
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
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
UK's £120m post-Brexit culture festival launches at last, lighting up Scotland cathedral
Government-funded initiative Unboxed costs £120m and will include an oil rig installation from the North Sea
Cornelia Parker and Anselm Kiefer donate works to raise money for £14.5m Warburg Institute redevelopment
Phillips will sell 16 works in aid of the London University institution tomorrow
Museum ethics organisation criticises ‘forced resignation’ of Manchester gallery director
Cimam is demanding "greater clarity" over the reasons for Alistair Hudson’s proposed removal
What will happen to Russia's treasures on loan in London and Paris?
Imperial Fabergé eggs and Impressionist masterpieces are some of the works currently in shows in Europe
Artist Hew Locke to re-work historic statue of Queen Victoria in Birmingham city centre
As debate over controversial monuments rages on, new project will be part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival culture programme linked to the Commonwealth Games
Former Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky is leading peace talks with Ukraine
Controversial political figure was in post for eight years from 2012
Oscar Murillo among slew of artists to pull out of Manchester show in protest at treatment of reportedly ousted director
More than 20 artists have withdrawn from British Art Show 9 in support of "political freedom, and artistic expression in cultural institutions and universities across the UK"
UK arts 'levelling up' plan—designed to redirect funding outside of London—blasted by city's mayor
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wants to redress "huge historic imbalance" in regional investment but mayor Sadiq Khan says it is "a devastating blow" to the creative sector
Manchester gallery director forced out over Palestine statement in exhibition
Alistair Hudson, head of the Whitworth, leaves over text in Forensic Architecture's show last year
National Portrait Gallery in London ends BP sponsorship after 30 years
Spokeswoman for the oil company says it is looking at new ways to best use its resources in order to become net-zero by 2050
Zineb Sedira—first artist of Algerian heritage to represent France at Venice Biennale—reveals plans for pavilion focused on activist filmmaking
Project shines a light on the cultural exchange between Algeria, France and Italy during the 1960s
New €35m Kunsthalle Praha gallery backed by private collectors opens in the Czech capital
Former electric substation converted into contemporary art hub by Pudil Family Foundation
Climate activists present mock Stonehenge drilling plan at British Museum amid rumours institution will renew contract with BP
BP or not BP demonstrated against the museum's partnership with the oil giant over the weekend
Jordanian artist Mona Saudi—who made abstract sculptures in stone—has died, aged 76
Several of her works are held in the British Museum collection and a major public work stands outside Paris's Institut du monde arabe
Making fun of mental health? Van Gogh ‘earaser’ and ‘tortured artist’ soap removed from Courtauld gift shop
London gallery says it never meant to "present an insensitive or dismissive attitude" to mental health issues
First Frieze Los Angeles since pandemic began opens this week in new Beverly Hills venue—minus a sculpture park
Organisers and galleries are banking on “pent-up desire” to make this year’s edition a success
Ignored by the art world until her 80s, abstract artist Carmen Herrera has died, aged 106
Tributes paid to ‘extraordinary artist’ and her dazzling ‘hard-edge’ works
Making works in the wilderness: artists of Desert X AlUla explain how they took on the testing terrain
On the occasion of the Saudi outdoor art exhibition's opening, four artists—Zeinab Alhashemi, Dana Awartani, Shezad Dawood and Stephanie Deumer—discuss their projects in the desert
Accessible to all or elitist artwashing? Desert X opens second Saudi Arabia edition
The open air exhibition in the ancient heritage region AlUla spearheads the Middle Eastern nation's attempt at rapid cultural transformation in line with government's 2030 goals
February Book Bag: from Bernini ‘cementing his position as Baroque Rome’s dominant artist’ to a compendium of what makes artists tick
Our roundup of the latest art publications
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries signs arts agreement with Saudi Arabia
Ceremony signing a memorandum of understanding took place at the Diriyah Biennale in Riyadh
Lebanese patron donates €2.8m—and two Gormleys—to prestigious art history college École du Louvre
Majid Boustany founded the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco
New report recommends Bristol’s controversial slaver statue—torn down by BLM protestors—be permanently installed in museum
After four people who toppled Edward Colston statue are acquitted, the debate over problematic public art deepens