NewsArt market
Phillips starts 2021 sales with a 17% leg up on last year
Despite the “headwinds” of Covid-19 and an extended UK lockdown, the firm raised £24.8m in its three-city livestreamed auction
PreviewExhibitions
Lockdown easing: the best gallery shows to see in London right now
Eerie wooden cabins, rural quiltmakers and dismembered, tentacular dolls are among our highlights from the city's commercial exhibitions
FeatureTravel
From Bridgerton vibes to fantastical fireworks: here are the best arty staycation spots in the UK
Summer is coming! And with a cultural cornucopia of delights to enjoy here at home who needs to holiday abroad anyway?
NewsArt market
Casting doubt over hopes of a 'normal' UK summer, Masterpiece London cancels June fair
The fair will hold an online event in some form, while the London Original Print Fair plans to hold a gallery-based event for 33 of its exhibitors this May
NewsArts funding
Serpentine drops Sackler name following ‘rebranding’
The space formerly named after the now-disgraced family has been rechristened the Serpentine North Gallery
NewsArt market
First London Gallery Weekend to feature a whopping 87 galleries including David Zwirner, Gagosian and Sadie Coles
Citywide event launching in June will focus on three different areas of the UK capital
NewsNational Gallery
National Gallery London: new details of development plans revealed
A 1960s office block behind the Sainsbury Wing will be demolished to make way for a new building to provide more exhibition space
NewsRedevelopment
Debenhams department store may become huge gallery as Covid-19 decimates London's Oxford Street
‘Oxford Street Art House’ would house studios and galleries across seven floors, say councillors
NewsVictoria & Albert Museum
V&A to say goodbye to departments by material—woodwork, metalwork etc—and 20% of its curators
Museum's director Tristram Hunt says that government help has not been enough to cover all costs incurred by pandemic and admits “curators will be more stretched”
BlogDiary
AI robot Ai-Da gets first major exhibition at London's Design Museum—but beware of the (lustful) critics
NewsBuilding projects
'Building on our strengths': National Gallery London unveils plans for £25m upgrade
Refurbishment, to be partly completed for the museum's 200th anniversary in 2024, will encompass the lobby of the Sainsbury Wing, a new research centre and improved outdoor space
NewsWallace Collection
Art library and archives at London's Wallace Collection could close to public as part of cost-cutting plans
Petition claims management want to ‘orientate the museum to income generation’
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Project space providing discount studios for young London artists opens in Mayfair
CommentArt Market Eye
Can Paris snatch the art market crown from London?
The French capital seems resurgent, but other elements may intervene
CommentMuseums
Gabrielie Finaldi: 'What is the National Gallery if you can’t visit and you can’t see the pictures?'
Museums have a responsibility to the people to protect and share the collection, says the London museum's director
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Museums and galleries in London to close from Wednesday under new Covid Tier 3 restrictions
But arts professionals heavily criticise the government decision, saying there is “no logic” behind the move
NewsArt market
New online platform puts London’s emerging art scene on the map—literally
Credit X has created digital map and database of less established art spaces and galleries in the hopes of balancing out an art world "shaped by market forces", it says
NewsTate Britain
Rex Whistler’s Tate Britain restaurant mural is ‘offensive’, ethics committee says, threatening closure
Tate now faces the dilemma of what to do with a room decorated by a major early 20th-century artist
NewsArt market
Frieze takes gallery space on London's Cork Street for 'ambitious' exhibitions
Magazine publisher and fair organiser plans to rent the premises on a permanent basis
PreviewExhibitions
Buckingham Palace masterpieces hop next door for exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery
While the royal residence is under repair, some of the Royal Collection’s most famous paintings have been relocated and displayed in a more convenient setting
PreviewExhibitions
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s political—with a small ‘p’—portraits finally go on show at Tate Britain
The British artist's largest exhibition to date will also be shown in Stockholm, Dusseldorf and Luxembourg
NewsPrizes
London teenagers in cancelled prom outfits win Taylor Wessing Prize
Alys Tomlinson spent three months during lockdown taking the portrait of teenagers in the midst of their “lost summer”
NewsBritish Museum
Caffè Nero? The British Museum is looking for help with naming its blockbuster show on the Roman emperor
The survey, with suggestions including “the man behind the monster” and “emperor, tyrant, traitor?”, was sent out to members of the museum’s Friends scheme
NewsArt market
Pace to take over Blain Southern's former gallery in London expansion
Announcement comes as two of the gallery's presidents in the US are facing allegations of abuse in the workplace
