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21 January 2026

The Davos arts programme: ‘Art ventures where policy briefs and position papers cannot go’

This year’s Arts and Culture Programme at the World Economic Forum encompasses a wide range of creativity under the theme of A Spirit of Dialogue

The Art Newspaper
21 January 2026

Marina Abramović rolls into Davos with an immersive project that encourages world leaders to take a digital detox

The artist is collaborating with the curator Mirjam Varadinis to create “THE BUS”, a work that allows WEF attendees to focus on the here and now

Gareth Harris
8 January 2026

Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies

In a memo announcing the withdrawals, the president said the organisations ran “contrary to the interests of the United States”

Benjamin Sutton
12 December 2025

Maria Balshaw to step down as Tate director

Balshaw will see out her nine-year tenure by co-curating the largest-ever survey of the artist Tracey Emin in spring 2026

Gareth Harris and Philippa Kelly
12 December 2025

Taichung’s new ‘Museumbrary’ expands Taiwan’s culture credentials

The cutting-edge institution, which opens tomorrow, fuses museum and library in decommissioned military airport

Lisa Movius
1 December 2025

Sixteen must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week

From the late greats Richard Hunt and Joyce Pensato at the Institute of Contemporary Art to Hiba Schahbaz at Moca North Miami, Jack Pierson at the Bass and a look back at the futurism of World’s Fairs at the Wolfsonian

The Art Newspaper
13 November 2025

K11 founder Adrian Cheng on Hong Kong’s art scene, the future of collecting and the creative potential of AI

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

Louis Jebb
2 October 2025

Gaudí’s Casa Batlló to launch contemporary art gallery in previously unseen space

The newly designed gallery will build on the artist's legacy through commissions and new technology

Alexandra F. Coego
2 September 2025

Comment | 'AI will transform the art market—just not how you expect'

The unglamorous world of art market logistics is set to become much more efficient, says Convelio shipping founder Edouard Gouin

Edouard Gouin
29 July 2025

‘I'm excited for the future because it's in great hands’: winners of Somerset House's Talent 25 on what the programme means to them

As the London centre for innovation and contemporary art celebrates 25 years of public opening, its awardees will be mentored by the artist and designer Yinka Ilori

Louis Jebb
16 July 2025

Artists give cultural relevance and nuance to technological advances, new British Council report reveals

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

Louis Jebb
21 March 2022

In a world of digital innovation, what if art becomes… boring?

A virtual reality visit to the Sistine Chapel made me realise that museums are going to have to up their game in order to maintain visitors' interest

Bendor Grosvenor
28 September 2017

“Electronic passport” for artworks wins Investors Allstars award

The Art Newspaper
10 June 2022

Paris Hilton helps Lacma launch fund to acquire digital art by women

The heiress and NFT evangelist is supporting a new acquisition fund at the museum, which has a history of supporting artists working with cutting-edge technology

Claire Voon
13 May 2015

Edward Vaizey to continue as UK’s culture minister

He will work with newly appointed culture secretary John Whittingdale

Martin Bailey
15 April 2025

Podcast | Art Dubai 2025: is the city emerging as a global hub for digital art?

As Art Dubai 2025 kicks off this week, Aimee Dawson speaks with experts in the digital art world to find out if the emirate’s art scene is as futuristic-looking as its skyline

Hosted by Aimee Dawson. Produced by David Clack
1 February 2015

Christie’s buys digital management system

Collectrium is a digital multi-tool for art collection

Richelle Simon
18 January 2024

Technology for social good: how digital artists are using their work to promote inclusivity

San Francisco’s Gray Area Festival and the Bay Area Now 9 Exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts show how art can be used to form—and strengthen— communities

Lauren Gallow and Gretchen Andrew
12 August 2024

'What is the museum of the future?' The National Gallery's forward-looking digital strategy

Experimentation, freedom and in-house content are key to how the gallery engages with its five million followers on social media

George Nelson
18 December 2018

Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery develops blockchain app to bring Russian art to the world

Digital initiative will invite users to explore and sponsor more than 190,000 works in the collection

George Nelson
19 October 2015

How to document heritage sites under threat

Project aims to create virtual archives using 3D scanning technology

Emily Sharpe
4 September 2017

Cultural push for Japan and UK post-Brexit

New Japan-UK season will bring together artists at the forefront of virtual reality and robotics

Gareth Harris
7 February 2023

UK culture ministry shake up: Lucy Frazer named secretary for 'refocussed' department

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has overhauled the country's Department for Culture, Media and Sport Digital, dropping "digital" from its mandate

Tom Seymour
1 December 2010

Museums need to go much further in adapting to the digital age

Are new media museums the future?

