The fair will celebrate its 20th anniversary in cities including Seoul and Aspen

The non-partisan Government Accountability Office says the Trump administration illegally impounded federal funding that had been approved by Congress

The much-lauded temporary pavilion in Melbourne designed by the Japanese architect was facing an uncertain future

The Mystic Seaport Museum's new show uses blubber hooks, whale foetuses, scrimshaw and a giant mural to recount how the whale oil industry fueled capitalism's expansion

Works by Michael Armitage, Adrian Ghenie and Frank Bowling were also among the highest-priced pieces sold

Plus: Participative VR exhibition has big names queueing, and in Italy truffles come before art

Young people enjoy free entry to Art Basel this week, while Frieze keeps charges low for the under-12s

The country’s cultural offensive also comes ahead of the opening of a clutch of museums

The donation, from the Vancouver-based collector and businessman Bob Rennie, is the largest in the gallery's history

Sajet said it was “not an easy decision” but “the best way to serve the institution I hold so deeply in my heart”

Guards at the Natural History, Science and Victoria & Albert Museums—all of whom are employed by an external contractor—will now earn a base salary in line with the London Living Wage

Around 100 workers at the US federal agency were let go on Tuesday, following orders from the Trump administration

The flag flew on battleship of Cuthbert Collingwood, who took over fleet command after Horatio Nelson was shot by a sniper at moment of victory

Gallerists and artists from around the US have set up shop at the Tourists hotel in North Adams, Massachusetts

Anish Kapoor and Zineb Sedira are among the artists whose work is represented on the provisional list

Amid a drop in global sales and looming US tariffs, when Art Basel opens next week it will appeal to emerging collectors with a brand-new Premiere section for ultra-contemporary work, says the fair's director

Among the highlights in the exhibition opening at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice next year will be a painting created by a teenage Lucian Freud

The works on show in this year’s sprawling art festival explore the many aspects that make up Liverpool’s character, from its physical structure to the foundational values of its communities

The artist-soulmates are the subjects of a new exhibition, opening in Prague on 5 June

The mobility aid has become a creative accessory for the artist, whose latest exhibition is on display at Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

The Brazilian documentarian was internationally known for his panoramic photographs of humanity surviving on the edge and for his work as a campaigning environmentalist

BBC executive, who has died aged 78, profiled artists in his Arena and Imagine series

The executive director of Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town, had been due to announce her plans as curator of the international exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics and the first from the Americas or the southern hemisphere to hold the office

David Attenborough’s new documentary “Ocean” and the activist group Ocean Rebellion are harnessing imagery in the fight against marine destruction

“With the return of an emboldened Trump administration, our communities are facing a sustained campaign of hostility and a chilling rollback of civil rights”

Engaging with the difficult histories behind objects has deepened, not dampened, my experiences at cultural institutions—and the fact it is different for everyone is a good thing

A 1988 amendment to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, secured by Howard Berman, could stop art imports being hit by Trump's tariff hike

Our round-up of the latest art publications

All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from a pivotal novel to a book on how Postmodernism “shapes all aspects of contemporary life”—selected by The Cosmic House director Eszter Steierhoffer

The critic J. Hoberman’s take on Manhattan counterculture charts the rise of artists such as Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono

Scholars have speculated for centuries about the meaning behind the 15th-century codex and its peculiar illustrations

The painting goes to the block ahead of Oasis's much anticipated reunion tour later this summer—perfect timing, some might say

Could the 100-item lot be enough to distract the controversial billionaire from his current spat with President Donald Trump?

‘The Pianist’ star's new works have, to say the least, divided art world commentators

The 20 centimetre contraceptive was most likely made from a sheep’s appendix

The often violent history of public statues and museum collections—including that of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum—is told in this biographical book that energises and exasperates in equal measure.

A survey tracing the city’s greatest ornaments from antiquity to the present day originated as a series of lectures

The essential guide now includes colour photographs of 95 works

The new study of the Da Vinci brand uses historical context to debunk the artist’s cult status and present him as a man of his time

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

Anadol will reimagine the Argentine megastar’s famous 2009 header as a data sculpture which will be sold at Christie’s

Berlin-based Michael Najjar has been working with scientists in Greenland to tell stories with images designed to replace familiar memes of environmental journalism

The California institution is one of the top five museums for social media growth in the world in the past year. We spoke to the museum's director of digital and social content strategy