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Unesco World Heritage buildings in Tel Aviv damaged by Iranian missile strike
Cultural sites and museums in Israel have closed and have been instructed to move their collections into bomb shelters
London art market springs back to life in Sotheby's Modern and contemporary evening sale
The packed auction totalled £131m and made a record for Leon Kossoff
Liliana Angulo Cortés, director of Bogotá’s Museo Nacional de Colombia, has died, aged 51
Angulo’s work was devoted to decolonising the museum, anti-racism and reparation with a special focus on diversifying narratives to include more Black and Indigenous voices
Lee Ufan retrospective will be among 2026 Venice Biennale collateral events
The show, spanning the South Korean artist’s seven-decade career, will be one of 31 collateral events at this year’s Biennale
Profile | Pierre Rosenberg, the former Louvre president, on his long-awaited four-volume Poussin catalogue—and forthcoming museum
The art historian is cementing his legacy in the form of a new publication and a home for his vast collection
Art market
Spain’s galleries are protesting against high taxes—can Arco Madrid help voice their concerns?
The fair's 45th edition opens as local exhibitors worry about the impact of the country’s prohibitive rate of VAT on art
'Permabase' vs 'flexispace': which is better for commercial galleries?
The commitment to bricks and mortar can be expensive and inflexible for galleries
Los Angeles’s next generation of dealers forges new paths
Local galleries that stayed nimble during recent socioeconomic headwinds have emerged from the market downturn
Are we seeing the demise of statement stands at art fairs?
The waning adventurousness in these spaces speaks to important shifts in the trade over the past two decades
Pace Prints will open printmaking studio and gallery in Los Angeles
The New York-based publisher sees opportunity in the city’s large community of artists
Museums & Heritage
A new home for Asian contemporary art opens in landmarked building in Manhattan's Chinatown
Founded by Alexander Wang and his mother Ying, the Wang Contemporary debuted at the landmarked 58 Bowery with a MSCHF installation timed to Lunar New Year
Tehran’s Unesco-listed Golestan Palace reportedly damaged by US-Israeli strikes
The site sustained damage from a nearby airstrike, Unesco says
Obscured Gauguin nude sculpture may be revealed in its entirety following museum donation
Overpainting of the genitals of a figure in the relief panel “Te Fare Amu”—once described as a “serious editorial suppression of Gauguin’s original concept”—is expected to be removed at the Brooklyn Museum
Miami’s ancient Indigenous sites face an uncertain future
The city’s building boom has revealed many artefacts and human remains, but the pace of development has made study and preservation challenging
UAE galleries close amid Iran missile strikes
Meanwhile Art Dubai fair, scheduled for April, plans to go ahead but its organisers are "monitoring the situation closely"
Exhibitions
‘There’s a bead connection to every place’: Wendy Red Star on exploring the real and symbolic currency of beads
The Apsáalooke artist’s new exhibition at Sargent’s Daughters in New York takes the form of a simulated trading floor for glass beads
Is it finally time for the Guerrilla Girls to remove their masks?
