Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
London's Brent Biennial to explore immigrant, feminist and queer traditions
North-west London borough of Brent will host 12 artists’ projects in 12 different venues and public spaces
Newly attributed Michelangelo drawing expected to make €30m at Christie’s Paris next month
Formerly attributed to “the school of Michelangelo”, experts now say the nude sketch is by the master's own hand
Take a fresh look: a new little history of art offers a global perspective
In her forthcoming book, Charlotte Mullins aims to challenge the “myopic prioritisation of male Western art” in earlier art history publications
April Book Bag: from the first Dennis Creffield monograph to a book of ‘rising stars in contemporary art’
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Philip Guston painting could make $30m, potentially breaking the artist's auction record
The sale at Sotheby's New York in May will coincide with the delayed opening of the controversial exhibition Philip Guston Now in Boston
Unesco under pressure to pull world heritage meeting from Russia
UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine
Lucian Freud exhibition at Chatsworth House in England includes ‘shocking’ image of 11th Duchess of Devonshire
The portrait scandalised viewers when it was painted in 1957
Chilean artist and activist Cecilia Vicuña—known for her epic textile works—will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn
The Hyundai Commission will be unveiled in October
Tracey Emin’s massive sculpture honouring her mother finally arrives in Oslo
The 18-tonne piece should be in place outside the Munch Museum this summer
Qatar ramps up cultural programme ahead of Fifa World Cup with three new museums
Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron selected to design new institutions
British Council workers strike over planned cuts that could reduce arts team by up to 20%
The UK’s international organisation for cultural relations has been subject to a number of cost-reduction exercises in the past year amid a massive funding shortfall
Russian dealers make way for Ukrainian galleries at Liste fair in June
Fragment and Osnova galleries will give their stands to The Naked Room and Voloshyn from Kyiv
Strawberry painting by Chardin makes €24m at Artcurial Paris, smashing the French artist's auction record
The New York dealer Adam Williams bought the fruity still-life
Tehran museum director fired after artist plunges into oil pool during acrobatic performance blunder
Yaser Khaseb fell into a 1977 installation by the Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Russia bombs Mariupol art school sheltering 400 civilians, Ukraine claims
Women, children and elderly residents were among those in the G12 Art School building that was destroyed this weekend, according to local authorities
UK sanctions Russian oligarch behind major Fabergé egg loan to V&A exhibition
Ukrainian-born mining billionaire Viktor Vekselberg lent the first Imperial Easter egg to the London museum through his foundation
Scathing UK parliament report deems £120m post-Brexit culture festival Unboxed an 'irresponsible use of public money'
But UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport defends the nationwide initiative, saying that it will help create jobs
Billionaire collector Nicolas Berggruen snaps up his second Venetian palace
Scheduled to open in 2024, Palazzo Diedo will house an exhibition and art residency space
France launches €1m fund to help Ukrainian and ‘dissident Russian’ artists fleeing war
Culture ministry initiative will offer three-month residencies and an emergency telephone service
Major Surrealist paintings make auction debut at Sotheby's Paris, including Picabia's very modern muse
The 25-lot sale tomorrow includes works that reflect "how irrational, how ugly, and how challenging the modern world can be"
Here's how you can help the Ukraine aid effort by buying art
Auction houses, galleries, online platforms and artists are selling works for charities helping those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is a selection
British museums including Tate and V&A not part of UK government's new Saudi culture deal
The partnership, signed in February, will focus on collaborations in the film, museum and heritage sectors between the two nations
Smithsonian to return its collection of Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Restitution agreement must still be approved by the museum's Board of Regents
What now? Lessons for the art world in the BLM and #MeToo era
In a new book Farah Nayeri says that “cancel culture” is nothing new, politics and art have always been intertwined—but now it is citizens, not kings and popes, who call the shots
Katharina Fritsch and Cecilia Vicuña awarded Venice Biennale Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement
Both artists will feature in the main exhibition titled The Milk of Dreams
March Book Bag: from a history of protest art to a limited edition book about Picasso in exile
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Q&A | Osman Yousefzada on wrapping a department store and having early works destroyed by his family
The artist and designer tells us about his new memoir, which details growing up in Birmingham and taking his mum to a museum for the first time to see his installation of her bedroom
Never before exhibited, Francis Bacon’s first screaming Pope goes on show at London’s Gagosian gallery
Sinister besuited figure, painted in Monaco in 1946, was only recently rediscovered
Pillar of Shame sculpture honouring Tiananmen Square victims shown in Budapest after Hong Kong removal
Copy of 1997 work erected on street, renamed to honour alleged human rights victims in China
Science Museum Group director hands back award from Putin in protest against Russian invasion
Ian Blatchford received the Pushkin Medal from Russia's president in 2015 after he led an exhibition of Soviet spacecraft and artefacts