Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Anselm Kiefer’s vast studio complex and former home in southern France—likened to a 'human ant hill'—opens to the public
Subterranean tunnels and towers pepper the 40-hectare site of La Ribaute in Barjac
London visitors invited to go dotty with Yayoi Kusama in her Obliteration Room this summer at Tate
Meanwhile M+ museum in Hong Kong will launch retrospective of 93-year-old Japanese artist
Turin rooftop race track—featured in The Italian Job film—transformed into an art trail
Pinacoteca Agnelli art complex, housed in former Fiat factory, launches with Sylvie Fleury show and Picasso display
JR in AR: artists wants people to leave portraits in the metaverse in new project
App in partnership with Superblue to be rolled out across cities worldwide
Abramovich down, Zabludowicz no change: Sunday Times Rich List reveals art world fortunes
Tate sponsor Leonard Blavatnik takes top art spot
President Macron appoints Rima Abdul Malak as France’s new minister of culture
Culture pass, restitution issues and metaverse will be on her agenda
Digitising the Bayeux Tapestry: Victoria and Albert Museum will work with French city to research famous Medieval work
London museum signs memorandum of understanding with Bayeux city officials to develop curatorial and scientific exchange
Venice gets political: how the art world's biggest stage has become a focal point for Ukrainian protests
From demonstrations to a presidential address, the Biennale city continues to be a creative platform to criticise Russia's war
Public body Arts Council England at risk under new UK government review
Sector professionals raise concerns about minister Jacob Rees-Mogg’s intervention
In one of UK’s largest art commissioning programmes, 22 artists receive £2.5m to explore the impact of war
Michael Rakowitz and Heather Phillipson among those selected to create new works through Imperial War Museums' 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund
Gilane Tawadros appointed director of the Whitechapel Gallery in London
The head of artist copyright society Dacs will replace Iwona Blazwick, who served as head of the East London institution for 20 years
Within hours of its unveiling, controversial Margaret Thatcher statue in Lincolnshire pelted with eggs
The bronze work was initially to be installed at the Houses of Parliament in London
‘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