Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

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

Windrush 75th anniversary marked by series of royal art commissions including portraits by Sonia Boyce and Amy Sherald

Also commemorating the arrival of the vessel from the Caribbean is a new exhibition at London's V&A and a display in London's Piccadilly Circus

Barbican exhibition cancelled in wake of 'anti-Palestinian censorship' row

Resolve Collective has accused staff at the London arts centre of censoring a talk and for showing “hostility towards close family and friends at the exhibition opening”

Louvre interrupts sale of €2.6m record-breaking terracotta sculpture

Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price

Alexandre Crochet. With additional reporting by Gareth Harris

Never-before-seen South Asian miniature paintings from British Royal Collection to go on view in Milton Keynes

The exhibition at MK gallery will track the development of the art form from the 16th century to the present day and will explore how the works ended up in the UK to begin with

Fashion designer Paul Smith to sell his Banksy at Bonhams

The 2004 work Congestion Charge has a high estimate of £1.8m in the 29 June auction

Elena Filipovic announced as the new director of the Kunstmuseum Basel

Filipovic joins from the Kunsthalle Basel and will replace Josef Helfenstein

Basel auction house prepares for first sale after being acquired by Artcurial

Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer will offer a selection of works from the estate of Florence and Antoine Poncet

Previously free, some UK museums are starting to charge as cost of living crisis bites

The principle of free admission to museums is being eroded, as entry fees are introduced to balance budgets

Best shows to see in Basel: from sound sculptures to a Basquiat bonanza

An interactive show of multimedia works has opened at Museum Tinguely while the Fondation Beyeler has reunited a series of Basquiat paintings

Can biennials really be sustainable? Helsinki Biennial looks at issues around the climate crisis

Artists and curators grapple with creating works that draw attention to the problem while also relying on travel and shipping to share them

Modern artinterview

Interview magazine editor and Warhol confidant Bob Colacello opens new show on Pop art heyday

The photographer speaks with us about his intimate images of the famed artist, how he got the coveted New York media job and his "diehard" Republicanism

Reina Sofía Museum and Whitworth Gallery appoint new directors

The art historian Manuel Segade will join the Madrid institution while Tate international art curator Sook-Kyung Lee takes the reins in Manchester

Vermeer blockbuster officially breaks record at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum

The recently-closed exhibition drew 650,000 visitors in its four month run

Lootnews

‘Easily recognisable fakes’ among artefacts repatriated to Italy from the US

Forged objects have been identified among the 60 antiquities returned amid much fanfare earlier this year

A new show exploring Bloomsbury Set's impact on fashion to launch expansion of group's Sussex retreat

Southover House in Lewes will house personal items owned by Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant this autumn and may lead to a dedicated gallery

Memorial to peace activist Brian Haw to stand opposite London's Imperial War Museum

The campaigner began protesting the Iraq war outside the Houses of Parliament in 2001 and remained camped at the site until his death in 2011

Controversial monument to Queen Elizabeth II needs donors

Massive sculpture by Simon Hitchens, criticised by local campaign group, is three times the size of Antony Gormley’s 'Angel of the North'

All change at Tate Britain after first rehang in a decade

Alex Farquharson, the director of Tate Britain, opens up on the thinking behind a top-to-bottom reassessment of the largest collection of British art in the world

Major Willem de Kooning exhibition to open during Venice Biennale 2024

Gallerie dell’Accademia show will explore how Italy shaped the late artist’s vision

Saudi Arabia announces two new major museums as part of AlUla heritage site

An institution for contemporary art and another dedicated to the incense trade route are the first "cultural assets” launched as part of the region's 15-year plan