Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Guerlain and Korean artist Lee Ufan award inaugural art and environment prize

The French artist Djabril Boukhenaïssi was announced as the winner at Paris + par Art Basel

'More Americans than at Frieze': sophomore edition of Art Basel's Paris+ fair opens to packed aisles and punchy sales

Major deals suggest a shift in power between Paris and London, though some attendees noted an aesthetic conservatism in the French fair's offerings

Kabir Jhala. With additional reporting by Gareth Harris

What would Mark Rothko make of the world today? His son discusses his legacy and market at launch of major Fondation Louis Vuitton exhibition

Christopher Rothko has co-curated the vast Paris show, which includes more than 115 works from international collections

Park Seo-Bo, one of South Korea's leading artists, has died aged 91

The father of the Dansaekhwa movement was known for monochrome works with roots in Buddhist philosophy

The ugly bug ball: insect-themed art takes over Frieze

While Paris hotels are reportedly crawling with bed bugs, the only critters we saw at Frieze London and Frieze Masters were in the exhibits

Art world figures snub UK prime minister's party for Frieze anniversary

Artist Ryan Gander, Sarah McCrory, the director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Contemporary Art and Chisenhale Gallery director Zoé Whitley all decided not to attend

Nigerian artists are at the fore at the 1-54 fair and beyond

Famous and emerging artists from the country feature at both the contemporary African art fair, with a record number of exhibitors this year, and at Frieze Masters

Serpentine Galleries will bring Barbara Kruger and Judy Chicago to London in 2024

Los Angeles artist Lauren Halsey will also unveil a new work at the Kensington Gardens space

Almost 2,000 items missing from collection of Wales’s national museums

Coins, crockery and tools are among the objects unaccounted for but museum says "some losses are inevitable"

Artists Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton to have studios on site at the Louvre

The 18-month residencies mark the 230th anniversary of the Parisian museum

Retain and explain guidance on contentious UK heritage is published—at last

Government strategy underscores controversial monuments should stay in place, a move criticised by some culture professionals

Istanbul Biennial's governing body draws up new selection guidelines following curator row

İKSV will bar advisory board members from taking up curatorial posts although the 2024 edition will go ahead as planned

Archaeologists discover 24,000 year-old Palaeolithic art site in eastern Spain

Researchers have now revealed details about the trove of ancient paintings and engravings found in 2021

Book Clubfeature

The publisher that promised ‘art for all’: a potted history of Phaidon as it celebrates its centenary

The vice-president Deborah Aaronson tells us how the company got some help from Albert Einstein and why eBooks are not necessarily the future of art publishing

Postponed Philip Guston survey finally opens at Tate Modern

The delay allowed the show's curators to travel and conduct further research about the Ku Klux Klan works, organisers say

Lynda Benglis presents sculptures and jewellery in Paris catwalk show

The US artist, known for her 1970s dildo image, teamed up with Loewe for the event attended by the likes of Anna Wintour and Kris Jenner

Artist recreates historical war painting using a crowd of Ukrainian soldiers

Emeric Lhuisset presents a contemporary version of a 19th-century work by Ilya Repin that frames it in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Newly attributed Raphael drawing heads to auction at Dorotheum

Rediscovered work is a preparatory study for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge fresco displayed in the Vatican’s papal apartments

Francesco Manacorda appointed director of Castello di Rivoli in Turin

The Italian curator replaces Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who steps down at the end of this year

Insurance giant Lloyd’s unveils portraits of first Black broker and trans woman manager

The works by artist Franklyn Rodgers will go on view in the historic firm's Old Library

‘Breakthrough’ attribution for Artemisia Gentileschi painting stored at England's Hampton Court

Royal Collection curators checked provenance records and pigments, tracing the work to Queen Henrietta Maria

Oligarch Files investigation reveals $963m art collection of Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova

Mondrian, Magritte and Freud are among the masterpieces acquired by the sanctioned Russian billionaire, according to a report by The Guardian

World's oldest wooden structure discovered in Zambia

A new report reveals that humans were building with wood 476,000 years ago, upending previous beliefs about our ancestors

Unesconews

Unesco reiterates plea for UK government ‘not to proceed’ with Stonehenge redevelopment

The UN cultural body is requesting modifications to the controversial scheme, which will see a dual-carriageway tunnel running close to the ancient heritage site by next year

Awardsnews

Nominees announced for annual Freelands Award dedicated to overlooked UK women artists

The top prize of £110,000 will go to an exhibition that will take place in the next three years, with £30,000 awarded directly to the winning artist