Following landmark elections in February, Art Dhaka debuts as the city’s first commercial hybrid art fair, aiming to boost the country’s private art sector

The curator Mary G. Morton tells us about her new publication that paints the Impressionist artist in a new light

The US curator who helped shape the narrative of Japan’s post-war art has returned to Tokyo to collaborate on a show by the acclaimed artist

Curated exhibition platform AWT Focus has expanded to encompass ten diverse exhibitions at ten venues

The proposals would end many of the UK institution’s in-person adult-learning courses, and come despite the academy’s recent record sales

In this week's episode, Benjamin Sutton and Gareth Harris discuss Art Basel Paris ahead of the fair's closure, Ben Luke gets an update from Buenos Aires-based correspondent Mercedes Ezquiaga on Latin American politics, and Alexander Morrison sees a Chinese celestial map on show at the Warburg Institute in London.

The UK-based collector tells us about her new Focus Fund supporting young artists at Frieze, buying a Jean Arp in instalments and her love of Fra Angelico’s frescoes

The Dasha Shenkman Focus Fund joins longstanding fair awards from Tate, Frieze, the Arts Council and others

“Every museum is a place of memory, beauty and history”, said the pontiff to an audience that included the directors of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Titled “Things Fall Apart” and curated by Allison Glenn, the biennial unfolds across and beyond the city, on Lake Ontario and, thanks to a new partnership programme, in a half-dozen other cities

A landmark exhibition traces the French artist’s impact on painters ranging from Pablo Picasso to Peter Doig

Fundraising events both in California and New York aim to support affected artists and art workers

Even the science-themed PST Art exhibitions, opening in Los Angeles in September, avoid the tech revolutions of our day

Ai Weiwei has created a new work for Warsaw that will be invisible to the public

The late writer known for his poison pen will make an appearance in a new London magazine

The Da Vinci Face platform uses using artificial intelligence and sophisticated algorithms to transform you into an Old Master

The Chinese artist’s work, which is inspired by Leonardo da Vinci illustrations, will be housed in a former Soviet-era exposition hall in Kyiv

Documentary screened in Hong Kong this week revisits China as Bamboo Curtain was lifted in the 1980s

The Tulum-based art space is putting out an open call, with the winner receiving cash and a two-month residency

The Chinese activist, detained in 2011, has visited prisons across the country

Artists, collectors, curators and royalty spotted roaming the aisles at Art Dubai's VIP opening

The 2022 edition will exist in virtual reality and use data harvested from universities, galleries and art centres to select artists

With “Le Monde Selon L’IA”, the Paris media art centre takes a broad look at work made using both analytical AI and generative AI

The biennial’s third edition, organised by co-curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López under the theme “Precarious Joys”, spans artist-run spaces, major museums and the airport

Cultural and business leaders from around the world highlight the central role of artists in shaping human-centred futures at a time of rapid advances in artificial intelligence, blockchain and quantum computing

German artist-researcher receives €10,000 award for “Alvinella Ophia”, depicting a hybrid serpent creature’s exploration of a dystopian desert future

Connoisseurs and app makers agree on one thing: artificial intelligence-driven apps may supplement but do not replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship

As Phillips presents the first ever auction dedicated to the medium, we consider what it is and how it is curated

They are only the second dealers to take the number one spot in 14 years

Rock, Paper, Scissors will bring together more than 200 works by people in criminal justice settings

Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community

Artists are getting creative to counter visual language being skewed by image-generating apps that average out scraped stock photos and social media files into “mean images”

Our chief contributing editor Gareth Harris will examine attacks on freedom of artistic expression and issues like ‘cancel culture’, providing valuable insights and context

At Art Basel Paris, “the art world seemed to be staging a rally for art created by flesh-and-blood people”

Dissident activist and Nobel laureate was last sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 and died in custody

Twenty-eight pieces have been purchased from collector Larry Warsh

Times of crisis have produced constructive or chaotic art strategies. With AI art in 2025, the picture is complex

The exhibition at Basel’s HEK showcases artists whose work responds to “unstable and apocalyptic” times, drawing on religion, myth and ritual

Bose Krishnamachari has invited 80 international artists including Anish Kapoor and Santiago Sierra to take part

A tour of a show of drawings by the renowned British artist, plus Bruguera discusses concerns over artist censorship in Germany in relation to the Israel-Hamas war, and a chat about an Indian painting from Howard Hodgkin’s collection

The fair’s fourth edition will have works hanging from the ceiling, public art around the city and the first Greater Midwest Curatorial Forum

Co-curated by the artist Trevor Paglen and the digital art director Eli Scheinman, the new strand, which debuted at last year’s Miami Beach fair, aims to address the scepticism towards the medium

Both AI-generated art and digital art have had a tough time lately, but the 61st Venice Biennale offers the digitally-minded some work to feel good about

The donation includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Ai Weiwei and others from the collection of the late philanthropists Norah and Norman Stone

New York museum made decision after initially resisting wave of protests

Website will provide a platform for contemporary artists to show—and possibly sell—works

Chinese auction house data deemed unreliable and misleading as not all artists have made it to the salesroom yet

Connect BTS will take place across five cities and involve commissions by artists such as Antony Gormley and Tomás Saraceno

The energy of the country's contemporary art scene is in the hands of a growing constellation of artists, curators and galleries, writes curator Aindrea Emelife, and deeply rooted in tradition

Exhibition’s opening night was packed with luminaries from the Chinese art world

The written descriptions of works of art are more than just labels—they are a record of evolving cultural understanding, writes Curationist's Amanda Figueroa

Taiwan government funds section of 2024 Taipei Dangdai Arts & Ideas fair to promote work of ten local artists

While Europe’s politicians squabble, leading artists mobilise support for the thousands fleeing conflict and facing another winter in camps

