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UK government announces raft of new museum trustees, including artist Isaac Julien and ‘Traitors’ presenter Claudia Winkleman
Appointments have been made at the British Museum, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum
Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle
Years later, inspired by Vincent’s paintings, the French artist became a “wild beast”
A new documentary asks how King Charles was hoodwinked by forged paintings
The film examines the scandal of fakes lent by James Stunt to a royal residence, including works supposedly by Monet, Salvador Dalí and Picasso
Sotheby's to sell art belonging to Brazil's Lady of the Resistance
The journalist and collector Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, who established the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, was exiled after speaking out against Brazil's military dictatorship
Japan is opening its eyes to women photographers—and to the female gaze
Denied recognition and even credit for their work until recent times, Japan’s women photographers are challenging and subverting traditional assumptions about the female body
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Jack Whitten at MoMA, Paris Noir at the Pompidou, Arpita Singh at the Serpentine—podcast
Tracing Whitten’s artistic development with the largest ever show of his work, the story of an exhibition exploring the lives of Black artists in France, and Hans Ulrich Obrist on a monumental painting by the esteemed Indian artist Singh
Art market
Record for Indian painting at auction smashed by $13.7m M.F. Husain
The work sold at Christie’s New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave
New York art adviser Lisa Schiff sentenced to prison for fraud
Once a high-profile adviser to elite art collectors, Schiff will spend 30 months in prison
São Paulo's newest gallery knows you must ‘burn cash to support great artists’
Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, founded by two former Mendes Wood DM employees and a seasoned collector, opens this week with a 20-strong roster and a clear vision for success
London's oldest art fair celebrates its 40th anniversary
The London Original Print Fair launched in 1985 when the concept of art fairs was in its infancy. Its director of 38 years, Helen Rosslyn, reflects on its longevity
Art collector James Stunt found not guilty of money-laundering
The entrepreneur was accused along with four others, who were found guilty
Museums & Heritage
Trump appoints deputy secretary of US Labor Department to lead museum-funding agency marked for elimination
Keith Sonderling, the new acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, plans to steer the agency to “promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country”
Bigger is not better and free admission costs institutions less, museum report finds
Remuseum’s second report concludes that admission fees are raising few funds and keeping out potential visitors—and expansions are often not worth the money
‘The missiles will not erase his mark on our hearts’: Palestinian artist killed in Israeli strikes
Dorgham Quraiqi, was working with the UK charity Hope and Play, when the remains of his house were bombed
A new destination for contemporary art takes shape in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Construction on the Eacheve Foundation’s new complex broke ground in January and is on track to be completed in time for an opening in autumn 2025
ICA Boston launches $100,000 award for women artists, with Sarah Sze winning inaugural edition
The new Meraki Artist Prize is funded by Fotene Demoulas, whose family owns the Market Basket supermarket chain
Exhibitions
Massachusetts museum presents an artist's intimate portrait of a dying glacier
Ohan Breiding’s experimental film and photography, on view at Mass Moca, pay homage to the disappearing Rhône Glacier in Switzerland
Esteemed private collection of Roman marbles is starting its North American tour
Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal
‘A time travelling conversation about life and art’: the botanical collages of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton
The exhibition opening at Bath's No.1 Royal Crescent, which pairs works by the 18th-century collagist and the contemporary artist, is part of a series of shows attempting to draw new audiences to the gallery
Gillian Wearing and Michael Landy’s joint exhibition shows the artistic power of love
The artist couple’s show in Naples, Italy, also taps into the city’s religious heritage
Louise Giovanelli: ‘Because of the curtains and tinsel, people think I grew up with working men’s clubs’
The UK painter’s first major museum show, at the Hepworth Wakefield, offers recognition of a talent whose ambiguous works can shift between the humdrum of the ordinary and the ecstasy of revelation
Opinion
Comment | Works of art are living things—so should we let them die?
The cost—financially and environmentally—of preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look after them
Comment | Balanchine is Modern master whose impact on contemporary art should not be overlooked
The choreographer’s formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to contemporary performance art
Comment | The UK is attempting to pry open a notorious data ‘backdoor’—here's why that's alarming for artists
Emma Shapiro on the UK government's secret order to break end-to-end encryption and allow access to all citizens’ Apple iCloud data
Tristram Hunt: 'The government needs to cancel the British Council’s debt'
The V&A director on the dangers of the cash-strapped cultural organisation disappearing
Comment | Five years after opening, Cromwell Place looks more like a V&A piggybacker than a market disruptor
The London commercial gallery initially had big ambitions, but is now having more success feeding off the nearby Victoria & Albert Museum
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.