Newscolonialism
Somerset House to dig into its colonial past
Move follows release of National Trust’s slavery report, which was accused of following a ‘woke agenda’
NewsArt market
London galleries to accommodate collectors ‘by appointment’ during second coronavirus lockdown
Some dealers say they will continue to hold private viewings for buyers, while opening hours are extended in the West End tonight
PreviewPrivate view
Our pick of must-see gallery shows opening around the world in November
From new works by the emerging artist Collins Obijiaku in Accra to a pre-election tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in Los Angeles
PreviewExhibitions
Zanele Muholi's Tate Modern show gives a voice to queer South Africa
Photographer documents the violent reality of life for many of the country’s marginalised communities in a mid-career survey
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Halloween with Ai Weiwei: artist's new film screens in Piccadilly Circus and online tonight
The Chinese dissident artist is stopping the regular advertisements in the famous square for an hour
NewsArt market
Richard Saltoun Gallery builds entire 2021 exhibition programme around late political philosopher Hannah Arendt
Her work addresses relevant issues today such as tyranny, fascism and totalitarianism, dealer says
ReviewExhibitions
The Big Review: Artemisia at the National Gallery in London
The artist’s first major UK exhibition uses dramatic spaces and biographical detail to bring her career into closer focus
CommentClosures
'Another yawning gap': radical London Print Studio closes its doors
Art world pays tribute to vital public space that served community organisations as well as artists including Lucian Freud, Billy Childish and Shezad Dawood
NewsArt market
From flat white to white cube: Lévy Gorvy opens gallery in former Pret a Manger in Mayfair
Firm now plans to extend its lease after Long Museum buys huge Tu Hongtao painting on show in the new space
AnalysisArt market
A Covid success story: how the London Original Print Fair helped its 68 dealers keep selling
London’s longest-running art fair survives virus by going fully online and diversifying
PreviewFrieze London 2020
Your guide to London's Frieze Week 2020
Including: the seven best shows • align your chakras, Frieze Week is getting spiritual • the challenges of making sculpture during a pandemic and more
PreviewExhibitions
Under the influence: three artists on how Bruce Nauman continues to be an inspiration
As a retrospective opens at Tate Modern, we speak to Rashid Johnson, Jacolby Satterwhite and Adham Faramawy about the enduring appeal of the 78-year-old artist's work
NewsMuseums & Heritage
London's Victoria and Albert Museum set to cut at least 103 jobs to 'ensure its survival', director says
Museum says it is in "its worst financial position on record" because of coronavirus
InterviewArt market
'I'm always amazed, in this business, by how seriously some people take themselves': Stephen Friedman on 25 years as an art dealer
The Canadian came to London as a 22-year-old, fell in love with the city and never left
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Royal Academy of Arts considers selling Michelangelo marble to plug financial hole—and not for the first time
Some academicians argue that instead of cutting almost half of the institution's jobs, it should consider selling the Taddei Tondo—worth several hundred million pounds
NewsMuseums
Citing pandemic, V&A and Smithsonian drop plan to co-curate a gallery in London
After cancellation of project for V&A East, the institutions say they still plan to cooperate on an internship programme
NewsRoyal Academy of Arts
London’s Royal Academy of Arts plans to slash 40% of jobs
Cuts have been announced as the institution aims to make savings of £8m a year and awaits news on government grant
PreviewNalini Malani
'The past is being weaponised': Nalini Malani's anti-fascist animations come to the Whitechapel Gallery
Eighty-eight of the artist’s iPad drawings will be projected across the gallery's walls for her first UK solo show
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Fotografiska complex in London—world’s ‘largest photography venue’—is dropped
Investment group behind the project blames Brexit and Covid-19
NewsArt market
Keeping it in the family: Charles Saatchi’s daughter to open huge London gallery
Phoebe Saatchi Yates has collaborated with her husband and father to launch 10,000 sq ft Mayfair gallery focused on “unknown” artists
NewsExhibitions
Saatchi Gallery exhibits London’s graduate artists deprived of degree shows
The exhibition forms part of the education programme at the collector’s gallery which has now ‘transitioned into a charity’
NewsMuseums & Heritage
‘Living museum’ of British-Somali heritage heads to east London
Crowdfunded space aims to preserve community archive and support emerging artists
NewsMuseums
Man arrested after protesting against Benin Bronzes display at London museum
Defendant was charged with using “threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress” during incident in January
NewsMuseums
Tate and Anthony d’Offay agree to cut ties permanently
