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The US struggles with history, Stephen Friedman Gallery closes, Tudor Heart pendant acquired by the British Museum—podcast

Ben Luke speaks to our editor-in-chief, Americas, Ben Sutton about the disputes that have arisen as the US marks its 250 years since the Declaration of Independence—and hears about the demise of Stephen Friedman’s Gallery. Plus, the story of a heart-shaped pendant tied to Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII

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

British Museum acquires £3.5m golden pendant linked to Henry VIII after high-profile campaign

The museum raised the money to buy the Tudor Heart following a celebrity-endorsed fundraising campaign launched in October

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‘I'm going to miss the quiet life we had’: Greenlander artist Inuuteq Storch on Trump, travel and his ambitions to build a photography museum

As his latest exhibition opens at the Hasselblad Center, Storch discusses his love and hope for his home country

Art Basel Qatar, Dürer portrait debate, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch—podcast

Ben Luke talks to art market editor Kabir Jhala about the inaugural fair in Doha, explores the debate surrounding a painting of Dürer’s father, and we hear about the synergies between two 20th-century painters

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

Venice Biennale: South African pavilion scandal, Marian Goodman remembered, Paul Cezanne in Basel—podcast

We discuss the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath’s pavilion and the artist’s attempt have the decision overturned, pay tribute to the lauded gallerist Marian Goodman, and hear about Cezanne’s famous ‘The Card Players’

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

African LGBTQ+ art at the Smithsonian, the Iran crisis, Louise Nevelson at Pompidou Metz—podcast

Ben Luke hears about ‘Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art’ at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C, discusses the cultural impact of a brutal crackdown in Iran and takes a look at a landmark 1958 installation by Louise Nevelson

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

Hawai’i at the British Museum, a Venice palazzo for sale, Joseph Beuys’s ‘Bathtub’—podcast

Ben Luke hears about the British Museum’s fresh approach to the stewardship of its collection of Hawaiian objects, discusses the eerie history of Ca’ Dario and learns more about a late Beuys work

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

The Year Ahead 2026: the big exhibitions and the key museum openings—podcast

From the opening of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to Marcel Duchamp at MoMA, New York, The Art Newspaper's editors look ahead to next year's biggest stories

National Trust rejects pressure group’s claim that its buildings are ‘under-insured’

The UK charity has responded to a resolution put forward by Restore Trust, calling for its historic properties to be protected against ‘any eventuality’

Double-edged sword: arms and armour play a small—but mighty—role at Frieze Masters

Quirky items, from crossbows to Bronze Age spearheads, can be found at the fair

Solidarity and shared optimism take centre stage at 1-54 fair in London

As excitement builds around the opening of the Museum of West African Art, Nigerian galleries are making the most of the moment—while under-represented voices are highlighted across the event

‘It was the cheapest possible art form I could imagine’: Sophia Al-Maria performs stand-up for Frieze London

As the winner of this year’s Frieze London Artist Award, the artist will perform daily this week

Frieze London's Artist-to-Artist section highlights talent emerging amid political tensions

While leaders around the world are placing a great deal of focus on people's differences, here unity and collectivity come to the fore

British Museum seeks £3.5m to keep rare gold pendant—with ties to Henry VIII’s daughter—in the UK

The Tudor Heart, discovered by a metal detectorist in 2019, is the only object of its kind surviving from the British monarch’s reign

Makers of Ancient Egypt to be hailed in Cambridge exhibition

The show at the UK’s Fitzwilliam Museum will bring to life the personalities and remarkable achievements of the civilisation’s craftspeople

Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn—podcast

Unpacking the issues facing cultural institutions today, plus chats about a Renaissance blockbuster and a ”cut-up” architectural installation in Basel

Kerry James Marshall, National Gallery expansion, Picasso’s Three Dancers—podcast

Ben Luke takes a tour of Kerry James Marshall's critically acclaimed Royal Academy show and meets the curators behind Tate Modern's ‘Theatre Picasso’, and Alexander Morrison discusses the National Gallery's expansion with its director

David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker—podcast

Ben Luke steps inside the V&A East's latest addition, discusses the Bukhara biennial with our art market editor, and explores a new exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery

Neo-Impressionism makes its thoroughly Modernist point at National Gallery in London

An exhibition featuring 58 works from the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands aims to raise profile of underappreciated movement

Banking family’s treasures go on show at Bath’s Holburne Museum

Nearly 200 Renaissance works, on long-term loan from the Schroder Collection, will be displayed in a dedicated gallery

Smithsonian under fire from Trump, Frieze Seoul, Dara Birnbaum and Quantum—podcast

The Art Newspaper's editor-in-chief in the Americas discusses the Trump administration’s interference in museums, we take an inside look at the season's first art fair and discuss landmark video art

4,000-year-old Ancient Egyptian handprint discovered by Cambridge museum

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, found the marking on an artefact due to go on display in an exhibition this autumn

Arthur Jafa and Mark Leckey, Cecilia Alemani on SITE Santa Fe, Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg—podcast

We speak to Jafa and Leckey about their forthcoming London exhibition, ask Alemani about the US-based biennial—whose title this year was inspired by a film by Godfrey Reggio—and zone in on a landmark dance collaboration

Are you not entertained? Three ancient helmets headline UK exhibition exploring the ‘real’ gladiators

The show at Leeds’s Royal Armouries Museum also features everyday objects such as surgical equipment and souvenirs from visits to see battles at amphitheatres

Art Basel, human remains in Dutch museums, Eva Hesse—podcast

We ask The Art Newspaper's art market editor about the mood in Basel, discuss the Dutch museum tackling the difficult topic of human remains, and speak to Jo Applin, the co-curator of the Courtauld's newest show

Art Basel and Frieze set their sights on the next generation of visitors

Young people enjoy free entry to Art Basel this week, while Frieze keeps charges low for the under-12s

In pictures: the best of the Liste art fair in Basel

Now in its third decade, the satellite fair has stayed true to its mission of showcasing young artists from often overlooked regions

Artist whose work addresses art world access is not in Basel—because his visa was denied

Richard Mudariki, the artist behind the ‘Art World Passport’, says his visa was rejected by the Swiss embassy in Pretoria, despite having two letters of invitation from Swiss organisations

Holbein drawings go back on show at Kunstmuseum Basel after almost 20 years

Fragile, light-sensitive works have been given a dedicated gallery as part of institution's rehang