András Szántó
30 August 2018

Victoria and Albert Museum brings Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks to life online

New technology allows novices and scholars to zoom in on the artist’s sketches and notes

Gareth Harris
13 January 2022

NFTs IRL: Seattle to be home to first museum dedicated to blockchain art

New institution will include exhibitions about digital art, as well as QR codes for visitors to view NFT works

Tom Seymour
10 September 2018

Cryptocurrencies: a moving target for regulators

"Blockchain participants have had little guidance from regulators as to how they plan to shape the law so as to protect against criminal activity"

Joe Hage
4 June 2024

Icom names Medea Ekner as director general

Ekner, who was appointed interim director general last year, has 25 years of museum experience in Sweden and New Zealand

Catherine Hickley
4 May 2021

Crypto-creep accelerates as Sotheby's accepts Ether and Bitcoin for $5m Banksy painting

The sale this month will be the first time the auction house has accepted cryptocurrency as payment for a physical work of art

Anna Brady
23 August 2021

Van Gogh meets Dubai Mall: a look inside the huge immersive digital art space that has opened in the UAE

Infinity des Lumières is the largest centre of its kind in the region

Rawaa Talass
28 April 2021

Phillips names Stephen Brooks, a former Christie's financial officer, as new chief executive

The current chief, Edward Dolman, will shift in September to a new role as executive chairman of Phillips’ holding company

Daniel Cassady
27 February 2024

Are NFTs dead? Not at Art Dubai

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

Gareth Harris
30 October 2020

The model challenge: how to capture art in 3D for augmented and virtual reality

As the art world rushes to digitise we look at the different ways to create digital renderings of works

Louis Jebb
21 July 2021

From village life to vaccine centre: Museum of the Year 2021 shortlist announced

Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize

Hannah McGivern
5 December 2024

National Portrait Gallery partners with immersive institution to tell the human stories behind its collection

New experience produced by Frameless Creative with London museum to launch national and international tour at MediaCity, Salford, in May 2025

Louis Jebb
7 March 2022

Art Dubai flexes city’s futuristic credentials with focus on NFTs and crypto

Art fair opens in the UAE this week with a new digital arts section and a series of talks on all things metaverse

Aimee Dawson
3 December 2018

Should we relinquish our insistence on privileging original works of art?

Technological wizardry in replication is improving, alongside claims to relocate far-flung treasures

Maxwell L. Anderson
21 November 2024

Paintboxed! Artists invited to work with 1980s digital art tool once championed by Keith Haring and Richard Hamilton

ArtMeta art fair and Tezos ecosystem are taking Quantel Paintbox—used by contemporary art giants four decades ago—on a global tour to introduce it to a new generation of creators

Louis Jebb
9 October 2024

Can London establish itself as digital art capital of the world?

In the game-changing era of NFTs and AI, the city’s diversified art ecosystem has helped it play catch-up as the medium’s global hub

Chris Michaels
24 August 2023

United Talent Agency hires former Sotheby's specialist to lead New York expansion

Harrison Tenzer's hire is part of the group’s “long-term expansion strategy”

Carlie Porterfield
17 February 2020

Instagram residencies: the artists moving into museums' digital spare rooms

As the Musée d’Orsay in Paris appoints an Instagram-artist-in-residence, we look at the growing trend in museums for social media takeovers and collaborations

Aimee Dawson
28 October 2019

Sotheby's replaces Tad Smith with Charles F. Stewart as chief executive

Smith leaves after four and a half years with a $28.2m severance deal, including $16.9m in shares, and will remain as a senior adviser to Stewart

Anny Shaw. with additional reporting by Anna Brady
27 December 2023

From Apple's Vision Pro goggles to digital NG200—six things to look out for in art and tech in 2024

The coming year has buttons for everyone to press including a celebration of the computer artist Harold Cohen and Art Dubai Digital

