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Despite art market ‘doomsayers’, Armory Show dealers see signs of 'a good turnaround' in opening sales
Works at price points up to the high six figures found buyers during the VIP preview of the fair’s first edition fully under the Frieze corporate umbrella
Constantine Arch and Colosseum hit by 'incredible water bomb'
Lightning strike breaks fragments off ancient military monument in Rome
Pressure mounts in Slovakia as cultural workers announce nationwide strike alert
The "Cultural Strike" follows the dismissal of the directors of the Slovak National Gallery and the Slovak National Theatre in early August
Truck-based exhibition on bodily autonomy kicks off US tour in New York
The project “Body Freedom for Every(body)” will spend the next three months touring the country in a truck emblazoned with Barbara Kruger’s famous message: “Your Body is a Battleground”
18-year-old artist Veronika Kozhushko killed in Russian airstrike on Kharkiv
The prominent Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan described her as “very young, sincere and gifted," adding: "There is no explanation for this. And there is no forgiveness either”
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst in Paris — podcast
What’s behind the troubles facing auction houses and galleries? Plus, Sasha Skochilenko recounts her experience of being arrested—and incarcerated—in Russia, and the story behind a 1937 Surrealist painting by Ernst
Armory Week 2024
Independent 20th Century was built to counteract the hype cycle. The trade's downturn is its biggest test
The fair's third edition leans into the middle market and museum interest to expand the canon—and commercial fortunes—of Modernism
Meticulous handiwork wins the day at New York's Art on Paper fair
The fair champions art made on and with paper, in every form and style
Myths and monsters abound at the New York's Spring Break fair
As ever, the emerging artist showcase delivers on all things weird, wild and wonderful
Collectible fair offers handcrafted design and artists’ functional objects in New York debut
The Belgian fair’s first stateside edition offers objects for every aesthetic sensibility and budget
Volta New York champions Ukrainian artists
The satellite fair’s new director visited Kyiv in the spring to forge partnerships with artists and dealers there
Art market
After controversy, Tefaf appoints fifth managing director in four years
Dominique Savelkoul recently served as director of the Mu.Zee museum in Oostende, Belgium
Inaugural edition of Art021 in Hong Kong is as ambitious as it is scattered
The sprawling event, staged with a $1.9m investment from the city, hopes to boost flagging tourism and provide a new market moment for Asia
Sotheby’s core earnings down by 88%, according to Financial Times report
A document sent to investors, and seen by the newspaper, ahead of investment from Abu Dhabi’s wealth fund also reveals a 25% drop in auction sales
Global turmoil and rising taxes tilt art trade towards new era
Increasingly unsettled elites are making a struggling market even less predictable
The full list of major art fairs in 2024, from Austin to Zurich
We've updated our list of the year's leading commercial events taking place across the world
Frieze Seoul 2024
Muted expectations meet moderate sales at third edition of Frieze Seoul
The fair feels effects of economic slump, but benefits from two local biennials and new city-wide initiatives
In pictures: the Focus Asia section at Frieze Seoul 2024
Introducing ten new artists reshaping reality
How queer art is blossoming in Korea
A recent ruling by South Korea’s supreme court has shown an increased acceptance for LGBTQ+ communities in the country. Although challenges remain, queer artists are enjoying increased visibility
Collector’s eye: the art Heejae Kang has bought and why
The fashion entrepreneur took her time to deliberate when buying an expensive black balloon and finds that Louise Bourgeois’s works resonate with her on a sensual level
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.
