Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Statue of Queen Elizabeth II and her corgis to be unveiled in UK
The work pre-empts an official memorial in the pipeline overseen by the Royal Household and the UK government
New museum in Saudi Arabia bolsters collection after inking partnership deal with Centre Pompidou
The contemporary art institution is one of 15 “cultural assets” in development in the Arabian state’s AlUla heritage region
Ancient ruins of emperor Nero's theatre found in Rome
Objects ranging from the Roman to medieval period were found at the archaeological site, which will now be turned into a Four Seasons hotel
Portrait of Omai? What about bringing Henry VIII’s epic tapestry back to the UK, says British businessman
The piece by Pieter Coecke van Aelst remains in Spain but Jonathan Ruffer wants to show it at his new Faith Museum in County Durham
‘Clearly a copy from the 19th century’—Old Masters scholars reject AI-attributed Raphael
The so-called de Brécy Tondo has in the past been assumed to be a Victorian copy
‘This is about celebrating everyone’: London's V&A opens new Thomas J Price exhibition
The display includes a version of a sculpture that sparked debate in the Netherlands last month
Statue of wartime code-breaker Alan Turing proposed for London's fourth plinth
UK defence secretary Ben Wallace made the suggestion following a review of LGBTQ veterans' experiences—but critics point out the minister's contradictory voting record
South London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery to get new sculpture park in £4.6m overhaul
The institution’s first major redevelopment in 25 years will also include a new building for families and schools
‘Do you want a clap?’: tour guide who filmed tourist defacing Colosseum reveals how he caught vandal
The unidentified Swiss teenager is the second person to make headlines this summer for carving letters into the walls of the ancient site
Tate loans entire Rothko room for blockbuster Paris show
While the collection is out of the UK, works by Joan Mitchell on loan from the Fondation Louis Vuitton will hang in its place
Controversial Stonehenge tunnel scheme gets greenlight from UK government
Campaign groups say move is ‘as inexplicable as it is disgraceful’
Italy seeks the return of seven possibly looted works from the Louvre
The museum's director says works with dubious provenance are 'a stain in the collections of the Louvre'
First week of Italy's Pantheon price hike nets €200,000
Previously free, a standard tourist ticket to the ancient site now costs €5
Detained Cuban artist and activist pens appeal from prison on two-year anniversary
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was imprisoned on charges of contempt and insult to national symbols when widespread protests swept the nation in 2021
Picasso's daughter Paloma appointed administrator of his estate
Paloma Ruiz-Picasso, whose mother Françoise Gilot died in June, takes over from her brother Claude
Phillips launches annual David Hockney auction in London
The standalone sales come off the back of numerous high-profile projects involving the British artist
New exhibition in Tbilisi shines light on Georgian artist shunned by Soviet Union
Levan Chogoshvili's first large-scale solo show in the country will take place at the Atinati Cultural Center
Public art display in Liverpool hospital marks 75th anniversary of UK's National Health Service
Historic England is also funding two projects in Bristol and London
July book bag: from conversations with collectors to a Ruth Baumgarte catalogue raisonné
Our roundup of the latest art publications
The co-founder of luxury art publisher Assouline on why its books ‘are really haute couture’ and how they will ‘never’ go digital
Prosper Assouline also tells us about doing everything in-house and how 80% of a book is what is on the outside
Nine artists recommend their favourite books for summer
From dystopian biography and intelligent plants to “monstrous mothers” and the underwater world, avid readers share their top tips
From self-portraits and smiles to screams: creating a compendium of art ‘firsts’
The writer and art historian Nick Trend tells us how he chose the art for his new book and why such choices can often be subjective
UK and Greece should share Parthenon Marbles says London mayor Sadiq Khan
The Labour party politician encourages the British Museum and the UK government to advance talks with the government of Greece and Athens's Acropolis Museum
Not safe for work: Beeple donates 'censored NFT' to Italian museum
The image of an orgy in an office setting—a satire of the downfall of banking entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried—was allegedly blocked by YouTube due to nudity
Victoria and Albert Museum lends a trove of medieval treasures to Qatari collection space in Paris
More than 70 items have been loaned to the Al Thani Collection space, which displays works belonging to Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah
Pompeii fresco may show pizza's 2,000-year-old ancestor, archaeologist says
The painting was found close to Naples, home of the famous margherita pizza
UK's University of East Anglia to cut more than two dozen arts and humanities jobs
As part of its £30m cost-cutting initiative, the university is proposing to reduce staff numbers by a total of 113, a spokesperson says
Italy condemns tourist who vandalised Colosseum with love note
Italian authorities have identified an English suspect who they believe is the man filmed carving the words “Ivan + Hayley 23” into the 2,000-year old structure
Sculpture of whistleblowers Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden makes appearance in UK's Parliament Square
The work invites audience participation and is about defending "freedom of speech", says its creator Davide Dormino
Venice Biennale curator unveils vision for next year's exhibition
The focus of the show will be foreign artists—including refugees, émigrés and members of a diaspora