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
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
PreviewExhibitions
Léon Spilliaert’s doom and gloom to light up the Royal Academy of Arts
The first major UK show will include 80 works by the little-known Belgian artist who has always "escaped easy categorisation"
NewsArtists
British artist calls for 'unethical' Unseen fair to cease operation after bankruptcy and buy-out
The Amsterdam-based photography event has failed to pay Felicity Hammond for commissioned work, but still plans to host a 2020 edition
PreviewExhibitions
From trans to the Taliban: Barbican to explore the many sides of masculinity
Sweeping photography show will shine a light on the fluid and plural nature of what it means to be a man
NewsHeritage
Hidden LGBTQ histories of London's royal palaces to come out in new guided tours
Immersive performances will begin this month at Tower of London, with more planned at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace
NewsArt market
And all that jazz: upbeat sale at Christie's sees Tamara De Lempicka portrait beat record set just three months ago
Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art auction last night made £106.8m, 35% down on last year—but with three works sold for over £10m
BlogThe Insiders
Valie Export and crowning babies bring mixed messages of motherhood to Mayfair
CommentArt market
Condo’s grassroots collaborative spirit is infectious
The London gallery sharing initiative feels like a significant step in a healthier direction
NewsSerpentine Galleries
How London's Serpentine Galleries is going green for its 50th birthday
Exhibitions in 2020 include Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, US painter Jennifer Packer, Chinese artist Cao Fei and Strasbourg-born Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
NewsLeaders
Hans Ulrich Obrist: 'Ecology will be at the heart of everything we do'
The Serpentine Galleries' artistic director will reduce his flying 'very significantly' as the London institution goes green to mark its 50th anniversary
NewsClimate Change
London museum makes detailed plans to fight climate crisis—its leader says other museums should follow suit
Nick Merriman, chief executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens, says museums have a responsibility to lower emissions and galvanise public action
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
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
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
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
Nicola Green