
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
‘Oh f***! Anybody can do art’: pop star Robbie Williams shows new paintings at Sotheby’s
Auction house is banking on musician’s Black and White Paintings co-created with Ed Godrich
Cambodia urges UK museums to investigate and return looted treasures allegedly handled by dealer Douglas Latchford
British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum now under scrutiny of Cambodian government
Material girl in the metaverse: Madonna and Beeple team up on an NFT triptych
Sale profits will go towards three non-profits supporting women and children worldwide
From migration to Minecraft: shortlist for UK's Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 is announced
Institutions in the running include Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham and Horniman Museum and Gardens in London
From a possible record-breaking Philip Guston to coins linked to Caesar’s assassination: our pick of the highlights from May's sales
Plus, a rediscovered Titian and a reliquary sculpture from Gabon
Artist Mandy El-Sayegh creates 'white cube' for public performances across London
Commission, which will take place in Piccadilly, Peckham, and East London, is part of London Gallery Weekend programme
London's National Gallery drops disgraced Sackler family name from its walls—will the V&A follow suit?
Victoria and Albert Museum is last major UK institution to retain the donors' name on its building, despite settlement agreement allowing its removal
America's racial reckoning: inside the controversial Guston show
Plus, London's new Queer Britain museum and a rediscovered work by Caterina Angela Pierozzi
Rediscovered Schiele painting is turned into an NFT
The work, depicting the artist's uncle at a piano, will also go on long-term loan to Leopold Museum in Vienna
Who needs Banksy? Mural of actor Michael Sheen claims top spot in new street art trail in Port Talbot, Wales
Welsh town lost a work by the anonymous street artist but hopes to become new urban art hub
Kimbell Art Museum revealed as buyer of Chardin's strawberries masterpiece—but must wait for Louvre’s next move
The Louvre has two-and-a-half years to buy the record-breaking €24m painting
UK art market: too little, too late?
Britain’s share of the global market is at its lowest in a decade and art imports have plummeted. Without government action, experts say, the fallout from Brexit could devastate the industry
What is the life of a muse like? Not as amusing as you may think
The subjects of great works of art have not always led the romanticised life we imagine, as examples from a new book show
May Book Bag: from the Hirshhorn Museum’s collection catalogue to Tom of Finland’s sketches of bulging, er, muscles
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Museum ethics body blasts dismissal of Polish museum director
Jaroslaw Suchan will be replaced at Łodz Museum of Art by the artist Andrzej Biernacki
Acquisitions round-up: Greek entrepreneur Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates hundreds of works to four international museums
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Artist Jan Fabre given 18-month suspended sentence for bullying and violence against five women—and will pay €1 symbolic compensation
Belgian court also charged the dance choreographer and director with indecent assault on one of the individuals
teamLab pushes on with plans for major new digital art museum in Saudi Arabia
Tokyo-based technology art organisation attends groundbreaking ceremony in Jeddah
Ukraine demolishes Kyiv monument symbolising friendship with Russia
The titanium People’s Friendship Arch above the statue will remain but be renamed the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People
Turkish cultural activist Osman Kavala sentenced to life in prison
He has been found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government by an Istanbul court
Deborah Swallow retires as Courtauld director after 18 years
During her tenure she oversaw a £57m redevelopment of the London university's campus
In Edinburgh, an urn containing dust older than the sun provides an elegy to our disappearing world
Katie Paterson has ground materials from fossils to Iraq War ephemera as a comment on widespread ecological collapse
Sonia Boyce's British pavilion wins Venice Biennale's coveted Golden Lion for best national exhibition
Simone Leigh, Zineb Sedira and Ali Cherri also receive awards
Venice Biennale 2022: the worst art on show in the city
There's a lot to see in Venezia—save precious time and skip these
Remote Venetian island to be transformed into art and ecology hub by Italian collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2024
'Support this fight with your art': Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Venice Biennale artists and visitors
The president and his wife addressed attendees gathered at an exhibition of Ukrainian and international artists co-organised by the PinchukArtCentre and Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see collateral exhibitions around the city
Writhing bodies in a deconsecrated church, BDE at the Ducale and an entirely improvised pavilion—what to see beyond the Arsenale and Giardini
Cube sculpture made of 24-karat gold and worth €10m pops up in Venice after first appearing in New York
Passersby are invited to touch the work—but it is only in town for one day
Artist protests against war outside Russian Pavilion at Venice Biennale
Russian artist Vadim Zakharov was stopped by Italian police
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale
From a Gauguin impersonation to fire raining from the sky, here are the best exhibitions in the city's former shipyards