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Fra Angelico Deposition altarpiece back on display in Florence after transformative two-year restoration

The work has resumed its place at the Museo di San Marco after conservation work that has brought the Italian Renaissance artist’s masterly skill with colour and form to the fore

Jack Whitten at MoMA, Paris Noir at the Pompidou, Arpita Singh at the Serpentine—podcast

Tracing Whitten’s artistic development with the largest ever show of his work, the story of an exhibition exploring the lives of Black artists in France, and Hans Ulrich Obrist on a monumental painting by the esteemed Indian artist Singh

The big art world slowdown, Dutch culture funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow—podcast

What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape

Censorship and Australia’s Venice Biennale pavilion, a controversial AI auction, and Elizabeth Catlett in Washington—podcast

What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’

University College London’s art museum, housing works by Paula Rego and J.M.W. Turner, secures temporary home after academics protest

The news follows fears that the university’s bicentenary plans would force the museum’s collection into storage—though concerns remain over its long-term future

By focusing on Edvard Munch’s portraiture, a new London exhibition reveals a different side of the Norwegian Expressionist

The show at the National Portrait Gallery will explore how this master of loneliness was in fact surrounded by people—and how he could see “behind everyone’s mask”

Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine’s art world three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern—podcast

Celebrating the life and work of the Australian performance artist, how Ukrainian artists and institutions are continuing to resist, and a close look at a pair of works from an Oslo exhibition

As Siena’s art takes to the world stage, the Italian city is undergoing a renewal

New York just closed an exhibition on Sienese art and London is about to open another. But there is also plenty of activity in Siena itself, with a museum renovation and research shedding new light on some famous works

Gee’s Bend quiltmakers, ‘degenerate’ art in Paris, and Mel Bochner remembered—podcast

Exploring the history and potency of the small quiltmaking group from Alabama, plus a new show looks at how the Nazis attacked Modern art and artists in Germany, and we discuss a 1969 work by one of the pioneers of Conceptualism

Chinese ceramics take centre stage at new museum in Portugal

The Albuquerque Foundation will show works from Brazilian collector’s holdings in a historic quinta

Private museum addressing gender inequality in Norway’s art scene opens

Sixty percent of the acquisitions at PoMo in Trondheim will be by women artists

Anselm Kiefer, Hoor al Qasimi on the Sharjah Biennial, a Picasso Blue Period mystery—podcast

Exploring the trailblazing German artist’s early work, Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi on creating a world-class event in her home city and a hidden image at the Courtauld

Luma Foundation’s burgeoning ‘biennial of the Alps’ is excellent—but who is it for?

The sixth edition of Elevation 1049 brings work addressing some of the great crises of the moment to a remote billionaire’s paradise

Trump tariffs and Zona Maco in Mexico, India Art Fair, and American photography at the Rijksmuseum—podcast

How have recent US executive orders affected the mood on the ground at the leading Mexican fair? Plus a report from India Art Fair as it opens amid state elections, plus a chat about one of the earliest portrait photographs

Peter Hujar, Gregg Bordowitz and Rotimi Fani-Kayode: art and the Aids struggle— podcast

A special episode on three artists dealing with the crisis in different ways

Artists in Gaza respond to the ceasefire, Cimabue at the Louvre, a Baroque printmaking family—podcast

How can Palestinian artists rebuild after a devastating war? Plus, a discussion about Cimabue’s radical innovations in painting and three works from a family business of printmakers

Newly attributed Lavinia Fontana painting discovered at auction to go on display in London

The oil on copper miniature portrait, originally believed to be by Bronzino, is the subject of an exhibition at its former home—Strawberry Hill House

Los Angeles wildfires, World Monuments Fund’s watch list, a Hokusai drawing manual—podcast

How the most devastating fires in Southern Californian history are affecting artists and art workers, plus chats about the work the WMF is doing to protect world heritage and a new book about Katsushika Hokusai’s methods

The Year Ahead 2025: market predictions, the big shows and openings—podcast

From the reimagined Frick Collection to Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern

National Gallery in London’s Van Gogh blockbuster to open all night as final day approaches

The exhibition, which will host a 24-hour opening during its closing weekend, has been one of the most visited in the museum’s history

Was Cimabue the true father of the Italian Renaissance? New restoration reveals pivotal innovations

The Louvre’s conservation of La Maestà sheds new light on the painter’s techniques and influences

2024 in review: the biggest stories and the best shows - podcast

From the devastating war in Gaza to art attacks in museums, our editors analyse the year's biggest stories

Carsten Höller, Takashi Murakami, sounds of the US-Mexico border — podcast

Höller discusses his new book of games, Murakami chats AI and the television series Shōgun, and two artists talk about a new sound installation at Dia’s New York City space

Art Basel Miami Beach, Notre-Dame reopens in Paris, and Parmigianino’s Vision of St Jerome—podcast

Dispatches from the mega fair, a chat with a chief architect behind the rebuilding of Notre-Dame cathedral, and up close with Parmigianino’s Mannerist masterpiece

Lucky statues on Notre-Dame's spire to take up their position once more

Copper sculptures representing the Twelve Apostles and four New Testament Evangelists were removed for cleaning days before the fire

Art and technology shows in London and Los Angeles, a restored 17th-century cosmic atlas—podcast

Curators at Tate and Los Angeles County Museum of Art discuss the ways in which technology has shaped artists’ work, plus a chat about the “mesmerising” Harmonia Macrocosmica

Fit for a king: Egyptian museum in Turin unveils new galleries for monumental ancient sculptures

The dramatic revamp of the Italian institution’s Gallery of the Kings is part of a broader renovation that is due to complete in 2025

The $6.2m banana, Frank Auerbach remembered, Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s photographs of addiction in South Africa—podcast

Exploring this week’s New York auctions, which included Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous fruit, plus a tribute to the late German-British artist Auerbach and a chat with Sobekwa about a work from his powerful series, on view at the UK’s Sainsbury Centre

Episode 300! British Museum, Tate Modern and V&A East directors in discussion

A special roundtable conversation touching on some of the biggest issues facing museums: from the need to address colonial histories to sponsorship and AI