UK Labour leader Keir Starmer pledges to turn the arts from a ‘luxury’ to a ‘necessity’
The head of the opposition party was speaking at the Labour Creatives Conference in London
Photography and feminist activism, Jacob Rothschild remembered and Robert Ryman
We speak to the curators of the South London Gallery's latest show and to our founding editor about the legacy one of the UK's leading philanthropists. We also discuss Robert Ryman's work Adelphi on show at the Musée de l’Orangerie
Non-profit art collaborative using craft to promote cross-border relations returns to Los Angeles
Ambos (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) has been working with communities on both sides of the US-Mexico border for nearly a decade
How has Frieze Los Angeles impacted the city’s art scene?
Plus, Angelica Kauffman at London’s Royal Academy and Matthew Wong’s response to a lost Van Gogh
In pictures: Frieze Los Angeles’s Focus section explores the notion of ‘ecologies’
Essence Harden, the curator of the section for young galleries, picks out some highlights
Ekow Eshun on the power of Black figuration and his new London show
Plus, 100 years of the Surrealist manifesto and Tonita Peña’s Eagle Dance
Kindred spirits: Van Gogh and Matthew Wong come together in Amsterdam show
The exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum will highlight the shared aesthetics and sensibilities between the two artists—while also making clear what sets them apart
Yoko Ono at Tate Modern: a closer look at ‘the world's most famous unknown artist’
Plus, Elton John‘s treasures at Christie’s and Factum Foundation’s reconstructed Roman colossus
Auerbach at the Courtauld, Tania Bruguera on censorship, a Mughal-era masterpiece — podcast
A tour of a show of drawings by the renowned British artist, plus Bruguera discusses concerns over artist censorship in Germany in relation to the Israel-Hamas war, and a chat about an Indian painting from Howard Hodgkin’s collection
A new wave: spate of UK exhibitions signal growing recognition for Inuit and Sámi art
Shows in London, Southampton and St Ives are introducing a wider audience to the work of artists from the far north
Adriano Pedrosa unveils his plans for the 2024 Venice Biennale
Plus, the rise of immersive institutions and Barbara Kruger’s “Untitled (Forever)”
Tate Modern appoints two new curators in charge of Asia-Pacific art
The hires have been supported by the London-based non-profit Asymmetry Art Foundation
London's newest gallery seeks to combat a market obsessed with painting
The pair behind Palmer Gallery hope to be a “spiritual successor” to neighbouring Lisson Gallery by showing works that might struggle to get a commercial platform
Rewriting history? The fraught politics behind India's new Ram temple
Plus, the challenges facing the Old Master market and a lithograph by Honoré Daumier
UK public invited to join ‘largest ever exhibition of the nation’s hobbies’
The Hobby Cave, devised by the artist Hetain Patel and Artangel, will bring thousands of handcrafted objects together
Liverpool Biennial announces curator for 2025
Marie-Anne McQuay previously worked at the city's Bluecoat art centre, and currently holds positions including member of Arts Council Collection’s acquisitions committee
Rybolovlev vs Sotheby’s: a closer look at the epic court battle
Plus, Singapore's art scene and a photograph by Zanele Muholi
What to look out for in 2024: market predictions and must-see exhibitions
From the Venice Biennale to the Harlem Renaissance at the Met
The National Trust keeps its critics at bay for now, but will the populist threat return this year?
The UK conservation charity has rejected fresh attempts by the activist group Restore Trust to infiltrate its council, but those close to the issue feel the campaigns are likely far from over
John Akomfrah: the film-maker exposing the colonial adventures of microorganisms and more
The Venice Biennale-bound artist discusses his latest video work exploring the so-called Columbian exchange and tells us why his films owe a debt to cinema but are “rendered slightly strange”
East London's Vestry House Museum to undergo £4.5million redevelopment
The funds to reimagine the museum are part of a wider £17.2m Levelling Up allocation that will help to bolster the district's arts credentials
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
In pictures: focus on Caribbean artists
María Elena Ortiz, curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, picks her favourite works at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel serves up a croc of gold with its reptile-themed art
Mind your step: in true Floridian style, a number of works at this year’s fair take crocodiles or alligators as their subjects
Art Basel in Miami Beach: big sales, little politics
Plus, EMST, the all-women museum in Athens, and Pesellino’s David panels at the National Gallery in London
Art history meets Lego in two of Ai Weiwei’s latest works
Chinese artist recreates two famous historic paintings using the hundreds of thousands of Lego bricks
Which heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza?
Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin
Is the US museum sector in crisis?
Plus, a new antisemitism scandal at Documenta and a Kim Lim sculpure on show at the Hepworth Wakefield
Three months on, art organisations continue to rally for Morocco’s earthquake victims
The Moroccan cultural sector has been hard at work to help the communities hit hardest by the disaster and trying to remind people that "this is still going on"
What did the New York auctions reveal about the state of the art market?
Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins