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Barrage of Russian missiles damages museums, library and theatre in Kyiv

Among the institutions that were hit are the National Art Museum of Ukraine and the National Chornobyl Museum, Ukraine’s culture ministry reports

Sophia Kishkovskyabout 5 hours ago

Heir says Cezanne watercolour in Basel show was lost due to Nazi persecution

The 1888 work depicting Montagne Sainte Victoire was on loan to the Fondation Beyeler’s Cezanne exhibition, which closed Monday

Catherine Hickleyabout 24 hours ago

Arthurian manuscript could make magic at Christie's London

The late 13th century illuminated manuscript is estimated to sell for £1.5m-£2m this summer

Gareth Harrisabout 6 hours ago

Kelly Akashi and friends celebrate Altadena's resilience after Los Angeles wildfires

In a two-day installation and performance, the Los Angeles-based artist examined new growth at the site of her burned-down house and studio

Scarlet Chengabout 21 hours ago

Finalists for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s top contemporary art prize, revealed

The six shortlisted artists, each representing a different region, will be featured in an exhibition opening at the National Gallery of Canada in September

Art market

Lisson Grove's galleries collaborate to promote London's unsung art district

New initiative led by Lisson, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, Palmer Gallery, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art and The Showroom will launch during London Gallery Weekend in June

Anna Bradyabout 10 hours ago

Heffel’s spring sales, featuring rediscovered royal portrait and E.J. Hughes seascape, tally $16.2m

Works by famed Canadian figures including Emily Carr, Tom Thomson, Jean Paul Riopelle and Takao Tanabe also notched major results

Untitled Art will launch four new prizes at Houston fair's second edition

Combined, the prizes will provide as much as $113,200 for acquisitions at the fair

Richter and Judd works top Christie's solid if not stellar sale of post-war and contemporary art

The $162.6m evening auctions featured a trove of Gerhard Richter works that had belonged to the late dealer Marian Goodman, and canonic Minimalist sculptures from the estate of collector Henry S. McNeil Jr

Bidding battle for Matisse leads Sotheby’s $303.3m Modern art evening sale in New York

Henri Matisse’s "La Chaise lorraine" sold for $48.4m with fees as strong results for Picasso, Van Gogh and Giacometti lifted the evening auction's total

Museums & Heritage

Controversy resurfaces in Colombia over treasure-filled San José shipwreck

Allegations of looting and lack of transparency plague the contested galleon that sank in 1708 laden with gold, silver and emeralds

Fee or free? How entry charges affect museums in the US

While some leaders in the sector say free entry is an ideal worth pursuing to widen access, others say it imperils institutions financially

Daniel Grant1 day ago

‘Lost forever, all because of this new tax’: fears for UK church heritage as VAT relief ends

The end of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme leaves churches facing sudden cost increases, forcing vital repairs to be delayed or abandoned and placing artworks—from medieval carvings to rare murals—at growing risk

Joe Ware1 day ago

A brush with... Elyse Gonzales, director of San Antonio's Ruby City art centre

From the writings of Olivia Laing to dream analysis, the Texas-based museum director shares her cultural influences

Ben Luke1 day ago

Chanel gives Centre Pompidou financial boost with new five-year partnership

The “commitment will strengthen Centre Pompidou’s work across access, scholarship, and the preservation of public knowledge” according to a statement

Exhibitions

Los Angeles’s new Hospital of Emotions pop-up gives artists keys to the asylum

Artists have transformed 80 spaces in a defunct hospital for the city’s latest immersive installation

Jori Finkelabout 20 hours ago

London's Royal Society of Arts launches new annual summer exhibition

Sales from the show will be split between participating artists and the organisation's social impact work

Joe Ware1 day ago

London exhibition explores untold history of how homelessness was criminalised

Work by artists and activists including 10 Foot, Matt Bonner and Gemma Lees shows how land enclosures and early colonial expansion began to change how unhoused people were treated

Venice show brings together two leading figures from the Polish avant-garde

The the 20th-century artists Tadeusz Kantor and Maria Jarema feature in a collateral exhibition at the 61st Biennale

Boats and trains, not planes: reflections on a greener—but sometimes greenwashed—Venice Biennale

From curator Koyo Kouoh’s foregrounding of “all earthly elements” to Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's new sustainable art island, references to the environment can be found throughout the Italian city

Flash back: The artists creating new stories from archival photos

Museum Rietberg exhibition showcases more than a dozen artists from around the world whose work reimagines mostly colonial-era images

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Books

Book reveals how Chintz—India’s precious textile pattern—became a precolonial global export

The little understood art form is explored in the collected essays of 12 leading scholars

