Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Venice Biennale strike sees more than 15 pavilions temporarily or partially close

The action, organised by the campaign group Art Not Genocide Alliance, will culminate in a rally in the city

Alexander Morrison. With additional reporting by Carlie Porterfield and Gareth Harris
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Banksy’s Venice mural has been restored and will now tour city

The work known as ‘Migrant Child’ was extensively conserved in a project funded by the banking group Banca Ifis

Gareth Harris. With additional reporting by James Imam

Sound-based Holy See pavilion opens at Venice Biennale as Vatican’s contemporary art ambitions grow

The Vatican meanwhile recently opened a contemporary art space, which next year will feature work by artists including Yan Pei-Ming

Our pick of the best pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale

From splashing sewage to moments of zen, here is our selection of top national presentations in the Giardini, Arsenale and across town

Cultural workers at Venice Biennale to strike over Israel’s participation

A rally is also planned to take place in the city on the same day, 8 May

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‘A remarkably tenacious motif’: the many faces of Marilyn Monroe revealed in new book and show

Different artists’ takes on the film star are explored ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

The Venice Biennale has long been a sales platform—now no one is pretending otherwise

From a Christie's exhibition to a posthumous display of Mel Ramos, this year numerous explicitly commercial shows signal a shift in attitude

Botticelli under UK export ban purchased by Klesch Collection

The Quattrocento Renaissance painting will be on loan to the Ashmolean Museum for three years

UK’s Brighton & Hove Museums to return 45 artefacts to Botswana

The objects, acquired by English reverend William Charles Willoughby in the 19th century, will now form part of a permanent display in Serowe

Major Greek contemporary art non-profit Neon to close after 14 years

After sponsoring many exhibitions and commissions across his native Greece, Neon founder Dimitris Daskalopoulos will continue to fund individual projects in Athens and several curatorial posts

Titian's ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ to get a refresh with bank conservation grant

Major conservation funding, sponsored by Bank of America, has been granted to London's National Gallery as well as 17 additional projects at other international institutions

Stockholm's Market Art Fair wants to prove the 'periphery is now essential'

Proudly regional, but with global ambitions, the 20th edition of Sweden's largest commercial art event sees 54 dealers gather in a new venue

Sonic investigations non-profit to be artist-in-residence at London's Gasworks

Led by Turner Prize winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Earshot utilises audio as a tool for research and advocacy

Antony Gormley sculpture quietly removed and sold off by UK council

The Reform-run council sold the public work back to the artist for an undisclosed sum

Recently restored castle in Norwich among five institutions shortlisted for UK's top museum prize

Spaces in Norwich, Plymouth and Cambridge will be considered alongside London heavyweights for the £120,000 award

British Art Show—exhibiting UK's 'most exciting' art in past five years—announces line up for tenth edition

Organised by curator Ekow Eshun, "A Chorus of Strangers" includes artists such as Alex Margo Arden, Alvaro Barrington, Lubna Chowdhary and Jesse Darling

English museums should only charge tourists if digital ID checks in place, UK politician says

The Labour peer Margaret Hodge has gone into more detail on proposals put forward in a report about the funding body Arts Council England

London's Southbank Centre to receive £10m government funding boost

The investment, part of a £128m support package for culture venues across the UK, follows a period in which the centre has struggled financially

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‘A fresh look at contemporary culture’: Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, takes us inside the new London museum

The Stratford-based museum, opening this month, aims to build on the success of V&A East Storehouse, which has attracted 500,000 visitors since it opened in May last year

Staff at Goldsmiths art college plan industrial action ahead of redundancies

'Future Goldsmiths' marks the third restructure programme at the south London-based university in five years

FKA Twigs and Brian Eno among artists included in the Vatican's sound-based 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion

The Holy See pavilion will honour the the life and legacy of the Benedictine nun, Saint Hildegard of Bingen

Spanish culture ministry denies loan of Picasso's Guernica to Bilbao

A Guggenheim Bilbao display of the monumental painting would have marked the 90th anniversary of the bombing that inspired it

London’s V&A launches webpage exploring provenance of its objects

The new collections hub page speaks to an “institutional commitment to accountability and transparency”, the museum’s director Tristram Hunt said

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Pressing issues: the vital role of printmaking in the history of art

We speak to the author of a new book that looks at how making prints has been vital for many famous artists

Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto sends message of ‘preventive peace’ on digital billboards around the world

New public art project entitled "Three Mirrors"—commissioned by digital art platform Circa—will be shown in nine cities

Arts and heritage organisations largely exempted from new UK regulations on memberships

Representatives for the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Trust and the Tate had warned that the legislation could have severely impacted their funding

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Keep it in the family: how Johannes Vermeer’s paintings remained out of view for so long

In an exclusive extract from Andrew Graham-Dixon’s new biography, we learn how many of the Dutch Old Master's works stayed in one family for years