Museum will return loaned works and remove the retired dealer’s name from the building nearly three years after allegations of sexual harassment emerged
NewsArt market
London's £20m Cromwell Place gallery hub to open on 10 October
Complex, housed in five townhouses in South Kensington, was due to open in May but the launch was delayed due to the coronavirus lockdown
NewsPublic sculpture
Memorial to police shooting victim Cherry Groce gets £82,000 boost from local London authorities
Brixton sculpture by David Adjaye is due to be unveiled in September, 35 years after a bungled police raid left her paralysed
NewsMuseums
Tate will axe more than 300 jobs from its commercial arm next month
Director Maria Balshaw says the organisation has been left with “no option” but to resize as visitor figures and revenues plunge due to the pandemic
NewsBiennials & festivals
Wham! London's first Brent Biennial to launch with a nine-metre high George Michael mural
The inaugural exhibition in the north-west borough opens in September and will include 23 new commissions
NewsBritish Museum
After 163 days closed, British Museum will reopen on 27 August
The London museum, which will mark its reopening by showing a work by Grayson Perry, will enforce social distancing measures and a daily visitors cap
BlogDiary
Subversive summery images raise the temperature at new London outdoor gallery
Blogcoronavirus
A right royal (socially-distanced) outing to London's National Gallery for the Duchess of Cornwall
BlogThe Buck stopped here
New works by Thomas J. Price and Larry Achiampong on The Line extend the debate on public sculpture
Newscoronavirus
London’s Southbank Centre will make up to two thirds of its staff redundant due to Covid-19
But Hayward Gallery is expected to reopen in August
NewsBanksy
Banksy graffiti removed by London Underground cleaners—but TFL invites artist to make new work in ‘suitable location’
"We appreciate the sentiment of encouraging people to wear face coverings,” says a spokesman
NewsArt market
Frieze directors ‘left with no choice’ but to cancel London fairs in October
Continued restrictions on large-scale events and travel due to coronavirus have made the show logistically impossible
NewsArt market
Tomorrow’s YBAs? White Cube launches series of online exhibitions by London art graduates
Gallery owner Jay Jopling says it is vital to support the next generation during such precarious times
NewsStatues
UK's first statues of black Brits—sited at Brixton station—to be restored after 34 years
The overlooked works are modelled on local residents
ReviewBook Club
Sex, Soho, cocksure snappers and cigarette money: the making of London’s 1960s art world
A new book by Lisa Tickner, called London's New Scene, focuses on a cast of glamorous characters and gritty drama, with much that resonates today
CommentRacial injustice
If we want more artists like Khadija Saye, we need to give young BAME people the help they need
Would-be artists from ethnic minorities have it harder than most—which is why a new programme will continue Saye’s inspiring work, says the artist Nicola Green
NewsExhibitions
'Tender, gentle and creative soul': outdoor exhibition in west London pays tribute to artist Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell fire
Unveiled by Tottenham MP David Lammy today, the show also marks the launch of an arts mentor scheme in Saye’s name
PreviewLondon Art Week
From a £16m Rembrandt to a £3,000 dolphin, London Art Week for every (ok, some) budgets
Highlights from the online version of the “pre-contemporary art” event for galleries and auction houses which launches today and runs until 10 July
NewsMuseums
National Gallery will be first major London museum to reopen after coronavirus closure
Visitors will be requested to wear masks and stay two-metres apart from 8 July
PreviewExhibitions
Derek Jarman's love of gardening is subject of new London show
Exhibition at the Garden Museum focuses on the late artist and film-maker's time at Prospect Cottage in Dungeness
NewsCrime
Teenager who threw boy from Tate Modern is given a life sentence with minimum term of 15 years
Jonty Bravery intended to kill, judge says
NewsArt education
Unemployment crisis looms over thousands of academics as casual contracts are axed or postponed by UK’s top arts universities
Black and minority ethnic staff at institutions including Goldsmiths and the Royal College of Art are at particular risk
NewsSculpture
Windrush sculptures honouring UK's Caribbean immigrants to be unveiled in London
Leading black artists Thomas J. Price and Veronica Ryan's works in Hackney are due to be completed in 2021
NewsArt market
Smells like team spirit: London galleries work together to reopen from 15 June
David Zwirner, White Cube, Pace, Gagosian among galleries opening their doors next week—but don’t forget your face mask
NewsMonuments
Statues of slavers around London could be pulled down under mayor’s new diversity plan
Sadiq Khan wants to review and improve "the diversity of public landmarks" after protestors toppled the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol
NewsMuseums & Heritage
What would you do to keep your museum afloat? The Garden Museum director is swimming 50 miles in the Atlantic Ocean
