UK in new show
Exhibition at east London's Auto Italia gallery is a British debut for the New York-based art collective
CommentThe Jewish Museum
Ancient antisemitic tropes are resurfacing—it is time to uncover the myths
New exhibition in London shows negative ideas around Jewish people have a long history, in which artists have played their part—and continue to do so
Abigail Morris