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Montclair Art Museum reimagines its Native collection
“Interwoven Power” uses a fresh curatorial lens to change the way viewers engage with Indigenous art
In Lebanon, many galleries have closed, and staff and artists have fled—but others are carrying on
As Israel continues its offensive against Hezbollah, ‘art spaces allow people to escape’, says the gallery founder Saleh Barakat
Climate change, racial violence, systemic inequity: New Orleans triennial confronts many of society's biggest problems
The latest edition of Prospect looks at how the city has been a harbinger for different issues, such as the climate crisis and the traumas of racial violence
‘Obscenity’ dispute imperils nudes by major Indian artists F. N. Souza and Akbar Padamsee
The fate of seven works, seized by Mumbai customs last year due to their sensitive content, hangs in the balance
Leonardo Cartoon was ‘presentation drawing’ in Florence commission bid
Leonardo’s largest known drawing was hung with the Mona Lisa in his studio, says Per Rumberg, the curator of the Royal Academy’s Florentine Old Masters exhibition opening this month
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
American sculpture: race and racism, Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art, Jusepe de Ribera in Paris — podcast
A chat about a Washington show offering a radical new perspective on the history of sculpture, plus how the major Polish museum has journeyed through political change towards opening, and a discussion of Ribera’s “most moving” work
Art market
In the face of economic uncertainty, Art x Lagos focuses on non-commercial programming
The fair—opening with Nigeria’s naira in a slump—has carried forward its “concise” gallery section format from last year and expanded its broader activities
'A real leap of faith': Swiss auction house to offer works authenticated by AI
The move fuels the debate about whether artificial intelligence can replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship
Revealed: the surreal dispute over Leonora Carrington’s late bronze sculptures
Scholars and heirs are divided over bronze editions attributed to the British-Mexican Surrealist’s final years
The ADAA Art Show spotlights the Houston art scene
The fair's new "Spotlight On..." programme will call attention to a new city each year
Two-for-one: double-sided Van Dyck to be sold at Christie's
An Andalusian horse was last sold at the auction house in 2000, after which another landscape was discovered, hidden on the back
Museums & Heritage
Come one, come all: Museum of Sex finally opens in Miami
After postponing for more than a year, the museum’s second location celebrates with a debaucherous Halloween party
Nazi-looted art panel rejects claim from Grosz's heirs
The panel said there is no evidence that the works, which are held in the collection of Bremen Kunsthalle, were lost as a result of Nazi persecution
A new study seeks to establish ethical collecting practices for US museums
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center’s three-year national study amplifies ongoing calls for transparency and will provide a collecting framework
New-York Historical Society changes its name and reveals plans for new $175m wing
The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial
After 20 years without a permanent home, Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art will open this month
The museum is preparing to open a major new building in the heart of the Polish capital
Exhibitions
Montclair Art Museum reimagines its Native collection
“Interwoven Power” uses a fresh curatorial lens to change the way viewers engage with Indigenous art
November’s must-see exhibitions: Leonardo, Orphism and a beautiful exploration of 14th-century Siena
The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month
Sameer Farooq’s library of flatbreads at the Toronto Biennial serves as a map of the city’s diasporic communities
The artist has been researching flatbreads and tandoors, the community ovens where they are often baked, in countries around the world since 2020
Christine Tohmé appointed curator of 18th Istanbul Biennial
The announcement follows a row over the initial appointment of Iwona Blazwick as the curator of the edition
Artists Kim Schoen and Kim Schoenstadt make light of mistaken identities in collaborative show
This Venn diagram of a gallery exhibition leans into the ongoing confusion of the Los Angeles artists
Obituaries
Remembering Hanif Kureshi, the artist credited with popularising street art in India
Kureshi decorated India’s public spaces with beautiful, provocative and socially engaged murals
Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 60
Acclaimed photojournalist's teenage son charged with his murder on a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles
François Duret-Robert, art market journalist, professor and collector, has died aged 92
The former editor of Connaissance des Arts was a leading figure in the French art market
‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80
Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs
Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87
Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism
Diary
Burner phones and erotic art go under the hammer in Banksy sale
Steve Lazarides, the street artist's former driver and dealer, is putting his archive on the block in Los Angeles