The swim from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly aims to raise £100,000 for the London museum, which is planning shows on Derek Jarman and Lucian Freud
NewsArt market
Photo London plans to open in tent this October with social distancing
Timed entry and face masks are set to become the “new normal” for art fairs, organisers say
NewsTate Modern
Tate Modern turns 20
To mark the London museum’s big birthday, we have searched our archive for our favourite articles on the institution, from a critic's take on the café’s cuisine to an interview with Tate’s former director Nicholas Serota ahead of the Switch House’s opening in 2016
NewsBritish Museum
British Museum mistakenly cites ‘all rights reserved’ as biggest postcard producer in Turkey
The error comes as the London institution launches a revamped version of its online catalogue
Newscoronavirus
Royal Academy of Arts cancels Angelica Kauffman and Paul Cézanne exhibitions amid coronavirus crisis
As the London institution announces its revised exhibition schedule, we reveal the international knock-on effect triggered by the changes
Newscoronavirus
V&A chair had 'Bruegel-like' delirium after contracting Covid-19
Nicholas Coleridge describes “icy legs” symptoms and how doctors undoubtedly saved his life
Analysiscoronavirus
Can’t pay your rent? Here’s what you can do if you're a UK gallery
Coronavirus has left many art businesses struggling to pay their bills, but there are resources available to help
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Gavin Turk’s live lockdown Easter eggshibition
NewsArt market
London’s young galleries fight for survival during lockdown
But being smaller can mean lower overheads and more nimble business models, with some venues more upbeat than others as the shutdown hits
Newscoronavirus
Ghost town: eerie images of London in lockdown
Our picture editor Katherine Hardy used her exercise allowance to capture the UK capital's empty streets
Newscoronavirus
Students slam Royal College of Art's decision to move degree show online because of coronavirus
Unlike other universities, the school has not postponed its courses during the crisis
Featurecoronavirus
Personal stories of coronavirus: the widow who opened her husband's exhibition for a day
Diana Cohen, the 90-year-old wife of the late painter Alfred Cohen, travelled to London for the opening of the first show of his work in 20 years. Years in the making, it opened and closed within a few hours
NewsArt market
London galleries latest to go into lockdown as concerns grow over coronavirus pandemic
Move follows widespread closures in the US and Asia
Newscoronavirus
'Sadly unavoidable': first major UK exhibition of Artemisia Gentileschi postponed due to coronavirus
National Gallery in London describes move as "unprecedented" and a "tough decision"
Podcast
Titian’s poesie: an in-depth tour of 'the most beautiful pictures in the world'
We speak to Gabriele Finaldi about the challenges of opening a show at the time of coronavirus and to its curator about this extraordinary series of paintings. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Newscoronavirus
Tate Modern employee tests positive for coronavirus
London museum says staff member does not work in a front-of-house role and all affected areas have been deep cleaned
PreviewExhibitions
Cecil Beaton’s golden age celebrity snaps go on show in London
The exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery unites 150 images, including rarely exhibited photographs of his sisters Nancy and Baba
ReviewBook Shorts
When nothing is sacred, nothing can be subversive: photographs of London’s Soho captured in catalogue
The area’s heyday in the mid 20th century has been obliterated by commercial exploitation
NewsFunding
Fossil-fuel giant Shell ends its support of London's Southbank Centre
Decision comes amidst pressure from activist groups for UK museums to end their oil sponsorship deals
PreviewExhibitions
Rare Andy Warhol drag queen portraits go on show in Tate Modern exhibition
Near-forgotten series of striking portraits are part of a 100-strong show of works opening at the London museum this week
NewsGrenfell Tower
Relatives of victims who died in the Grenfell Tower fire look for input into Steve McQueen's film of tragedy
Support group, comprising family members of 33 people who died in the 2017 London blaze, say they feel “totally disenfranchised” by the artist's latest project
NewsDiscoveries
Unknown Dürer drawing to be sold by London dealer
One of very few examples in private hands, the work from an American collection is coming to the market via Agnews
CommentArt Market Eye
Death of a wannabe 'mega' gallery—was the closure of Blain Southern an outlier or the canary in the mine?
Gallery's demise could be symptomatic of the growing polarisation of the art market
NewsMuseums
Superman, Beatrix Potter and Virgil Abloh: London’s V&A reveals plans for revamped Museum of Childhood
Museum will reopen in 2022 with new focus on empowering children’s creativity
CommentMuseums & Heritage
Pandemic anniversary: the things museums should learn from our plague year
Although “thumbstoppable” social media content is essential, the online world has dark consequences too, says Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Tristram Hunt