
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Blind man sues British Museum over lack of Bayeux Tapestry audio description
London institution says that in-person audio-described tours will be offered, and that it may add an audio-described tour to the exhibition's app
Iván Argote—the artist behind the infamous pigeon sculpture for New York's High Line—to debut permanent installation in Italy
This month, the Colombian artist will unveil his site-specific sculpture in an ancient Piedmontese town, as well as a solo gallery show in London
Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain
The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors
Turner Prize 2026 opens in northeast of England at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
The exhibition featuring shortlisted artists Tanoa Sasraku, Marguerite Humeau, Simeon Barclay and Kira Freije opens to the public on 26 September
Greek prime minister rejects idea that Bayeux Tapestry loan offers template for Parthenon Marbles deal
“Greece cannot accept any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis says
Yves Goldstein to depart as director-general of Brussels's upcoming Kanal museum immediately following opening weekend
“The parties acknowledge a difference of opinion regarding the future of Kanal,” says a statement from the cabinet of Boris Dilliès, the recently-appointed leader of the regional government
Santiago Sierra’s latest piece, a non-stop reading of names of Palestinians killed since 1948, opens in London
Organised by A/POLITICAL, the continuous reading by Arabic speakers will be open to the public, as well as available to view via livestream
UK government places export bar on ‘rare’ Renaissance sculpture worth £4.6m
‘Seated Nymph’ was created in the early 16th century by the Italian sculptor Antico, nicknamed for his Classical-inspired bronzes
Madrid’s Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza to open new venue for contemporary art
The expansion will house more than 360 contemporary artworks donated or on loan from the TBA21 Collection, led by Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
Tate Modern to stage its first Monet exhibition next year
The exhibition, which explores the passage of time across Monet’s oeuvre, is partly sponsored by Anthropic, which sponsored another Monet show earlier this year
Ukrainian Orthodox ‘treasures’ from Kyiv monastery go on view at the V&A in London
The opening of the free display was marked by a symposium discussing British and Ukrainian collaboration to protect and preserve the embattled country's cultural heritage
Largest Roman mosaic opens to the public
The first-century mosaic and accompanying fresco located beneath the Baths of Trajan in Rome welcomed its first visitors this past weekend
UK government's proposed ‘tourist tax’ should be ring-fenced for the arts, cultural leaders say
There are few controls over how mayors spend the Overnight Visitor Levy income, according to plans announced earlier this week
Portrait of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition sponsor goes on view at British Museum amid scrutiny over ties to IDF
A painting of Igor Tulchinsky is on display within the museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry show
‘A tribute to everyday women’: Tschabalala Self's Fourth Plinth commission unveiled in London
The bronze sculpture will move permanently to a private foundation in Fornebu, Norway after its two-year stint in Trafalgar Square
Three UK arts organisations receive new £100,000 Freelands Foundation education award
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, The Burton and Signal are the inaugural recipients of the Freelands Award
Two Renoir paintings worth €9m stolen from Renoir Museum in France
Thieves took two further works but dropped them as they fled, the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer says
England’s Pitt Rivers Museum announces its largest repatriation of human remains
Institution at the University of Oxford will return 39 pieces of remains, primarily skulls, to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent by the end of the year
Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates 51 contemporary works to four museums in Greece and Scotland
The works—mostly by Greek artists—will go to the National Gallery of Greece in Athens, Momus-Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete and National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh
‘Putin didn’t win; art won’: Venice Biennale president defends decision to allow Russia’s participation
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco said he would do “everything” again in regards to his clash with the Italian government and the European Commission on the issue
‘We are united’: King Charles III and President Macron attend private preview of London's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition
Likely commissioned in France but made in England, the tapestry could have been called ‘the Canterbury Embroidery’ joked the King in a speech
Four artists explore AI's effect on culture as part of Serpentine's new art and technology fellowship
Artists Refik Anadol and Cao Fei are among the judges for the London-based Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship
September Book Bag: from Don McCullin’s powerful Vietnam images to a behind-the-scenes dive into Paula Rego’s studio
Our round-up of the latest art publications
When Hockney met Betty: new book uncovers mysterious Beverly Hills Housewife in famous Los Angeles painting
Author James Cahill's account of the burgeoning 1960s LA art scene explores links between collector Betty Freeman and the late Yorkshire artist
A bonanza of Bayeux Tapestry books to accompany the blockbuster British Museum exhibition
There is plenty to read about the medieval masterpiece as it returns to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham reverses position on returning Parthenon Marbles to Greece
In 2023, when he was mayor of greater Manchester, Burnham had expressed unequivocal support for returning the Parthenon Marbles with ‘no strings’ attached
UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait
The export bar gives UK museums and galleries until 26 December to raise the funds to keep the painting in the country
‘We don't think it should be controversial to talk about these subjects’: Bonniers Konsthall opens exhibition on art as antifascist resistance ahead of Swedish election
The group show ‘The Defeated: The Aesthetics of Resistance 2026’, which opened in Stockholm this week, is inspired by the antifascist, postwar literature of German-Swedish writer Peter Weiss
Ruth Mackenzie to reportedly oversee museums, libraries and relationship with Arts Council England for UK culture ministry
Mackenzie, who was made a peer in July, previously led various performing arts festivals and theatres in the UK and abroad, and was most recently director of arts at the British Council
Art and design A-levels at lowest uptake since 2010 according to UK advocacy group
The recent release of A-level and GSCE data for UK students and schools has renewed calls to ‘revitalise arts education’




