Louis Jebb
30 April 2017

Online stock exchange for art opens its virtual doors

London- and Prague-based online art trading platform launches full website this month

By Aimee Dawson
28 March 2024

Krista Kim: the entrepreneurial artist who is taking on AI

The Canadian-Korean creative works with light and sound to create Zen for the digital age

Amy Raphael
18 January 2025

An insider's guide to Singapore Art Week: Yeo Shih Yun

The founder of INSTINC art space on the DIY spirit of Singapore’s art scene

The Art Newspaper
20 May 2020

Solange's creative agency spotlights work of Parsons School of Design graduates in online festival

Graduating fashion students will collaborate on a new 3D work with artist Jacolby Satterwhite as end-of-term exhibitions are cancelled due to coronavirus

Gabriella Angeleti
15 January 2020

New Museum and Onassis Foundation join to launch a mixed reality lab in New York

The new venture will offer a dozen artists' residencies and an exhibition space

Gabriella Angeleti
6 November 2019

Artory partners with the Winston Art Group appraisal firm to offer free vetting services

The partnership is the latest collaboration undertaken by the growing blockchain-based art registry to increase “transparency” in the art market

Wallace Ludel
30 April 2021

Indian museum brings artist M F Husain back from the dead using AI

Visitors to the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore can pose questions to a "digital twin" of the late Bombay Progressive Group painter

Kabir Jhala
28 January 2024

Tipping point: how new immersive institutions are changing the art world

Digital art venues are a global phenomenon, attracting massive audiences with radical new forms of immersive experiences. Are they a threat or an opportunity for traditional galleries and museums?

Chris Michaels
30 November 2015

The Art Newspaper China announces winners of its annual art award

Recipients include the Ullens Center, K11 and M+

Lisa Movius
24 December 2019

Olympic games supremo Martin Green to lead 2022 post-Brexit UK festival

Conservative government wants £120m event to “celebrate all four nations’ offer to the world”

Gareth Harris
30 May 2016

Rijksmuseum promotes Taco Dibbits to be new director general

Scholarly head of collections to take overall charge of Dutch national museum of art

Javier Pes
10 July 2023

Labour’s education revolution will put the arts and culture centre stage

The UK's shadow culture minister sets out the Labour party's plan for arts and culture if they win the next election

Lucy Powell. UK Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
3 June 2022

The limitless artistic possibilities of video games, from refugee journeys to wearable wombs, showcased in German exhibition

A new show curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist chronicles decades of artistic innovation employing the tools and technologies of video games

Jad Salfiti
20 September 2022

'Will Christie’s strike gold with its first private fund for tech ventures?'

Crypto might have crashed, but online-only sales and other digital channels are allowing auction houses to deepen their business beyond the thin market for blue-chip art

Melanie Gerlis
17 March 2020

Use £120m Brexit festival money to help UK institutions in coronavirus crisis, Museums Association demands

Advocacy group has warned UK government that museums risk permanent closure due to the pandemic's effect on funding streams

Gareth Harris
15 April 2024

Aleksandra Artamonovskaja is appointed head of arts for TriliTech, the entrepreneurship team supporting Tezos blockchain

Artamonovskaja, a leading consultant and moderator in the Web3 world, will oversee development of opportunities for artists across the Tezos ecosystem

Louis Jebb
19 June 2024

Where next for Korea’s booming art scene?

As South Korea’s presence in the international art world grows rapidly, we look at what makes it unique and the challenges it faces

Aimee Dawson
5 July 2022

From a new recording of the song that made Bob Dylan famous to a gay rights protest artefact: our pick of the highlights from this summer's sales

Plus, a “crypto-jukebox”, a striking piece of Modern British silver and a sea battle by a Dutch Old Master

Riah Pryor
17 October 2023

Proposed US legislation would penalise use of AI to generate someone’s likeness without their consent

The No Fakes Act has been proposed by four US Senators and garnered support from organisations representing creative industries

Theo Belci
11 October 2018

Major Ebsworth Collection sale at Christie’s marks the first blockchain-recorded auction

Estimated at $300m, the sale of American Modernist masterpieces will be digitally encrypted by the blockchain startup Artory

Margaret Carrigan
1 March 2000

The 2000 Whitney Biennial: A return to the halcyon days of American Art or the dawn of a new era?