Did AI just authenticate a version of one of Rubens’s most famous works?
A Swiss company has examined a version of Rubens’s ‘The Bath of Diana’, which was long thought to be a copy, and believes it could be authentic—the leading authority on the artist takes a different view
Marina Abramović in her Element: performance artist announces new NFT drop designed to create a ‘bridge’ to young generation
Her first NFT collection since 2022 is inspired by different aspects of her life and work
RedNote and TikTok: what is social media like in the Chinese art world?
Killer algorithms, a huge influencer culture and the 'sweet spot' of RedNote
Here's how the EU is aiding artists in tackling social media moderation issues
Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression
An architect’s dream: Refik Anadol launches AI tribute to Frank Gehry at Guggenheim Bilbao
The media artist presents “Living Architecture: Gehry”, generated from a new large architecture model containing visual data from the LA-based architect’s 65 years in practice
Book Club
‘He could be grotesquely, wildly intemperate’: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes
A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks at what made him tick
An expert’s guide to Vanessa Bell: five must-read books on the Bloomsbury Group artist
All you ever wanted to know about Bell, from a comprehensive biography to a controversial memoir by her daughter—selected by Charleston’s head of collections Darren Clarke
Tacita Dean on why she has made a book about her night in a museum with Cy Twombly’s art
The British artist has published a new book of detailed photographs of her hero’s work
March Book Bag: from a compilation of artist love stories to a polemic questioning morality in art
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Books
Review | ‘An utterly positive and dangerously irrelevant’ book written by the chief executive of Arts Council England
This journey through the UK’s publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis
A new monograph places the writing, painting and archive photographs of Aubrey Williams in thrilling conversation
The publication about the Guyanese-born artist includes diary entries and several works that have been photographed for the first time
New book celebrates William Butterfield, a master of High Victorian Gothic architecture
Nicholas Olsberg’s publication offers a learned analysis of the architect’s work, which includes Oxford’s Keble College and central London’s All Saints church
A new volume explores the intimate art of drawing, as seen through a wider lens
This “alternative” history navigates the medium through artists on the margins, as well as established practitioners
Beetlejuice and beyond: the origins of Tim Burton’s world of gothic romance and its enduring influence
Catalogue accompanying exhibition at London’s Design Museum explores the US film-maker’s unique aesthetic
Diary
London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery is feeding more than passions
The gallery in leafy south London suburb will begin hosting a farmer’s market this weekend
Grayson Perry flips the bird at art world snobbery with Masked Singer appearance
The Turner prize winning potter stunned viewers and hosts of the popular TV show after revealing himself as the voice behind the kingfisher costume
Back of the net: Eric Cantona and Ella Toone team up with top art world figures to kick off Manchester International Festival
Rose Wylie, Ryan Gander, Alvaro Barrington and Paul Pfeiffer are among the artists participating in the exhibition ‘Football City, Art United’
Tracey Emin protégé gets first solo show
Bianca Raffaella’s flower paintings have been unveiled in London
Mickalene Thomas is bringing the glam to motorsport
The artist’s wrap design for a McLaren racing car is set to turn heads on the track
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with… Renée Green — podcast
Renée, known for her installations, video pieces and texts, reflects on the nature of ideas, on subjectivity and perception, and on memory—personal and collective
Obituaries
Remembering Rosalind Savill, the porcelain expert who transformed the Wallace Collection
During her 19-year tenure as its director, she turned a sedate institution into a vibrant tribute to the culture of 18th-century France
Jack Vettriano, immensely popular artist whose market success reflected 'an appetite for the glamorous', has died, aged 73
The sale of “The Singing Butler” at Sotheby’s in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect
Serge Lasvignes, former president of Centre Pompidou, has died aged 70
The Centre Pompidou extended its international reach during Lasvignes's tenure
Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84
Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language
Remembering John Mawurndjul AM (Balang Nakurulk), the Australian Indigenous artist whose meticulous bark paintings captured a hidden power
The painter was also a keen supporter of women artists
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.
You’ve got mail: pathbreaking exhibition on Van Gogh’s postman opens shortly in Boston, then heads to Amsterdam
While painting Joseph Roulin and his wife and children, Vincent wrote in great excitement: “I’ve done the portraits of an entire family”