Bucolic Van Gogh riverscape with royal connections set to become the artist’s most expensive Paris work
“Moored Boats”, the “gem in the crown of the Bourbon collection”, will be auctioned in Hong Kong
Museums & Heritage
Stairway to Rococo heaven reopens as Jacquemart-André restoration completes
Masterpieces from Rome’s Galleria Borghese will be on show alongside the built-in Tiepolo frescos of the Jacquemart-André museum, a Belle Epoque mansion originally built for a wealthy banker and his portrait-painting wife
MFA Boston returns necklace that was likely looted from a tomb to Turkey
Investigations by both the museum's internal team and experts from Turkey's Ministry of Culture suggested the gold and carnelian artefact was exported illegally
‘At Tate Modern, I want us to take real risks’: director outlines her plans to borrow rather than buy Indigenous art
Karin Hindsbo, director of the London gallery for the past year, wants it to be a ground-breaking institution. She discusses plans to raise annual visitor numbers to six million and for a free festival to mark next year’s 25th birthday
New London Museum gets £50m cash boost in face of rising costs
The original budget for the museum has so far been surpassed by £100m
Marcel Breuer’s summer house added to US National Register of Historic Places
What is happening with Breuer’s Cape Cod home?
Exhibitions
‘Dalí wanted his mouth to be very realistic’: fabled lip sofa prototype at heart of new Surrealist show in Paris
An exhibition of furniture at Galerie Poggi highlights the achievements of the mid-century Spanish design company BD Barcelona Design
Narcissister’s new show expands on her subversive brand of magic
The artist’s project at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn is her first large-scale performance commission since 2012
From pirate utopias to ‘auntie power’: Busan Biennale celebrates alternative narratives
This year's event marks beginning of a coordinated, cohesive art season for Korea that continues with Frieze Seoul, Kiaf and the Gwangju Biennale
September's must-see exhibitions: Monet, Van Gogh and a once forgotten Dutch Master
The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month
‘A collective adventure’: Paris exhibition celebrates a century since the birth of Surrealism
André Breton’s rarely seen handwritten Surrealist manifesto will take centre stage at a Centre Pompidou exhibition, which includes masterpieces of the movement and gives prominence to overlooked artists
Opinion
Sasha Skochilenko: I just happened to be the winner of the ‘Hunger Games’
The Russian artist, who was freed in a prison swap, on life under President Putin and spending more than two years in prison for an art intervention opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Why cultural destruction is such a dangerous military tactic
A landmark report shows how attacks on heritage can cause “psychosocial, economic, and other types of harm”—but laws need to go further
From the courts to the British Museum—it’s time to stop hiding from the realities of climate breakdown
A reluctance to acknowledge hard facts is playing into a one-sided narrative around Big Oil—and the consequences are far reaching
Where is the big museum blockbuster on AI?
Even the science-themed PST Art exhibitions, opening in Los Angeles in September, avoid the tech revolutions of our day
Ruins revived: when do overlooked buildings become valued again?
"In England, we still like to talk about the 'dissolution' of the monasteries as if it was a gentle process. Really, it was an annihilation," says Bendor Grosvenor
Obituaries
Remembering David Anfam, curator, writer and Abstract Expressionism connoisseur
The artist Erin Lawlor recalls her time spent with the art historian, who wrote defining texts on artists such as Mark Rothko and offered critical support for the next generation
An infinite conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist's personal memoir of Kasper König, curator, publisher, teacher, museum director, and friend to artists
The artistic director of Serpentine, recalls 35 years of friendship and collaboration with the cultural impresario who was one of the most important curators of the second half of the 20th century
Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88
A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque
Alex Janvier, visionary First Nations artist based in Canada, has died, aged 89
A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums
Remembering Bill Viola, the artist whose video work expresses the heights and depths of human emotions
The influential American pioneer produced a ground-breaking body of work in partnership with his wife, Kira Perov, over more than 45 years
Books
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
Take a romp through Ancient Rome’s great buildings with this handy (almost) pocket-sized book
Ostensibly a guide to the city's top 50 sites, a new publication by Paul Roberts offers far more
Who really was John Soane? The man and manifesto behind the magnificent house museum
Former museum director Bruce Boucher’s room-by-room account of the architect’s collection takes far readers beyond the catalogue
‘Viscerally real’: a Caravaggio painting provides inspiration for a newly translated novel
The Italian scholar Alessandro Giardino posits his theories about the Baroque artist’s Seven Works of Mercy in fictional form
Teju Cole's enigmatic new photobook is both peaceful and disturbing
The Nigerian American writer and photographer’s intriguing new book comprises a series of indeterminate images absent of human life, interspersed with enigmatic short stories that raise many unanswered questions
Diary
Mystery on Downing Street: did PM really 'get rid' of No. 10's Thatcher portrait?