The pull of past traditions is juxtaposed with the push of digital innovations

Adrian Dannatt
4 August 2016

Magnus app founder hits back at critics

Move towards "greater and greater" transparency cannot be stopped, he says

Melanie Gerlis
26 November 2019

Arts commentators question Conservative Party's controversial £120m ‘festival of Brexit’

Will artists and institutions participate in “national celebration” planned for 2022?

Gareth Harris
30 April 2011

New York’s digital shorts: 'Made Here' explores artists’ relationships with the city

The web-based videos looks into the lives of performers and artists

Iain Miller
11 September 2020

Museum of Memory dedicated to victims of state violence wins prize in Nicaragua

While its physical location was closed by the combined impact of government reprisals and the global pandemic, the museum lives on as a digital space

Christian Viveros-Fauné
1 April 2024

Quantum leap: how a decade of NFTs has changed digital art

Two books take a look at the past and future of the non-fungible token. Once seen as the creature of market hype, the NFT now promises the first shared technical standard for the digital art world

Chris Michaels
10 November 2023

Turkey opens new archaeology institute in quake-hit city

Researchers are hopeful the state-of-the-art Turkish Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Institute will enhance international collaboration in the field

Ayla Jean Yackley
1 March 2017

Instrumental versus ideal art

Art for art’s sake, or for the sake of socioeconomic benefits? Two writers reach very different conclusions

By Angus Kennedy
18 March 2020

As Art Basel in Hong Kong launches online, we look at how the art market is using cyberspace to combat coronavirus

From VIP virtual viewing rooms to grassroots digital action

Kabir Jhala. with additional reporting by Margaret Carrigan
5 January 2016

The 21st-century Tate is a commonwealth of ideas

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

26 August 2020

Phillips rolls out 'Articker' to predict the next hot artists through exhibitions and media coverage

Like a stock ticker, the new data platform scrapes the internet to give users a constant stream of information about art

Georgina Adam
22 November 2017

Celebration and self-deprecation at Apollo Awards

Louisa Buck
23 July 2021

Lost Art: Do NFTs mean the end of real-world art?

The digital works can be seen as just the latest overhyped trend, or the newest incarnation of using technology to create art

Noah Charney
28 December 2021

The 'Wild West' of finance: governments want to regulate NFTs and cryptocurrencies, but first they have to catch up

This booming but unregulated market is under scrutiny in the US and UK, but legislation is lagging behind innovation

Riah Pryor
19 March 2021

Pussy Riot's weekly NFT drop is just one instance of Russian and Ukrainian artists embracing new modes of online selling

Other creators have been selling works on Clubhouse and dedicated Facebook groups

Sophia Kishkovsky
20 July 2021

Almost all galleries are back for Art Basel’s 2021 edition as Switzerland eases travel restrictions (for now)

Basel edition will continue hybrid model and satellite booths introduced in Hong Kong

Kabir Jhala
22 December 2021

Have price and value in the art market parted ways for good?

In the current climate, where a teenaged NFT artist can sell for $2.9m and Old Masters have fallen out of fashion, the fickle art market has become the presiding judge of aesthetic achievement

Scott Reyburn
30 May 2024

The art world's AI dilemma: informed insight from industry experts

The artist Refik Anadol, the museum director Thomas Campbell and the Future Art Ecosystems team at Serpentine share insights on how to thrive while working with artificial intelligence in 2024

Louis Jebb and Gareth Harris
1 March 2024

Ten years on: art world is still in search of its virtual reality Eden

In March 2014, Facebook bought Oculus VR, heralding a new era in extended reality. Will the arrival of the Apple Vision Pro move the medium from artistic experiment to widespread use?

