
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Scotland and Wales to return to Venice Biennale after years-long break
Scotland last participated in the biennale in 2022, while the last artist chosen to represent Wales was in 2019
Dublin museum pushes back on Derek Jarman film censorship claims
The Irish Museum of Modern Art says it halted a screening of “The Angelic Conversation” to check legislation but will now continue showing it
Erotic Pompeii mosaic looted by Nazi officer returned to ancient site
The mosaic depicts a pair of lovers, showing a naked woman standing over her partner
National Trust à la française? French culture minister considers plans for new heritage body based on UK model
Centre des Monuments Nationaux has also signed agreements with the National Trust, the National Trust for Scotland and English Heritage
Millais treasure trove goes on long-term loan to Scottish gallery
The Raphaelite figure's great-grandson has loaned over 150 works on paper
Vandalised portraits of Windrush generation restored and reinstated in London square
Twenty photographs in the ‘Windrush Untold Stories’ exhibition were daubed with paint earlier this month while on display in London
Former UK prime minister Liz Truss signs letter criticising ‘secretive’ campaign to return Parthenon Marbles to Greece
A letter issued by the right-wing campaign group Great British Pac claims there is a “politically orchestrated” movement to remove the sculptures
France resisted loan of Bayeux Tapestry for ‘decades’, Macron says during British Museum visit
The French president made the comments yesterday at a ceremony attended by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
‘Research powerhouse’: Abu Dhabi's Zayed National Museum confirms 2025 opening
The mega museum, set to open in December, will fund projects aimed at enriching understanding of UAE’s cultural and historical legacy
Kew Gardens to host largest-ever open-air Henry Moore show
Opening in May 2026, thirty works will be dotted around the 320-acre Unesco World Heritage site
Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for first time in almost 1,000 years
The tapestry will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026, as part of a bilateral season of culture between the UK and France
A blockbuster Gerhard Richter retrospective, co-organised by Nicholas Serota, is coming to Paris
The German blue-chip artist will show more than 250 works at Fondation Louis Vuitton from October
Less than two years after opening, the Museum of Censored Art in Barcelona has closed its doors
A statement from the museum, which displayed works by Ai Weiwei and Goya, attributes the closure to disruption caused by strike action
From a football feast to deceitful dolphins: three art exhibitions not to miss at the Manchester International Festival
The art event takes place across the northern UK city this month
Tate chair floats selling Turbine Hall naming rights for ‘a minimum of £50m’
Roland Rudd made the comments in relation to the new endowment fund Tate announced last week
Artist and curator Jean-Marc Bustamante to launch foundation in Arles culture hub
Bustamante will take over a medieval church that will host shows and lectures
Should UK museums display mummies? One institution is asking its visitors for their view
The Manchester Museum is running a public consultation about the future of Asru, a woman who lived in Thebes, southern Egypt
July Book Bag: from a monograph of Vincent Namatjira’s headline-grabbing portraits to a book of Chinese art heists
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Arshile Gorky’s experience as an immigrant to the US and the painting that defined it
An exclusive extract by Adam Gopnik on the Armenian American painter, taken from a collection of essays about the artist’s time in New York City
Raphael’s experiments with innovative painting technique revealed by Vatican Museums restoration
A ten-year conservation project has shed light on how the artist attempted to work with a system involving a grid of nails placed on the walls
UK mental health hospitals are about to get more art
Veronica Ryan and Alberta Whittle are among the more than 50 artists who will work with Hospital Rooms on the three-year project
Open-air museum that recreates 1950s Britain wins Art Fund Museum of the Year prize
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North was commended for "remarkable attention and passion of its staff"
English Heritage chief steps down after a turbulent 18 months in post
Nick Merriman oversaw a controversial restructure of the UK historic site charity
Tate launches US-style endowment fund, with aim of raising £150m by 2030
The new fund, announced at a star-studded gala yesterday, has raised £43m so far
‘A dialogue about rationality and irrationality’: Ai Weiwei to present new installation in Ukraine
The Chinese artist’s work, which is inspired by Leonardo da Vinci illustrations, will be housed in a former Soviet-era exposition hall in Kyiv
London’s Queen Elizabeth II memorial to feature contemplative Yinka Shonibare sculpture
The British-Nigerian artist Shonibare is part of the team behind the project, led by Foster + Partners
Uffizi director to ‘limit’ selfies after posing visitor damages 18th-century painting
A man attempting to capture a picture of himself at the Florence gallery tripped and left a hole in a work by Anton Domenico Gabbiani
Belgian council cancels Hew Locke commission that planned to ‘disrupt’ colonial statue
The artist had intended to recontextualise a statue of king Leopold II, who oversaw a brutal regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
UK city council launches £100,000 appeal to buy rediscovered Turner painting
Bristol city council hopes to raise the money in just seven days
In pictures: meet the newcomer galleries debuting at Art Basel
More than a dozen galleries are showing at Art Basel for the first time, all brimming with enthusiasm