Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Pucker up: Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at Surrealist hub in West Sussex
Monthly public tours will reveal one of the UK’s most prestigious collections of Surrealist art, featuring works by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Leonora Carrington
Stuffed animals, Superman and communing with spirits: the wacky world of Mike Kelley explored in Tate Modern survey
The London institution is the third stop for the four-venue touring exhibition of the late American artist
Three arrested after Just Stop Oil protestors throw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers—again
Activists who took part in a similar stunt at London's National Gallery in 2022 were jailed earlier today
Protestors who poured soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers sentenced to prison
The incident, which took place at the National Gallery in 2022, will see Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland serve two years and 20 months respectively
Major UK art prize awarded to Royal Academy schools student
Prizewinner Jame St Findlay receives £30,000 and a show at Claridge’s ArtSpace
‘Art is the opposite of war’: amid a new wave of bombardment, Beirut's culture professionals remain defiant
Israeli airstrikes have led to gallery and museum closures, but artists and gallerists are determined to continue their work
London’s revamped Warburg Institute courts a broader audience
Home to a unique collection smuggled out of Nazi Germany, the institute will show temporary exhibitions alongside Edmund de Waal’s library of exile
Repatriation of objects is on the government’s agenda, says UK culture secretary
Lisa Nandy's apparent support for repatriation reform has been welcomed by the head of London's Victoria and Albert Museum
‘Unacceptable’: Ai Weiwei responds to his sculpture being smashed at Italian exhibition opening
The artist was 'shocked and surprised' after 'Porcelain Cube' was destroyed by a man at Palazzo Fava in Bologna
Axel Rüger leaves London’s Royal Academy for New York's Frick Collection
The RA chief, who saw the institution through the Covid-19 pandemic, will replace Ian Wardropper next spring
Caravaggio’s Cupid heads for London
The provocative painting of Roman god of desire will travel from Berlin in 2025
Latest Fourth Plinth sculpture pays tribute to transgender communities
The work by Teresa Margolles is made up of casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people from the UK and Mexico
How the UK can be a cultural superpower: think tank puts forward arts policies for new Labour government
The Fabian Society has proposed actions including introducing a tourism charge and organising a review of Arts Council England
Shortlist announced for Artes Mundi 11, the UK’s biggest contemporary art prize
The 11th edition, which will be presented at venues across Wales, sees six artists nominated for the £40,000 prize
Fondation Cartier reveals plans for new Paris space designed by Jean Nouvel
The French architect will modernise the historic site, which is due to open next year near the Louvre
‘Will it cause reputational damage?’: British Museum director discusses controversial BP donation
In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Nicholas Cullinan also mulls over the Parthenon Marbles and recent thefts scandal
A Banksy work has been stolen in London—again
Two men have appeared in court charged with burglary following the theft of a version of 'Girl with Balloon'
Co-owner of right-wing broadcaster GB News buys UK art magazine Apollo
Acquisition is part of £100m deal for The Spectator news magazine
September Book Bag: from the importance of colour in Mesoamerican cultures to a collection of famous artists’ sketchbooks
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Human rights groups call on Iran's government to end 'systematic persecution of artists'
On the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Artistic Freedom Initiative’s new report uncovers human rights abuses following the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising
‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80
Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs
Sonia Boyce and John Akomfrah among 4,000 arts professionals urging UK government to stand up for culture
The Venice Biennale artists are backing a collective manifesto which calls for new policies to support the visual arts
Italy names new culture minister following appointments scandal
Alessandro Giuli, who heads up Rome's Maxxi museum, replaces Gennaro Sangiuliano in the right-wing government role
Constantine Arch and Colosseum hit by 'incredible water bomb'
Lightning strike breaks fragments off ancient military monument in Rome
Animal rights protestors stage die-in at London’s Courtauld Gallery
Members of the activist group Peta occupied the institution‘s LVMH Great Room
Tate shows works donated by Greek tycoon Dimitris Daskalopoulos
Philanthropic gift of over 110 works integrated into displays at Tate Modern, Britain and St Ives
New London Museum gets £50m cash boost in face of rising costs
The original budget for the museum has so far been surpassed by £100m
Let them eat cake: V&A to stage first UK show on Marie Antoinette
Other blockbuster exhibitions at the museum next year will focus on luxury brand Cartier, ancient Egypt and the pioneering work done by disabled people in the world of design
Deutsche Bank re-hangs massive collection at new London headquarters
German conglomerate also commissions works by four artists for UK base
Surreal Watteau painting owned by Britain's first prime minister gets export bar
The Rococo masterpiece is valued at over £6m