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
World’s first museum of Sufi art to debut in Paris
The Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO opens at challenging moment for France’s Muslim community
William Blake’s cottage—where he wrote ‘Jerusalem’—a step closer to becoming a museum
Funding has been secured to fix the collapsing roof of the house in Sussex, UK, with future plans to restore it and turn it into an arts centre
London’s National Gallery acquires major work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema for £2m
The painting, purchased with the help of Christie’s auction house, is a prime example of the Victorian artist’s interest in antiquity
‘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
UK government commits to building national Holocaust memorial in London
Keir Starmer’s Labour administration is reintroducing a bill that will allow the monument and accompanying learning centre to be built, after the project was challenged in the courts
Twenty years on from its founding, Luma Foundation shows itself to be at the top of its game in Arles
The non-profit organisation is hosting a dozen shows at its glittering French outpost, with many exemplifying the potency of its mission
UK’s Henry Moore Institute reopens after major redevelopment
The head of the organisation hopes the newly thought out spaces will prove inviting to artists in the city, during what is a difficult time for the British cultural sector
Rencontres d'Arles 2024 offers a stark reminder of the fictions that shape us
The latest edition of the renowned photography festival features several exhibitions highlighting the dangers of taking imagery at face value
The Week in Art podcast | Arts and the UK election, ex-Uffizi head fails in Florence mayoral bid, Hank Willis Thomas at Glastonbury
What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival
The Week in Art podcast | Just Stop Oil’s latest protests, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese
Is the climate activist group’s campaign proving a success? Plus, Bahamian-born, US-based Strachan on his new Hayward show and a close look at a hanging bronze by Bourgeois
‘I want a little bit of drama’: Sigur Rós’s Jónsi on his debut solo exhibition in Europe
The musician, who has spent recent years carving out a side career as an artist, is showing four multi-sensory installations in his home country of Iceland
The Week in Art podcast | Art Basel: fireworks and nuance, Lynn Barber on her artist interviews, Guillaume Lethière at the Clark
We find out what this year's fair says about the state of the art market. Plus, the veteran journalist Lynn Barber tells us about her encounters with artists and we discover a forgotten master of Neo-Classical art
‘I’m just reflecting the times. I’m not an activist’: artist Monira Al Qadiri on her complicated relationship with fossil fuel, a recurring theme of her work
The Kuwaiti-born artist, now living in Germany, has an exhibition at Kunsthaus Baselland during Art Basel that includes large-scale works referencing oil production and consumption
The Week in Art podcast | Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York, Studio Voltaire at 30, Martha Jungwirth responds to Goya
We discuss O'Keeffe’s deeply personal renderings of Manhattan cityscapes and skyscrapers, plus look back at Studio Voltaire’s achievements and talk to a curator about a bold Jungwirth still life
The Week in Art podcast | Art’s AI reckoning, the rise of comic art and Degas’ Miss La La
Why the art world must tackle the questions posed by artificial intelligence head on, plus comics celebrated in two European locations and Degas’ portrait of the circus artist Anna Albertine Olga Brown
The Week in Art podcast | The Mona Lisa’s endless, and problematic, allure; Judy Chicago; and New Objectivity
We speak to the Leonardo da Vinci scholar, Martin Kemp, about the famous painting's potential move and the latest research on its background, to the US artist about her show at Serpentine North and to the director of the Leopold Museum in Vienna about Christian Schad’s 'Self-Portrait with Model' (1927)
How an artist and curator duo are transforming Addis Ababa with their eco-driven projects
Elias Sime and Meskerem Assegued are due to open their biggest building project so far—a cultural centre in the mountains—this autumn
The Week in Art podcast | Tate’s historic women artists show, Dia at 50, Martin Wong’s record-breaking painting
Exploring Now You See Us, which celebrates the output of Vanessa Bell, Mary Beale and many more, plus conversations about Dia’s legacy and the ’visual linguist‘ Wong
The Week in Art podcast | Artists’ stories from Gaza, Frank Stella remembered, Vanessa Bell’s garden view
How Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has changed the lives of artists, plus an insight into working with Stella and a highlight from a new show at the Garden Museum
The Week in Art podcast | Should UK museums charge for entry? Plus, Michelangelo’s last decades and Maria Blanchard
The case for and against the policy of free admission for UK museums, a tour of the British Museum's new Michelangelo show and an in-depth look at Maria Blanchard’s Girl at Her First Communion in Malaga
Cecilia Alemani on her top picks from Frieze New York
The curator of The High Line and the 2022 Venice Biennale highlights works by Pacita Abad, Alex Da Corte and more
Should Marina Abramović exhibitions be rethought for the 21st century?
A lawsuit relating to a MoMA show has raised questions around performer safety
Less is more? Show of miniature sculptures by 20th century titan Henry Moore to open in Bath
The exhibition at the Holburne Museum will look at how the artist known for his grand public sculptures also worked on a much smaller scale
The Week in Art podcast | Klimt’s last picture auctioned, Rebecca Horn in Munich, a Cézanne restored
Unpacking the mystery around the Austrian artist’s painting, which sold for €30 million in Vienna, plus a look at a retrospective of Horn’s pioneering practice and a newly conserved Cézanne
Denmark's Venice Biennale 2024 pavilion explores Greenlandic culture
The photographer Innuteq Storch records life in the autonomous territory
Venice Biennale 2024: the worst art on show in the city
There's a lot to see during this year's edition of the city-wide event, so we've rounded up a few things you might want to skip
The Week in Art podcast | Venice Biennale 2024 special
We review the international exhibition, talk to artists and curators behind five national pavilions and take an exclusive look at Titian’s newly conserved Assunta
Venice Biennale 2024: the must-see pavilions around town
Take a tour of a women's prison on Giudecca or a picturesque church in Cannaregio with our pick of pavilions beyond the Giardini and Arsenale
Elias Sime unearths the catastrophic beauty of mineral extraction in his new Venice show
The Ethiopian artist is exhibiting seven works built from technological waste such as computer motherboards and wire