
Aimee Dawson
Aimee Dawson is a writer and editor specialising in art in the digital sphere; social media in the art world; and Middle Eastern visual culture. She was formerly an editor at The Art Newspaper and writes the monthly column Insta’gratification about how the art world and social media collide.
A brush with... John Akomfrah
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jackson Pollock to Virginia Woolf
Changing of the guard: why it’s time for the art world to take a step back from Instagram
The "Insta' gratification" column will now explore the full spectrum of social media and its uses in the art world
Full frontal Freud: a deep dive into the life and work of the raw, unflinching portraitist
As a string of exhibitions celebrating 100 years since the artist's birth open, we look at a major show at London's National Gallery, a new book of his letters and his paintings of horses
A brush with... William Kentridge
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Manet to Shostakovich
Why is art at the heart of Italy’s far-right political party?
Plus, Carnegie International, the US's longest-running contemporary art exhibition, and a mystifying egg sculpture
A brush with... Anicka Yi
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to Isamu Noguchi
Artists tell Instagram ‘stop trying to be TikTok’ in online petition
Campaign demands that Meta stop tinkering and start listening to creators
Do good monarchs make bad art collectors? Inside the British Royal Collection
Plus, how UK museums can respond to the energy crisis, and a haunting Henry Fuseli painting
A brush with... Glenn Brown
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig
Is art censorship on the rise? How freedom of expression is being curbed across the globe
Plus, a striking photograph by Diane Arbus and the Guggenheim Bilbao at 25
Brazil turns 200—and its National Museum rises from the ashes
Plus, the £50m Joshua Reynolds painting and Michael Heizer’s City
New exhibition looks at how the West created the fantasy of Ancient Egypt
Show at Norwich's Sainsbury Centre includes work by contemporary artists to aid a postcolonial interpretation of Egypt's heritage
A brush with... Adam Pendleton
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Joan Jonas to Julius Eastman
A brush with… Pierre Huyghe
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from John Cage to Marcel Duchamp
A brush with... Zadie Xa
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Lee Bul to Ursula K. Le Guin
A brush with... Lina Iris Viktor
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Chris Ofili to Sylvia Plath
Summer of Seoul: why the South Korean capital is a new art world hub
Plus, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize winner: a basket made with horsehair
Documenta 15: why is the show so scandalous?
Plus, the Warhol-Prince copyright dispute, and Juan Muñoz at Spain’s Centro Botin
A brush with... Megan Rooney
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Maxine Kumin to Henry Moore
Francis Bacon: why Tate returned a 1,000-piece archive
Plus, US photographer of queer women, Alice Austen; and Michel Majerus at Art Basel
A brush with... Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Gustave Moreau to Peter Pan
Crypto crash: what now for NFTs and the art world?
Plus, Norway’s mega-museum and a Spanish-American screen in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A brush with... Emma Talbot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Sassetta to Klimt
Can this ‘anti-Instagram’ app make the art world more real?
New BeReal app that captures the good, the bad and the ugly could be an industry tonic
A brush with… Stan Douglas
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Samuel Beckett
The hunt for looted Cambodian objects—are they hidden in the West's museums?
Plus, the dark truth of the Marcos family’s extravagance and Ruth Asawa at Modern Art Oxford
Georgian galleries unite for first Tbilisi Gallery Weekend in support of Ukraine
Commercial spaces will exhibit and sell works made by artists during Russia’s invasion
Frieze Week in New York: mammoth auction sales and a shifting art fair landscape
Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library
Saving Ukraine’s heritage: an eyewitness account of relief efforts
Plus, the Cezanne blockbuster at The Art Institute of Chicago and Nicola L.’s Gold Femme Commode at Alison Jacques
America's racial reckoning: inside the controversial Guston show
Plus, London's new Queer Britain museum and a rediscovered work by Caterina Angela Pierozzi