Cyrus Najiabout 8 hours ago

Shoot and branch: new photography book highlights the enduring majesty of trees

"Trees of Great Britain and Ireland" offers a handsome insight into early 20th-century botanical photography

‘A remarkably tenacious motif’: the many faces of Marilyn Monroe revealed in new book and show

Different artists’ takes on the film star are explored ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

Pleasure, parody and propaganda: rethinking the art of illustration in a new history of the genre

From a ninth-century Chinese frontispiece to Marxist magazine covers, this rich tome explores the power of illustration and the ways in which we read such images

An expert's guide to Tracey Emin: five must-read books on the British artist

The best Emin publications, from her searingly honest autobiography to a collection of revealing snapshots—selected by the Tate’s assistant curator Jess Baxter

The Week in Art

A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week

New York auctions, James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain, Edvard Munch—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks to correspondent Judd Tully on the New York spring auction results and takes a tour of the James McNeill Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain in London. Digital editor Alexander Morrison sees a frieze by Edvard Munch on display in Oslo.

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Alexander Morrison

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.

Why did Van Gogh sign his paintings as ‘Vincent’?

And why did he sign so few? The intriguing story behind his signatures

Opinion

Comment | The flaws in the plan to charge entry to British museums

The end of free universal museum entry risks deterring visitors and creating a two-tier system

Bendor Grosvenorabout 8 hours ago

Comment | Flourishing markets beyond the big three will benefit the art ecosystem—and the planet

Regions outside of the US, UK and China have grown their share from 17% of business in 2015 to 24% in 2025, according to report

Comment | Degenerate art all over again? Nazi attack on Modern art is not far away from trends in today’s world

When it comes to art, Trump is an utter vacuum—he makes the Nazis look like great connoisseurs, says author John-Paul Stonard

Comment | The slopification of political art

Artificial intelligence has made it incredibly easy to create pointed visuals in response to crises in real time, but the resulting videos and images have little poignancy or staying power

Comment | Catherine Opie shows us that in dark times, looking for joy can be radical

The artist's new show at the National Portrait Gallery offers plenty of reasons to be cheerful

Hole in one: artist-designed mini golf course heads to London

British artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley will design the ninth hole on this summer's putt-putt course in Battersea

Mexican film-makers to co-host Serpentine Summer Party

Co-host Salma Hayek Pinault may be best known to the art world for her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Frida Kahlo

Fashion figure Jordan Roth wows in collage at the Venice Biennale

Having just taken on the Met Gala as a "living sculpture", the multi-disciplinary artist came to Venice later in the week for a compelling performance

How sweet it is: chocolate Russell Crowe at the Malta Pavilion

A chocolate gladiator features in Valletta-based artist Charlie Cauchi's film and accompanying installation in the Arsenale

A brush with... podcast

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A brush with... Andrew Cranston—podcast

Andrew Cranston talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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The Art of Luxury

A magazine, published twice per year by The Art Newspaper, exploring how grande marque fashion, jewellery, travel and lifestyle interact with artists, the art market and the museums and heritage sector

'A work of conceptual art': Belmond launches new Art Deco-inspired train dining car

The film director Baz Luhrmann and his wife, production designer Catherine Martin, have designed the lavish interior

Hotel and art hub Casabianca opens on Italy's Lake Como

From Jannis Kounellis to Anselm Kiefer, a very personal art collection, asssembled by the De Santis family, is now on view in the 1930s villa

Artist Bouke de Vries creates sculptural porcelain bottles for Dries Van Noten perfume

London-based Dutch artist uses reassembled broken china fragments to create five unique vessels

Van Cleef & Arpels cashes in on lucrative secondary market for vintage jewellery

The jewellery designer's Heritage Collection presents rare 20th-century creations

Obituaries

The art world remembers Valie Export, Austrian pioneer of feminist performance art

Best known for daring audiences to face and feel the female body on her own terms, the performance artist died in Vienna on 14 May at 85 years old

Remembering Pat Steir, one of the 20th century’s late-blooming great artists

The painter made gravity her collaborator, transforming poured oil paint into one of the defining gestures of late 20th-century abstraction

Georg Baselitz, German artist who turned figurative painting on its head, has died, aged 88

Baselitz’s death comes on the eve of a major exhibition of his latest paintings at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini concurrent with the Venice Biennale

Obituary | Umberto Allemandi, visionary publisher who founded 'Il Giornale dell’Arte', has died aged 88

The editor built an international network of publications—including 'The Art Newspaper'—that transformed cultural journalism

Pedro Friedeberg, key figure in Mexican art renowned for hand-shaped chair, has died at age 90

Beyond his famous chair design, Friedeberg created a singular world of ornament, architecture, and irony