Ben Luke
4 October 2022

Changing of the guard: why it’s time for the art world to take a step back from Instagram

The "Insta' gratification" column will now explore the full spectrum of social media and its uses in the art world

Aimee Dawson
8 March 2023

Happy International Women's Day! Female artists still dwarfed by male counterparts at auction—but ‘ultra-contemporary’ sales offer hope

New report by Artsy finds that work by women accounted for less than 10% of auction sales in 2022

Riah Pryor
18 October 2024

Dana-Fiona Armour wins Sigg Art Prize for work that integrates artificial intelligence

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

Louis Jebb
11 April 2022

Ghanaian pavilion: returning country's presentation to spill out across Venice

For its second appearance at the Biennale, Ghana will install modular bamboo structures in locations around the city

Jareh Das
5 May 2020

Game on: artists turn to the virtual world of video games during the pandemic

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

Helen Stoilas
6 December 2024

Museums without vitrines: the Scottish research team transforming the way we view art

An extended reality platform being developed by a Scottish university allows users to “teleport” around virtual museums

Hannah McGivern
25 May 2021

Germany launches African museum exchange programme to discuss returning looted objects

New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution

Catherine Hickley
23 July 2021

Why the art market must stop trying to predict the unpredictable and enjoy a well deserved #hotgirlsummer

Life is still uncertain but we know the industry can keep functioning against all odds through the pandemic, so enjoy the sun and save the questions for the autumn

Melanie Gerlis
18 January 2025

An insider's guide to Singapore Art Week: Emmeline Yong

The co-founder and director of Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film on her upcoming exhibitions and the best place to see the city's skyline

The Art Newspaper
10 April 2023

'The nipple has not been freed! The art world must continue to fight Meta over gender discrimination'

Social media giant has been taken to task for its notorious “female nipple” guideline, but the battle for creatives' freedom of expression is not yet over

Emma Shapiro
11 November 2016

Can you digit? A media art pioneer celebrates 15 years

New York's bitforms gallery brings show of digital works to San Francisco

Jane Morris
19 September 2024

Why it's time for museums to take risks—or risk obsolescence

Jorrit Britschgi, executive director of the Rubin Museum of Art, on ‘embracing non-attachment and impermanence’

Jorrit Britschgi
6 September 2023

The market for photography is on a roll

The launch of Photofairs New York during Armory Week reflects a resurgent market for photographs and related media

Alexandra Bregman
30 June 2023

Is AI generating an ‘averaged’, one-sided, view of art history?

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”

Clara Che Wei Peh
8 March 2018

Big data meets Old Masters at Tefaf Maastricht

As artificial intelligence becomes more common, the market is embracing tools that might help to bring digital natives into the Golden Age

Anna Brady
1 April 2022

Latest volume of Gerhard Richter catalogue raisonné presents the contemporary German master’s vast, vivid output

Sixth book explores the artist’s oeuvre, from the Cologne Cathedral window in 2007 to his last sculptures in 2019

Alexander Adams
18 June 2024

Sotheby's launches first fine art Sealed auction without reserve

Yayoi Kusama's "Phantom Polka Dots of Fate, Ordained by Heaven, Were the Greatest Gift Ever for Me" to be sold by Sealed Auctions and on view in Sotheby’s New Bond Street Galleries. Success of Sealed Auctions has led to an expansion into fine art

By Max Moore. SVP, Head of Sealed Sales, Global Fine Art
1 May 2020

As the art world urgently moves online, some galleries fear digital displacement

Just as mega dealers have bought up prime real estate, so too are they dominating bandwidth in the virtual landscape

Margaret Carrigan
29 March 2024

Robert Alice breaks new ground with auction of generative art NFTs on Christie's 3.0

Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"

Louis Jebb
4 July 2025

Mechanical engineer develops AI-generated digital masks to restore damaged paintings

Alex Kachkine, a PhD student at MIT, art-lover and self-taught restorer, wanted to provide conservators with another “tool in the toolbox”

Kimberly Hatfield
15 May 2020

With a haunting sculpture, the Met expands its push into augmented reality

Curator provides audio narration for 3D experience of a Taíno religious figure

Nancy Kenney
3 December 2019

The UK's culture secretary conveyor belt: who will be next?

As the election looms this month and Nicky Morgan announces she is standing down, the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport prepares for its latest secretary of state

Martin Bailey
17 June 2022

From anti-Putin Pussy power to Chance the Rapper's new track: the latest gossip from Art Basel

Plus, a super exclusive club, Tezos takes on 1970s tech and the door to Switzerland swings wide open

The Art Newspaper
9 October 2023

Exclusive: UK shadow culture secretary to map out first national infrastructure plan for the arts

In an interview ahead of the Labour conference, Thangam Debbonaire also promises action on artist visas, copyright law and artificial intelligence

Tom Seymour
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