
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Newly attributed Turner painting, last sold for £500, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's with £300,000 estimate
The work was previously attributed to a follower of the 18th-century artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson, but experts agree it was infact painted by a teenaged Turner
Former Hepworth Wakefield director appointed chief executive of London's Royal Academy
Following a restructure and redundancies, Simon Wallis replaces Axel Rüger in the role
Anish Kapoor and Rachel Whiteread back campaign to keep Barbara Hepworth sculpture in the UK
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery is hoping to raise £3.8m to acquire ‘Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red’
UK national museums back call for end to ‘relentless negativity’ around corporate arts sponsorship
The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have signed a public letter authored by the co-chief executives of Sadler’s Wells
June Book Bag: from the cool influence of Ice Age art to the story of Arshile Gorky’s early years in the US
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Rain, insomnia and finding a model: how Morocco challenged and changed Matisse
The author of a new book, Jeff Koehler, tells us about the French artist’s fruitful but sometimes tricky sojourns in Tangier
An expert’s guide to Postmodernism: five must-read books on the movement
All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from a pivotal novel to a book on how Postmodernism “shapes all aspects of contemporary life”—selected by The Cosmic House director Eszter Steierhoffer
China’s terracotta army reportedly ‘damaged’ by museum visitor
A 30-year-old man reportedly “climbed over the guardrail” that protects the 2,000-year-old statues
Louvre to return 258 works to Fondation des Artistes
Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum
Uzbekistan's inaugural Bukhara biennial promises to explore art, craft and emotion through food
Titled ‘Recipes for Broken Hearts’ the biennial will feature more than 70 Uzbek artists, along with the UK's Antony Gormley
Former Cromwell Place chief appointed director of Glasgow International
Helen Nisbet will lead the Scottish art festival as it launches its 11th edition next year
Pallets, not plinths: the V&A opens its vast storehouse to the public
The V&A East Storehouse, opening at the 2012 London Olympics site on Saturday 31 May, offers visitors an experience akin to a trip to Ikea—including the chance to “order an object”
Lease agreement secures Camden Art Centre’s future for 99 years
Building saved following £1.9m fundraising campaign led by artists and galleries
Tracey Emin and Ai Weiwei pay tribute to BBC broadcaster Alan Yentob
BBC executive, who has died aged 78, profiled artists in his Arena and Imagine series
UK culture minister says scrapping department would be ‘absolute madness’
Chris Bryant has said he wants to “bury” the rumour that Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to abolish the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Washington, DC Jewish Museum ‘heartbroken’ by deadly shooting
The museum's directors have issued their first statement since two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead outside the building yesterday evening
Artist couple open north London not-for-profit in former Zabludowicz gallery
Husband-and-wife artist duo Philip and Charlotte Colbert have opened Camden Arts Projects, which kicks off its programme with a show of works by Martin Creed
Celebrating its bicentenary, London's National Gallery makes three major acquisitions
Works by Edgar Degas, Carl Gustav Carus and Floris van Dijck have entered the gallery's collection
Middle man in Cattelan gold toilet theft given suspended sentence
Frederick Doe was convicted in March of conspiring to transfer criminal property and was accused of trying to broker the sale of around 10 kilograms of the stolen gold
Sunday Times Rich List 2025 reveals changing art world fortunes
Leonard Blavatnik moves down and Denise Coates up amid tax changes that could affect the philanthropic landscape
Magna Carta ‘copy’ once sold at Sotheby's is an original, say UK professors
The document was consigned to the auction house in 1946 then, later the same year, purchased by Harvard Law School for just $27.50
More than 160 Tutankhamun treasures have arrived at the Grand Egyptian Museum
Conservation work will be carried out on on key objects ahead of the museum's long awaited launch on 3 July
‘There is not enough money for education’: French philanthropist to fund museum visits for 100,000 UK children
Frédéric Jousset will provide £1m over four years to send school children to cultural venues, including the British Museum
UK government bans export of £10m Botticelli painting
The work was previously held in a private collection for 120 years
1-54 makes the most of its new home in New York
The 11th edition sees the fair relocate to Halo in the Financial District
Tate Modern, the ‘cathedral to contemporary art’, celebrates 25 years
Artists and curators look at the London museum’s achievements, and the challenges ahead
Artists and architects shortlisted in Queen Elizabeth II memorial design competition
Designs by five teams have been shortlisted to create the proposed memorial in St James’s Park, with the winning entry due to be announced this summer
What would abolishing the UK government's department for culture mean for the arts?
Following recent reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to dismantle the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, experts and politicians weigh up the pros and cons of such a move
‘It’s a dream vessel for me’: Defne Ayas appointed new director of the Van Abbemuseum
Ayas replaces Charles Esche, who has been in post for two decades, taking the reins ahead of the museum’s 90th anniversary in 2026
May Book Bag: from a comic compendium inspired by MoMA to a turning point in the history of photography
Our round-up of the latest art publications