Erection of phallic sculpture in Naples sparks heated debate
Gaetano Pesce’s new public sculpture enflames city councillors
Grayson Perry and Rana Begum take the 10gram sculpture challenge
Forty artists have contributed to The Royal Society of Sculptors fundraising campaign
Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo
Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move
The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again in New York
Luna Luna, featuring a carousel by Keith Haring and David Hockney's enchanted forest, is travelling to The Shed
Opinion
Comment | In the run up to the US election, Boston's Museum of Fine Art is hopeful about art's role in a democratic future
The museum's latest exhibition explains and scrutinises democracy through objects spanning 2,500 years
Steve McQueen delves into family history at Dia Chelsea
Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially motivated violence told by his father against images of the actor Al Jonson in blackface
Comment | Paris vs London debate is a 'non-troversy', says Christie's Guillaume Cerutti
Auction house chief executive argues that of greater concern is the decline of Europe's art market as America and Asia charge ahead
Comment | I thought I knew Stevie Wonder’s music until Arthur Jafa showed it in a new light
American artist Jafa's recent video work recontextualises Wonder's song 'As' as well as the film 'Taxi Driver'
The new auction calendar: everything, everywhere, at every opportunity
All change as the final auction season of 2024 goes into full swing
Books
A sensitive portrait of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner—Boston's millionaire Bohémienne
A biography of Gardner captures her extraordinary life story with empathy
A new monograph highlights Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody as one of Britain's most important Modernists
Moody defied family expectations to pursue his art, and is now celebrated in an exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield
The life and art of Mabel Nicholson: new volume tells of the career catastrophe of domestic bliss
How lovingly raising her artistic family cost an artist of “tensile strength” her own fame
Two publications show how, in Caspar David Friedrich's world, mankind is puny against nature’s power
The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide
Five of the best art books hitting the shelves this autumn
Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months
Book Club
‘The artist the critics love to hate’: the colourful life of sports star painter and Playboy illustrator LeRoy Neiman
We speak to the author of a new biography that reassesses the legacy of the “hustler” artist who rubbed shoulders with celebrities
An expert’s guide to Helen Frankenthaler: five must-read books on the Abstract Expressionist
All you ever wanted to know about Frankenthaler, from a seminal monograph to the story of the bohemian world that forged her—selected by the curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon
In Pictures | Artist billboards across America tell a story of US politics today
Ahead of the November presidential election, a new book by the For Freedoms organisation brings together the topical and political posters that it has commissioned since 2016
October Book Bag: from a publication about money in art to tales of London art market rogues
Our round-up of the latest art publications
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with…Sonia Boyce — podcast
An in-depth interview with the Golden Lion-winner, discussing her shift to social practice, the influence of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and how William Morris’s wallpaper designs have made their way into her work
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
Van Gogh exhibitions coming up in 2025: the global programme revealed
Ambitious shows to open in Boston, Amsterdam, Tokyo...
Technology
News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.
From roving gallery to London’s Mayfair: Unit’s social media journey, 11 years on
Joe Kennedy and Jonny Burt didn’t have any of the traditional things needed to start a gallery—but they did have the power of Instagram
New York's Salon 94 is feeling the TikTok visitor effect
A content creator's positive post has led to a massive uptick in the gallery's footfall
Artists Amoako Boafo, Hans Haacke and Deborah Butterfield among thousands to sign statement against AI content scraping
Artists and organisations across the creative industries have come out in opposition to the practice of AI firms training their technology with copyrighted, unlicensed material
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
Theresa Reiwer wins top award at Lumen Prize for digital art
German-born artist working on ethics and AI leads the winners in nine categories of 13th annual edition of the world’s leading prize for art created with technology
Back and forth in time: the Art Week Tokyo video programme
'Between Contrail and Mountains' brings together works by 13 international artists evoking 'different ways of relating to our life here on Earth'
During Art Week Tokyo, one exhibition is rediscovering the art of Japan’s ‘lost decades’
From Neo-Pop to the Zero Zero Generation to 3/11, the Ryutaro Takahashi collection traces the past 30 years of Japanese contemporary art