NewsBrexit
Art world guide on how to deal with 'no deal' Brexit released
Arts Council England publishes advice on movement of art, imports and exports, funding, and travel for artists and professionals in case an agreement is not reached
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Who painted the mystery nude in the Van Gogh brothers' collection?
Museum specialist believes he has uncovered the identity of the artist—and his voluptuous muse
NewsBritish Museum
Looted ‘cannibal’ bowl will not travel to Quai Branly in Paris for Oceania exhibition
Royal Academy says conservation issues—not restitution fears—mean the ceremonial feast trough can not be loaned
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s most important painting leaves Europe for the first time
National Gallery’s Sunflowers heads to Japan where it is likely to be seen by around a million people
NewsDeaccessioning
Revealed: marquess of Northampton tried to buy Sekhemka statue before it was controversially sold off by UK museum
Ancient Egyptian sculpture was almost bought by the 7th marquess, whose predecessor donated it to the local museum in the 19th century
NewsVincent Van Gogh
National Gallery in London to send Van Gogh's Sunflowers to Japan
Exhibition with 60 other loans from the museum will help celebrate the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
NewsEdvard Munch
British Museum to stage major show of Munch prints
Exhibition in London will be largest in 50 years
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
The most important Van Gogh discoveries, exhibitions, sales and books of 2018
From the discovery of a Montmartre drawing to a $40m sale at Christie's
NewsOpenings
After year-long rain check, Rijksmuseum Schiphol prepares to reopen
Airport branch of Amsterdam museum closed in January due to a leaky roof
NewsIvory
UK approves ivory ban
An extension to include hippopotamus, walrus and narwhal ivory will be discussed next year
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
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Revealed online for the first time: photograph showing Van Gogh painting slashed in 1978
Criminally insane visitor attacked the self-portrait at the Van Gogh Museum
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh's portrait of a prostitute coming up for sale
Christie’s, more discreetly, entitles it “Portrait de femme”
NewsAlbrecht Dürer
Dürer used his famous Praying Hands drawing to advertise his talent
Chief curator of Vienna’s Albertina argues that the work, which shows the artist's own hands, was a finished work rather than preparatory drawing
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Mistaken identity: new discovery means there is only one known photograph of Vincent van Gogh
The childhood image that was assumed to be of Vincent is now believed to depict his brother Theo
NewsSalvator Mundi
Would the 'royal' Salvator Mundi please stand up?
Pushkin Museum’s Giampietrino painting may be the one listed in inventory of Charles I’s collection, rather than the Abu Dhabi work
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Amsterdam show to explore Van Gogh’s influence on Hockney
Exhibition of 120 works will reveal a shared fascination with nature, bold use of colour and experimentation with perspective
NewsControversies
Smoking pipe, razor and revolver removed from Van Gogh sculpture in London's Brixton
Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime
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
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
When the National Gallery used a London taxi to move a Van Gogh painting
Back during Tate’s 1947 exhibition, loan arrangements were more casual
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Revealed: must-see Van Gogh exhibitions, part two—2019-21
We release details of Detroit exhibition on America’s love for the artist, plus others in Frankfurt, Potsdam, Santa Barbara and Columbus
NewsVincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh self-portrait—almost sold by cash-strapped Detroit—will be star of major show on the artist and America in 2020
Sale was stopped at last minute after city received financial support from Michigan
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
NewsCrime
Police arrest man after attempted theft of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral
Incident is a further blow to English city following the novichok poisonings earlier this year
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Revealed: must-see Van Gogh exhibitions, part one—2019
Shows planned for Houston, London, Amsterdam and Den Bosch next year
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Newly discovered photograph depicts the man who got Van Gogh fired as an art dealer
The image—in the collection of London's National Portrait Gallery—shows a confident Charles Obach, compared to one of an ill-at-ease Vincent
NewsAppointments
The Met's Luke Syson to head Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Curator returns to the UK where he organised the blockbuster 2011 Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh's garden painting set to make $40m auction record for Paris period
Now being sold by a London-based collector at Christie's New York, the work will probably go to Japan or China
NewsExhibitions
Tate’s most popular ever exhibition not staged in UK—but in China
Visitor numbers at Shanghai Museum eclipse institution’s most successful London exhibitions
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Gauguin’s kitten reappears in Van Gogh’s Yellow House
Amsterdam show on the artist's Martinique trip also reveals Tate watercolour as a genuine work by Gauguin
NewsFrieze London 2018
Tate’s watercolour is upgraded to a Gauguin
Double-sided work, bequeathed in 1962, had previously been attributed to the French artist's circle
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
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
How Van Gogh's Starry Night was inspired by Hokusai’s Great Wave
A great admirer of Japanese prints, the whorls of brushstrokes in Vincent's night sky could have been partly suggested by a turbulent sea
NewsMuseums
From armour to the A-bomb: British Museum's Japanese collection goes back on show
Japan galleries refurbished under new ten-year partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation
NewsThomas Gainsborough
Murders most foul: Gainsborough family revenge killings trigger reassessment of artist’s early years
New research reveals that two members of Thomas Gainsborough's family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child
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
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Mystery identity of Van Gogh’s 'gardener' solved
New research reveals name of man in the artist’s finest asylum portrait
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Vincent the baker? Van Gogh's possible careers
