News
Lawyers for teenager accused of throwing boy from tenth-floor of Tate Modern seek psychiatric reports
Defendant remains in custody until trial in February
BlogIn the frame
In homage: Kara Walker’s silhouette of Toni Morrison for The New Yorker
News
Teenager charged with attempted murder after six-year-old boy is ‘thrown’ from tenth floor of Tate Modern
Metropolitan Police are exploring mental health as a line of inquiry
NewsExhibitions
Olafur Eliasson: the art world is 'trying to find its feet' on climate change
Artist's Tate Modern retrospective features works drawn largely from European collections in an effort to reduce carbon footprint
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the magnetic Takis at Tate Modern to destruction and preservation of culture at the Imperial War Museum
PreviewExhibitions
Electromagnetic man: Tate Modern attracts largest UK exhibition of Takis
The experimental Greek artist will show works from the 1950s to the early 2000s, including a rarely seen kinetic pendulum sculpture
PreviewExhibitions
At last, Dora Maar emerges from her lover Picasso’s shadow
Major survey of the Surrealist photographer at Centre Pompidou will travel to Tate Modern and the Getty Center
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From imperturbable colourful calm at White Cube Bermondsey to Mandy El-Sayegh's information overload at the Chisenhale Gallery
NewsProtest
Extinction Rebellion protesters to stage ‘die-in’ at Tate Modern
The climate change activists are targeting the museum because they say its “fortune was built on sugar cane production from colonial exploitation”
NewsTate Modern
Tate resumes contact with Anthony d’Offay after sexual harassment allegations investigated
National Galleries of Scotland trustees also rally round former dealer and Artist Rooms creator
BlogDiary
Green horsewoman of the environmental apocalypse declare climate emergency at Tate
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2019
Art's Most Popular: here are 2018's most visited shows and museums
Fashion continues upward trend in the US, shooting to the top of The Art Newspaper's chart, while the British Museum slips from the top spot in the UK
NewsPerformance art
After making waves in Venice, Anne Imhof unleashes her Sex piece at Tate Modern
Performers will reflect the "fluidity between binaries" across full suite of spaces in the Tanks
NewsKara Walker
Southern discomfort: Kara Walker to take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn
The Tate had previously purchased a large linoleum silhouette work by Walker in 1998
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the surreal sights of Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern to the trompe l’oeils and Parisian scenes of Louis-Léopold Boilly at the National Gallery
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From exquisite Elizabethan portrait miniatures at the National Portrait Gallery to Franz West's playful sculptures at Tate Modern
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Sarah Lucas puts egg, cement and breezeblocks on the face of Tate Modern's Franz West show
NewsTate Modern
Glass flats 'come at the price of privacy', judge rules in case in favour of Tate Modern against residents
Demands that the gallery close off part of its viewing-platform to prevent an invasion of privacy are dismissed in high court
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Pierre Bonnard's colours-turned-up-to-11 at Tate Modern to Bill Viola's dust up with Michelangelo at the Royal Academy of Arts
NewsTate Modern
Tate partners with Hyundai to promote non-Western art
New research centre project means South Korean motor company is now probably the largest corporate sponsor of visual arts for UK museums
PreviewExhibitions
Tate Modern takes a ‘slow look’ at Pierre Bonnard’s fleeting moments
Exhibition aims to reassess French artist’s reputation and revel in depth and detail of his work
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Grace Wales Bonner's group show at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to a last chance to see Christian Marclay's The Clock at Tate Modern
NewsObituaries
Nicola L., known for her feminist functional design, has died at 81
The artist’s 50-year career transcended art and design and provided humourous political critique
NewsClimate Change
Olafur Eliasson's latest work is melting away on the bank of the Thames in London
Public sculpture unveiled to coincide with the COP24 climate summit in Poland
AnalysisThe Year In Review
From counting muddles to collective cuddles: the art world's highs and lows of 2018
The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget
NewsPodcast
A monument to the Holocaust in textile: Anni Albers’s Six Prayers
On this week’s podcast, we hear about the solemn memorial at the heart of Tate Modern’s survey of the Bauhaus artist
NewsExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Anni Albers' textile masterclass at Tate Modern, to an exploration of artist couples at the Barbican
