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
NewsMuseums
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
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Rachel Maclean: Brexit wrapped up in cotton candy
The Scottish video artist throws visitors into a post-Brexit apocalypse at London’s Zabludowicz Collection
FeatureFrieze London 2018
A home of one's own: tackling London's growing housing and studio crisis
As debate rages over art’s role in gentrification, two new schemes offer artists affordable spaces to live and work
NewsThree to see
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
NewsFrieze London 2018
Done deals: what's selling in London this week
Follow our tweets tagged #TANsalestally for notable purchases from Frieze and the surrounding fairs
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
NewsHeritage
Chunks of British Parliament go on sale
Historic Pugin floor tiles, on which many a prime minister has trodden, available for £200 a piece
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Space (and time) shifting at London's Hayward and Matt's Gallery
InterviewFeatures
Troubled waters: Elmgreen & Dragset dive into politics for new London show
The Scandinavian duo build a swimming pool in the Whitechapel Gallery and address their anger at populist leaders
NewsArt market
Max Hetzler defies Brexit uncertainties and opens London gallery
New space on Dover Street will focus on historical exhibitions and two-person shows
PreviewExhibitions
Mantegna and Bellini go head-to-head in show exploring how they influenced each other’s work
Exhibition at London's National Gallery will compare the early Renaissance artists who were brothers-in-law
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Es Devlin, Carlo Rovelli and the Multi-Story Orchestra light up Peckham
PreviewExhibitions
Looted ‘cannibal’ bowl served up in Royal Academy of Art’s Oceania show
Artefact is one of around 200 on show in largest exhibition on the region in almost 40 years
NewsThree to see
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
FeatureExhibitions
Beacons of empathy: the forgotten women who brought the Foundling Museum to life
The portraits of men in the London museum's picture gallery are being replaced by portraits of women who supported a vision to protect young children
NewsPodcast
Christian Marclay on the physical demands of making The Clock
The Swiss-American artist tells this week’s The Art Newspaper podcast about the effects of the three years’ editing of his masterpiece, now on view at Tate Modern
NewsOpenings
Art meets science in new gallery at King’s College London
Free venue joins a growing global network of Science Gallery spaces
NewsArtists
Portrait of the future at Tate: Steve McQueen plans to photograph every seven-year-old in London
Images of primary school children will go on show at Tate Britain alongside survey of Oscar winner’s work at Tate Modern
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Bike baskets welcome: the Art Car Boot Fair grows and moves to London's Kings Cross
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Luxury London store Fortnum & Mason hosts mini retrospective of landscape paintings by John Virtue
NewsMuseums
London’s National Portrait Gallery to partially close for London Fashion Week event (again)
Decision follows a controversial closure in February for Erdem’s runway show
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Child prodigies: works by schoolchildren up for grabs in silent charity auction at Alison Jacques
InterviewConservation
The portrait miniatures conservator who sees the bigger picture
We spoke to the V&A's Alan Derbyshire about Nicholas Hilliard's trick for painting the perfect ruby and why collector's need to look at their miniatures often
BlogDiary of an art historian
Criminal thoughts about a Rubens portrait and watching Nanette on my summer art detox
Rubens’s portrait of his daughter Clara Serena gave me the urge to steal a painting
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Mika Rottenberg shares centre stage with protestors as new Goldsmiths space opens in London
NewsMuseums
Great art, not famous alumni, will be the focus of Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art
New south London gallery is housed in 19th-century public baths converted by architectural collective Assemble
NewsMuseums
British Museum’s basement of treasures to remain off-limits
Hidden underground galleries closed since 2006 still house £100m Assyrian relief
PreviewExhibitions
How video games grew up and became a major cultural force
Victoria and Albert Museum show promises an in-depth exploration of gaming design and culture
NewsAttendance
London's National Portrait Gallery's steep decline in visitors due to counting error
“Human error” by Ipsos Retail Performance blamed for museum’s disastrous recent visitor numbers
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Making up with Paul Kindersley (and his mum): drag show opens at London's Hayward Gallery
NewsMuseums
US whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning to make first UK appearance at ICA London
The polarising ex-army leaker will discuss artificial intelligence, LGBTQ rights and the links between digital technology and democracy
NewsProtest
Peter Kennard among artists to remove their art from London's Design Museum in protest over arms event
Directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black say ‘professional activists exploited the situation’ and they stand by their ‘curatorial independence’
NewsExhibitions
A match made in heaven: Bill Viola to be shown alongside Michelangelo at the Royal Academy
The exhibition will examine themes of spirituality and mortality in both artists’ work
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