His family also suggested that he become an accountant or a barber
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
NewsMuseums
Victoria and Albert Museum now a 'multi-site' institution
Opening of outpost in Dundee this week is latest in series of out-of-London projects
NewsMuseums
Tate outsources artist biographies on its website to Wikipedia
The museum does “not have the resources to create biographies for every individual” in its collection, spokeswoman says
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Van Gogh: it was suicide, not murder
Julian Schnabel’s new film on Van Gogh is based on questionable assumptions
NewsEducation
Labour Party to put creativity 'back at the heart of the school curriculum'
Pledge comes at a time of decline in arts subjects in schools
NewsMuseums
British Museum’s basement of treasures to remain off-limits
Hidden underground galleries closed since 2006 still house £100m Assyrian relief
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
The revealing story of the painting that inspired Julian Schnabel’s new Van Gogh film
Vincent painted At Eternity’s Gate, the title of the film premiering in Venice, when he was at the asylum
NewsMuseums
Shell sponsorship deal with Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum ends
The museum as well as the Mauritshuis in The Hague have stopped collaborating with the oil company by "mutual decision"
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
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Starry Night is held by Russian government
Van Gogh drawing had been folded in half in 1945 to fit inside a suitcase
NewsArt law
Norton Simon Museum can keep Nazi-looted Cranachs, US court rules
Decision should put decade-long legal battle between museum and heirs of art dealer Jacques Goudstikker "to rest"
NewsMuseums
House of Lords warns Brexit may starve UK museums of skilled workers
New report says a more restrictive migration system for EU citizens “could threaten the international status of the UK’s world-class institutions”
NewsClaude Monet
Monet’s lost cat returns home to Giverny
A “purr-fect” ending to the story of the missing pottery object found in the collection of the artist’s secret granddaughter
NewsControversies
Conflict-of-interest scandal at publicly funded UK arts centre Firstsite
Chairman and trustee resigned amid investigation into more than £90,000 spent on consultancy firm they directed
PreviewExhibitions
The Irishman who painted—and brawled—beside Gauguin
Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns: Between Paris and Pont-Aven opens at National Gallery of Ireland
NewsRestoration
There be dragons (again) after £5m Great Pagoda renovation at Kew Gardens
Eighty of the gaudy monsters have been recreated for the 18th-century tower at London's royal botanic gardens
NewsRestitution
Ethiopia claims Ten Commandments tablet hidden in Westminster Abbey
Sacred object taken by British troops in the 19th century is concealed inside an altar
AnalysisFunding
Lauded, but not loaded: being shortlisted for a major prize does not solve a museum's money worries
Being part of the Museum of the Year brings kudos and a big PR boost, but some finalists have still found the financial going tough
NewsIvory
British Museum accepts collection of 500-plus ivory works—ahead of tough new UK regulations to protect elephants
Donation from the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust was not accepted by the museum when it was first offered in the 1950s
NewsExhibitions
British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities targeted by Islamic State
Loans likely to come from Iran—but works from the Met would not meet London museum's strict borrowing guidelines
NewsAfrican art
Contested Asante trophy head to shine in new Wallace room
Seized during the Ashanti war and long held by the London museum, the prized Ghanaian work is to be displayed in a new permanent gallery
NewsArt market
Art dealers slam proposed European Union licence regulations
Revising import controls on cultural goods could impact negatively on trade, dealer organisations say
NewsControversies
Beatrix Ruf, former Stedelijk Museum director, cleared of alleged conflicts of interest
Report commissioned by Amsterdam city council finds that she complied with Dutch regulations
NewsVincent Van Gogh
Revealed: Van Gogh's failed attempt at art dealing
New book argues that artist bought Japanese prints “not for pleasure but to deal in them”
NewsCultural policy
UK permits Nazi-looted Meissen figure to leave for Japan despite spoliation claim
There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case
NewsExhibitions
Andrew Lloyd Webber to lend works to Tate Britain’s Edward Burne-Jones show
The musical impresario, who has long collected Victorian artists, is understood to be anonymously lending half a dozen works by the Pre-Raphaelite
NewsExhibitions
Lee Bul work at Hayward Gallery catches fire hours before private view
The fire was quickly contained and no one was hurt a spokeswoman said, but the public opening could be delayed
NewsMuseums
Westminster Abbey’s lofty new museum reveals ‘the best view in Europe’
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to open in hidden triforium, 50ft up
NewsExhibitions
From Cleopatra to Banksy: satirist Ian Hislop to co-organise British Museum show on subversion
Private Eye editor will select 100 objects highlighting dissent down the ages
NewsArt crime
Full extent of burglary at Bath’s Museum of East Asian Art revealed
With the value of Chinese antiquities on the rise, police suspect the items removed were stolen to order
NewsFunding
UK museums suffer as Heritage Lottery grants plummet
Building projects are major casualties as emphasis shifts to supporting smaller, local initiatives
NewsPolitics
Prime Minister Theresa May reveals her artistic leanings
New £3m fund announced for arts projects in northern England at Downing Street reception for creative industries
NewsLoot
Will the British Museum lend Nigeria the Benin bronzes?
Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says
NewsLoot
Scotland Yard joins global crackdown on looted pharaonic antiquities
The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects
NewsRestitution
Ethiopia toughens position on Maqdala treasures calling for full restitution
Ethiopian ambassador Hailemichael Afework Aberra told The Art Newspaper podcast his government wants the seized artefacts returned, not given back on long-term loan as proposed by the V&A
Podcast
Podcast episode 28: the battle over Ethiopia's treasures
Martin Bailey speaks to Hailemichael Aberra Afework, Ethiopia’s ambassador to the UK, about the artefacts seized by the British army at Maqdala, go behind the scenes of the Sony World Photography Awards with judge Gareth Harris and ask Richard Parry about his plans for Glasgow International
FeatureTate
The struggle behind Tate Modern's birth
Recently opened Tate archives reveal wrangling over division of British and international art in early 1990s