FeatureAnni Albers
Paul Smith gets wrapped up in the work of the Bauhaus
After a life of collaborating with commercial brands, Anni Albers' foundation has posthumously licensed a design to be used by the UK fashion designer
FeatureAnni Albers
Weaving walls: how Anni Albers challenged Bauhaus prejudice
Founder Walter Gropius had limited expectations of the school’s “beautiful sex”, but one student quietly subverted them with a new category: the textile artist
NewsFrieze London 2018
Tania Bruguera: Why I renamed Tate Modern
The performance artist on using her Turbine Hall commission to reach out to local people
NewsCommissions
Tania Bruguera renames Tate Modern after local London activist as part of Turbine Hall commission
Heat-sensitive floor work and crying room part of “stealth” piece pushing positive aspects of migration
NewsPodcast
Christian Marclay on the physical demands of making The Clock
The Swiss-American artist tells this week’s The Art Newspaper podcast about the effects of the three years’ editing of his masterpiece, now on view at Tate Modern
NewsArtists
Portrait of the future at Tate: Steve McQueen plans to photograph every seven-year-old in London
Images of primary school children will go on show at Tate Britain alongside survey of Oscar winner’s work at Tate Modern
BlogThe Buck stopped here
William Kentridge outplays the England match with Tate premiere of performance The Head and the Load
NewsArt Basel 2018
William Kentridge honours Africans in the Great War
A taster of the artist’s latest project is on show at Art Basel ahead of its unveiling at Tate Modern in London
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Joan Jonas moves off the land and into the ocean for Tate Modern performance
FeatureTate
The struggle behind Tate Modern's birth
Recently opened Tate archives reveal wrangling over division of British and international art in early 1990s
NewsTate Modern
Tate Modern hit with protests over cleaner dispute
There has been controversy at the gallery over the sponsor for the Picasso 1932 exhibition
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Joan Jonas and Ozu the poodle reign supreme at Tate Modern
NewsThree to see
Three to see: London
From Tacita Dean's double-header, including films of David Hockney and fermenting pears, to a Tate Modern takeover by Joan Jonas
PreviewExhibitions
Performance pioneer Joan Jonas takes over Tate Modern
Survey of US artist at the London gallery includes an exhibition, performance and film programme
NewsThree to see
Three to see: London
From Picasso's year of masterpieces at Tate Modern to his fellow Spaniard Murillo's portraits at the National Gallery
PreviewExhibitions
Dreaming to drowning: a year in the life of Picasso
Tate Modern’s major new show focuses on 1932, a period of turbulent creativity that gave rise to some of the artist’s greatest work
NewsAttendance
Why visitor numbers at two of London’s major museums have plunged
Fewer blockbusters the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery meant UK audiences stayed away
NewsTate Modern
Tania Bruguera to create next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
Cuban artist has previously shown performance piece with horse mounted police officers in museum’s cavernous space
NewsControversies
Campaign group calls on Tate to remove Anthony d’Offay from its programme
The museum has already suspended contact with the retired dealer who is accused of sexual harassment
NewsRasheed Araeen
Rasheed Araeen says British museums are failing to tell full story of 'multiracial' country
Tate rejected artist's project detailing “most inclusive history of art in post-war Britain”
BlogIn the frame
Tate gets Emeka Ogboh’s stock market-data piece (thanks to Modern Forms)
NewsThree to see
Three to see: London
From Modigliani’s "indecent" nude to two shows exploring very different relationships
PreviewExhibitions
Tate Modern takes special precautions to make sure its Modiglianis are real in market bedevilled by fakes
New exhibition will look at artist’s early sculpture and include nude from show once shut down for indecency
InterviewFrieze 2017
Superflex swings into political action
The Danish collective’s new commission extends beyond the cavernous space of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
NewsFrieze 2017
Frieze diary: Georgina Starr's parallel universe, A-listers descend on the Tate, plus more London gossip
NewsTate Modern
Visitors clock in and make pots on Tate Modern’s factory production line
Installation developed by Clare Twomey explores issues around collective labour
NewsExhibitions
Picasso show to reunite trio of Marie-Thérèse Walter nudes for first time since 1932
Tate Modern exhibition will include several portraits of artist’s 22 year-old muse
CommentVerbier Art Summit
Art in sensitive times
In the face of turbulent times the public art museum has a difficult, but essential role to hold open an open space for dissenting experiences of art and culture
Maria Balshaw