As lockdown continues, video games are proving to be ripe territory for artists and budding curators to experiment (and play)

All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from the story of Carpaccio and Bellini's narrative painting to a Venice guide for little explorers—selected by the curators Annette Hojer and Christine Follmann

Digital challenges and the social and economic changes sparked by cultural transformation are among issues aired

The boom in digital art tokens may have turned to bust, but the Dubai fair is putting them front and centre as the NFT market in the city flourishes

The crypto entrepreneur spoke to The Art Newspaper about his journey into collecting, how he feels technology is transforming the art market, and more

The opening of the NFT platform SuperRare’s physical space and Heft Gallery, both on the Lower East Side, signal growing collector interest and institutional acceptance

Galleries and collectors praised fair's new location but visitors remain largely German

Event resumes in the ancient city in the country’s south-east corner after years of tumult

Three years on from the NFT explosion, growth in new markets continues

And celebrations supported by Volkswagen

Judges of the Publisher Podcast Awards described the category as "one of the most competitive"

The collector and lifestyle mogul highlighted works from the sale by Amy Sherald, Alex Katz, Louise Bourgeois and others

The Colorado art destination announces its prestigious annual award, given to a globally recognised artist who demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement

The art foundation, which has closed its doors, was never more than the shell of a museum

Is this change in China a cause for celebration?

We introduce the 2025 main exhibition and pick out the national pavilions to look out for

The event's 16th edition has an expanded digital section—here’s what sold so far

This year's edition of the leading South Korean exhibition takes its name from the traditional music form Pansori

Inaugural Art Wuzhen features works by Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing, Marina Abramovic and Damien Hirst but Ann Hamilton steals the show in old-style theatre

The Hong Kong entrepreneur also spoke about his love for Monet, Matthew Wong and the Medici family in an interview hosted off the back of the latest K11 Art Foundation Salon

Amid threats to freedom, career moves and censorship become hard to tell apart

Sam Glatman, the co-founder of Artsignal, which recently received a major vote of confidence in the form of investment from Christie’s Ventures, predicts that it will become the “dominant intelligence layer for the art world”

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see while you're in town this October

This marks a return to Vancouver for the Brazilian curator Marcello Dantas, who organised a Vik Muniz project in the city as part of the biennale’s 2013-15 edition

The venture capitalist, an early champion of digital art through his collective 10F1, admits that his heart belongs to his home city of Zug, Switzerland

The media artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) increasingly sees his interactive video sculptures—one of which goes on show this month at the SXSW London festival and another at The Shed in New York—and social media posts as public art

Despite a history of protest and a very present controversy at the museum, this year’s survey of American contemporary art is missing a radical spirit

André Breton’s rarely seen handwritten Surrealist manifesto will take centre stage at a Centre Pompidou exhibition, which includes masterpieces of the movement and gives prominence to overlooked artists

Museums must widen the ways in which they serve their audiences to reflect new forms of social interaction

Some 50 galleries and institutions participated this year in the Art Basel-backed event

Our pick of the city's must-see exhibitions—just the tonic to avoid art-fair fatigue

A revelatory show, which has been years in the making, stretches across three venues in the birthplace of the Renaissance

Andy Warhol, Alvaro Barrington, Tavares Strachan, Beeple, Alberta Whittle, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst among featured visual artists in June shows in Shoreditch, east London

The death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last month, after years of confinement in a Siberian jail, and subsequent quelling of protest, emphasised the flourishing of censorship across a globe riven by geopolitical crises, in a year when democracy is put to the test in more than 70 countries. With the threat of electoral misinformation being boosted by AI-generated content and social media algorithms, artists have been warning of new kinds of censorship. The effect is being felt in real life, online and in social media

The digital art showcase’s third edition, at Art Basel’s hometown fair, offered much-needed historical context while prompting a fundamental question: who is this for?

A new draconian law against protests imposed by Beijing and the end of a more open trade agreement with the US has the city’s arts community worried

Signs of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are everywhere in Latvia—and there's a growing number of culturally disenfranchised citizens, too

All the gossip from Art Basel and beyond

As Notre Dame burned, protestors called the shots and a gold toilet vanished, it was certainly a year to remember

Plus: Fotografiska New York celebrates the opening of a group exhibition on Black femininity

Foundation and Finnish partners seek best architect for proposed Nordic satellite while Frank Gehry refines plans for Saadiyat Island museum&nbsp; <br>

The American artist, known for pushing the boundaries of technology, discusses his new VR installation at the Fondation Beyeler—a work he says he has been “trying to make since 2017”

The archipelago’s first triennial takes place at sites throughout O’ahu, and includes works addressing “paradise economics”, environmentalism and Indigenous sovereignty

Ahead of the sale of a Robert Alice blockchain-based painting at Sotheby's New York, Smith discusses his support for bitcoin and collecting digital art

Japanese galleries return in full force this year, while the percentage of women photographers shown has increased

Andy Warhol the colourist stars in a stand-out exhibition that offers fresh perspectives on curating the world's most familiar artist

If you are craving creativity and are stuck at home, here are the best arty audios to keep you going

From a canon-reshaping survey of Surrealism to an unearthing of the zombie myth

The newly appointed museum director plans to promote site-specific and politically engaged projects

First survey of gallery and auction house staff reveals problems with job security, career paths and inequality

Our expert panel of artists and storytellers review extended reality exhibitions and events

The technology offers the promise of a world in which a work of art’s provenance is held on a single database—if it lives up to the hype

The art market salary report offers insights into salaried employment but the impact of low wages—and having children—in a time of rapid inflation are missing

Charles Jencks revisits his article written for The Art Newspaper in 2000 to survey how museum architecture has evolved since the millennium