Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Iranian artists submit work anonymously for online exhibition on death of Mahsa Amini
More than 500 works were submitted last year after protests swept the country
Photofairs New York will be 'cutting edge' new director Helen Toomer says
Newly appointed head of fair shares her plans ahead of inaugural edition in 2023
Art Davos 2023: culture programme includes works focused on the patriarchy and climate change
New data sculpture by Refik Anadol and a vast mural designed by refugees to be unveiled at the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week
Mixed reviews for Hank Willis Thomas's new Boston memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr
The public sculpture is based on a photograph of the assassinated civil rights leader hugging his wife Coretta Scott King—but some say it looks offensive from certain angles
‘It’s not about wokeness, it’s about doing the right thing’: MoMA director Glenn Lowry on the new political landscape
Culture figurehead says that in the post-pandemic climate, museums should not be places that provide answers
Art Night contemporary art festival moves out of London to the Scottish city of Dundee
The Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani has been confirmed for a new commission
Vast Pompeii residence unveiled with panel depicting a giant penis
Newly-refurbished home belonged to former slaves who made their wealth in the wine business
January book bag: from Californian counterculture to intimate artist portraits by the likes of Tacita Dean
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Cy Twombly's ties to the past: exhibition explores how US artist drew on ancient cultures of Greece, Rome and Egypt
Travelling show debuted at the Getty and now opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Former Musée Guimet chief Sophie Makariou to oversee cultural development of AlUla in Saudi Arabia
French government signed multi-billion dollar deal with Saudi regime in 2018
Tracey Emin, Frank Bowling and NFT artists create works in aid of Parkinson's research
Fourth edition of Cure3 selling exhibition trials "a new format of charitable giving in the crypto world"
Discovery of 60 mummies in Egyptian city of Luxor points to elaborate burial ground
A Spanish archaeological mission found the tombs late last year
Influential Düsseldorf dealer Hans Mayer—the first to show Warhol in Germany—dies aged 82
The gallerist is credited with introducing European audiences to post-war US artists
From Sharjah to São Paulo: 2023's most interesting biennials
From Okwui Enwezor’s final project to an Indigenous-inspired Liverpool Biennial, here are some key dates for your exhibition calendars
Arts figures draw a line under Bolsonaro as Lula is sworn in as Brazil's new president
Leftist leader has appointed a culture minister but faces challenges from fundamentalism to funding
Tate Modern chief Frances Morris and artist John Akomfrah recognised in UK New Year Honours list
Grayson Perry is made a knight while Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard gets an MBE
Salamanders at Gloucester Road station and a new mural at Brixton tube—Art on the Underground 2023 programme revealed
Monster Chetwynd, Jem Perucchini and Zadie Xa will all unveil works around London’s transport hubs
The Louvre shot on a mobile phone—20 artists make three-minute films inspired by the Paris museum
‘Louvre Looks’ videos will be posted weekly on Instagram
Unesco World Heritage site Petra reopens to tourists after flash flooding
Regional authority takes steps to prevent further damage to the ancient desert city
The artist Dorothy Iannone, hailed as a ‘freedom fighter’, dies aged 89
She confronted censorship issues including a legal battle over Henry Miller novel
Take four—Naples exhibition curators attribute a new quartet of works to Artemisia Gentileschi
Organisers of Gallerie d’Italia show have given full attributions to four works on loan from public and private collections in the US and UK
It is 53 years since Caravaggio’s Nativity was stolen in Palermo—Vanessa Beecroft unveils her own version of the masterpiece in Sicily
Theft from a Baroque oratory in 1969 remains "an open wound", says commissioning body
Nativity scene by Renaissance master saved from leaving the UK
Rare work by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, valued at £277,990, will go on show at Ulster Museum
Germany kicks off major Benin bronze restitution with return of 20 artefacts to Nigeria
The agreement—signed by the two countries in July—involves the return of 1,100 objects in total
Artist Katharina Grosse calls on Iran to overturn death sentences of LGBTQ activists
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubda were sentenced in September for the crime of "corruption on earth through the promotion of homosexuality"
Cologne museum to transfer 92-strong Benin bronze collection back to Nigeria
The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century
Police recover bulk of objects stolen in audacious £100m art heist from Dresden museum
Announcement was made during the trial of six men which began in January and is due to resume this week
London's National Portrait Gallery to reopen its doors in June 2023 after three-year closure
The refurbishment is backed by a raft of sponsors including British-American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik and international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills
East London art space Raven Row makes a comeback
Launched in 2009, the gallery took a five-year hiatus in 2017, but will return early next year with a TV archive show
Adriano Pedrosa named curator of Venice Biennale 2024
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand artistic director is the first Latin American curator to take up the position