A new Getty show on the activists’ legacy points to the power and limits of anonymity
‘He always had spirituality’: Spanish exhibition unpicks Picasso's religious influences
The exhibition, held in Burgos's Gothic cathedral, brings together 44 works spanning six decades of the artist's career
Monumental commissions and pioneering women artists take centre stage at Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026
“In Interludes and Transitions” includes more than 25 commissions and works by Samia Halaby, Etel Adnan, Pacita Abad and Kamala Ibrahim Ishag
Rose Wylie: ‘It’s very, very fragile where a painting ends. All the time it sits on a precarious edge’
After beginning her career in the 1950s, and then taking 25 years out to raise a family, the artist finally hit her stride in the 2000s. Now, she is the first female painter to have a show in the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts in London
Books
Clash of the Renaissance titans: an intriguing double biography of Titian and Michelangelo
The book about the two Old Masters, who probably only met twice, considers what they had in common and how they differed
New book digs into the little-known gallery that brought Modern art to America
The publication's author on how it has taken decades of research to tell the story of the New York gallery, which exhibited artists such Picasso and Mondrian
An expert's guide to John Constable: five must-read books on the British painter
The best publications to learn all about Constable, from a journey through the landscapes that inspired him to a children's activity book—selected by the curator Emma Roodhouse
A short guide to the hidden meanings in great paintings
An A to C extract from the glossary of Painted Mysteries, which deciphers common motifs and symbols in famous works
March Book Bag: from a Modigliani catalogue raisonné to a career guide for artists
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… Danh Vo—podcast
Danh Vo talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Venice Biennale details revealed, Beatriz González and Tracey Emin in London—podcast
Ben Luke speaks to Jane Morris about the 2026 Biennale artists and framework, takes a tour of the late González's show at the Barbican. Plus, a conversation about a long-hidden Emin work
The Year Ahead
Our pick of the shows to see in the world's great art cities in 2026
The exhibitions to visit in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid
Fair behemoths bet on Gulf plus new, bigger venues for Independent—a quick look at art fairs in 2026
Art Basel and Frieze are expanding in the Middle East while Art Cologne is reinstating its Mallorca edition
Venice, Sydney, Gwangju: the most interesting biennials to visit in 2026
Plus, full listings of the biennials, triennials and festivals taking place throughout the year
Art market 2026 predictions: underwhelming rebound and another Frieze fair
Our columnist gazes into her crystal ball to spot the major trends—from London regaining its lustre to AI fatigue—that are set to dominate the trade over the coming 12 months
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.
Epstein files reveal Leon Black as a key collector of Van Gogh works
The New York collector Black is revealed to have bought five of the artist’s pieces
Diary
Innocent mistake? Italy's prime minister appears as a cherub in Rome church
A double of Georgia Meloni was spotted in the chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina
Can you feel the love tonight? Elton John's cosy family portrait captured by Catherine Opie
Picture featuring his sons, husband David and their dogs goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London
‘Haters will say this urn is mid’: US National Gallery of Art curator is Insta hit with Gen Z
Deputy head of sculpture's slang-heavy posts appeal to a new generation of art lovers
See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years
Adrian Searle has described writing for the paper as “an exhilarating ride”
David Beckham dutifully does the art rounds in Doha
Meanwhile film star Angelina Jolie also put in an appearance at Art Basel Qatar
Opinion
Comment | Art is more than its original context
The place where we observe a work of art—and the feelings we have—play a crucial role in our experience
Comment | Time for a rethink: women artists were never meant to merely be canon fodder
Exhibitions pairing Munch with Paula Modersohn-Becker and Maria Lassnig provide opportunities to subvert the established order
How do we stem the decline in students studying art history in the UK?
We need to reframe the subject as one worth knowing about, rather than focusing on its use
Art collective Cooking Sections’ food projects are helping save the planet
Art duo are delivering actionable ecological change through sustainable food production and consumption schemes
When it comes to restitution, how can museums solve a problem like inalienability?
Having a legal structure and policy that allows institutions to make moral decisions on returning objects is crucial
Obituaries
Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97
The dealer was known for her support of conceptually challenging artistic practices, and credited with bringing key European figures like Gerhard Richter and Marcel Broodthaers to the US
Remembering Gathie Falk, Canadian artist whose singular practice sparked comparisons to Surrealism and Pop art
Shaped by the austerity of her Mennonite upbringing and the bustling Vancouver art scene of the 1960s and 70s, she developed a playful, poignant and exacting visual language
Beatriz González, indefatigable force in Colombian art, has died, aged 93
One of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century, she influenced the direction of post-war painting and helped shape Colombia’s museums as a curator, educator and mentor
Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73
Alongside her work at organisations such as New York’s Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida, Goncharov was also an artist
Remembering Erik Bulatov, the Soviet artist who reframed propaganda
The pioneering painter was known for his luminous skies and loaded slogans on power, space and freedom














































