Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Largest ever Piero della Francesca exhibition to open at London’s National Gallery

The show, opening in October 2027, will be organised around seven interlocking building blocks of the Renaissance master’s work

Fake or Fortune art historian donates major Anglo-Indian art collection to Tate

The collection of 50 artworks from the 18th and 19th centuries includes paintings by Sita Ram, Ghulam Ali Khan, Johan Zoffany and Rudolph Swoboda, as well as Indian landscapes by British artists

Artist duo David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin win the Prix Marcel Duchamp

Brognon and Rollin, who have been working together for the past twenty years, will be awarded €35,000

Art Basel Paris to close early due to protests

Fifth edition of the fair will conclude on Friday evening, with demonstrations in Paris expected to resume this weekend

Art Basel Paris dispatch: what to see beyond the fair this week

Our reporters on the ground in Paris give their “around town” art highlights

British Museum’s Red Ball sparks Energy Embargo for Palestine protests

While protests occurred outside the ball, the museum announced an anonymous £30m donation toward its masterplan redevelopment project

Staff strike at Goldsmiths is now the longest in UK university history

Students say they are not receiving marks or feedback, as dispute over the institution's restructuring programme has dragged on for 130 days

François Pinault to launch permanent display of his collection at Venice’s Palazzo Grassi

The billionaire collector’s decision means the prestigious temporary exhibition programme at the palazzo is coming to an end

British Museum’s chair optimistic on possible alternating display of Parthenon Marbles in Athens and London

The chair of the museum’s board of trustees told a Greek newspaper he would “like to reach an agreement” for a rotating display in Athens and London, but Greek authorities remain opposed

London exhibition throws stark light on tragedy in Gaza

Curators of the show at Tramps gallery juxtapose news footage of the crisis with installations, photographs and sculpture

Pope Leo XIV addresses international museum directors at the Vatican

“Every museum is a place of memory, beauty and history”, said the pontiff to an audience that included the directors of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Police recover Renoir paintings stolen from French museum

Six suspects have also been arrested in connection to last month's burglary at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer

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‘I am such a lazybones’: new book reveals Claude Monet’s life through his letters

A collection of the artist’s correspondence provides fascinating new insights, from his domestic life to acquisition negotiations

Huge bronze book cover by Salvador Dalí stolen in latest French museum theft

The 150kg cover, embellished with gold, precious stones and pearls, was burgled from the C. Karoutzos Contemporary Art Centre in central France on Sunday night

London's Victoria & Albert Museum planning to launch voluntary exit scheme

The scheme comes after trade unions representing museum staff held strikes in September, with negotiations still ongoing

British Museum to extend Bayeux Tapestry opening hours

Some ticket holders have reportedly queued for up to two hours to enter the blockbuster exhibition, while others have been turned away

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