UK prime minister Keir Starmer reportedly finds the portrait of the late leader ‘unsettling’
Trump posing with my book is ‘comical’, says Andres Serrano
The artist on how the former president might not be in on the joke
Loving La La land: Steve Martin to collaborate on show paying homage to Los Angeles
The Hauser & Wirth exhibition is set to embrace Hollywood comedy royalty
'Banksy woz ere': what's next for the street artist's menagerie?
London Zoo removes mural, but remains tight-lipped about plans to sell the piece
Where is Salvator Mundi? In storage in Geneva—apparently
Could the long-lost work end up in a Saudi museum run by ex-British Museum chief?
Book Club
The world’s oldest printed book and rare ancient manuscripts from the Mogao caves in China to go on show in London
We speak to the British Library exhibition curator Melodie Doumy about the Diamond Sutra and other treasures from the Library Cave
August Book Bag: from a New York dealer’s memoir to a compilation of Glenn Ligon’s writing and interviews
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Katherine Parr: power, patronage and the first full-length portrait of an English queen
In this exclusive extract from a new book about Henry VIII’s six wives, the art historian Suzannah Lipscomb writes about “perhaps the greatest artistic patron of them all”
Maria Balshaw on the roles of museums today and what Tate’s sponsorship red line is
The Tate director discusses her new book about art institutions and their challenges in the 21st century
Art on Location
A special focus on outdoor art experiences, with news, features and archive content covering public art, sculpture parks, urban and country house sculpture shows, artist's trails, and the use of location-specific technology
Silent echoes: flame and frost meet in Bill Fontana’s latest sound installation
Artist brings together recordings made in an Austrian ice cave and on the surface of a giant historic bell at Notre-Dame de Paris
From the archive: Nevada Museum of Art acquires Judy Chicago’s full 'fireworks' archive
The museum aims to rewrite the legacy of the historically male-dominated Land Art movement
‘We want people to have fun’: Dulwich Picture Gallery’s director on the institution’s new sculpture park
The London museum has embarked on a £5m redevelopment that will see its grounds filled with contemporary sculpture and versatile family spaces
From the archive | 'Trying to tap into the memory of the place'—as Storm King turns 60, artists reflect on the storied outdoor art centre
Beyond its visually rapturous value, the Storm King region also had a pivotal but lesser-known role in the development of US environmental law and policy
The Constable trail: National Gallery to focus on the social, political and artistic context of the artist's 'The Hay Wain'
Visitors on foot to Dedham Vale, in Suffolk, can view the remarkably well preserved locations of John Constable's paintings of the countryside in which he was nurtured
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.
US artists score victory in landmark AI copyright case
A federal judge in California has blocked an attempt by several AI companies to have portions of a copyright case dismissed
Unesco warns that AI could rewrite Holocaust history
What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?
What if women ruled the world? The Art Newspaper takes part in summer celebration of Judy Chicago at the Serpentine
The London art world came out in force to celebrate the American visionary's exhibition “Revelations” and to enjoy a tech-powered interaction with her quest to create a world where power is equally shared
Stellar eclipse: pioneering light and sound art duo NONOTAK prepare for first London solo show
Noemi Schipfer and Takami Nakamoto will present three installations at a warehouse space in south London
Art-world social media specialists are on the rise—but is the sector really ready for digital success?
Museums are addressing a lack of in-house expertise in creating digital content by hiring from a growing pool of social-savvy freelancers
A brush with... podcast
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Podcast | A brush with… Arthur Jafa
An in-depth interview with the filmmaker and sculptor, discussing his eye for systemic and historic inequity, and how Anne Imhof and Mahalia Jackson have influenced his practice