
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Typhoon-battered Yayoi Kusama pumpkin goes back on display in Japan
Artist’s huge sculpture at Benesse Art Site Naoshima has been restored after being severely damaged last year
Chris Dercon quits French cultural body Rmn-GP for leadership role at Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain
Belgian curator, who once headed Tate Modern, recently backed decision to kick Fiac out of Grand Palais in Paris
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss rules out deal with Greece over Parthenon Marbles
Move rebuffs George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, who proposed a new collaborative arrangement
Q&A | Hettie Judah on how galleries, museums and art schools treat artist mothers
A new publication unpicks how becoming a parent can detrimentally affect an artist’s career and suggests ways the art world can do better
Two Qatar exhibitions put Doha's vast forthcoming Art Mill Museum in the spotlight
The show will include contemporary art commissions by artists such as French-born Yasmina Benabderrahmane and Istanbul-based Ali Kazma
Shirin Neshat joins protests against Iran's worsening human rights situation with new digital works
Pieces in West Hollywood and London's Piccadilly are a reaction to the death of 22-year-old student Mahsa Amini, after being detained by authorities in the country
October book bag: from the merry portraits and financial woes of Frans Hals to a graphic novel about Banksy
Our roundup of the latest art publications
UK court of appeal rules Colston statue toppling a 'violent' act—but protestors still 'not guilty'
Case was escalated after some Conservative MPs criticised the acquittal of the four protestors who removed the public monument
Art Basel's Paris+ fair to show ambitious commissions across city's major landmarks
Public art programme Sites will replace Hors les Murs—the outdoor sculpture event hosted by Fiac—Paris's once-unrivalled contemporary fair
Artist smears blood and hair on Iranian embassy in protest at Mahsa Amini’s death
The Kurdish activist Zehra Doğan has been released after a brief detention by German authorities, but may still face charges
Pakistan’s heritage has suffered the brutal effects of record monsoon rains—what happens now?
As Unesco pledges $350,000 to safeguard sites, questions are raised about the country’s long-term commitment to restoring and protecting key locations in the face of the climate crisis
New York human rights organisation surpasses target for relocating Afghan artists fleeing Taliban
The Artistic Freedom Initiative is resettling 23 arts professionals and 38 family members in the US in the wake of the insurgency
Spain's Prado museum releases list of works with murky civil war and Francoist provenance
Up to 62 works in the collection, including paintings by Joaquín Sorolla and François Boucher copies, could be returned to their original owners under the current investigation
Lights go out early at the Louvre in bid to slash high energy costs
Paris museum's pyramid joins the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay and Chateau Versailles in French government initiative to save power
Will the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square be reserved for a statue of Queen Elizabeth II?
Questions raised about the fate of the capital’s most prominent platform for contemporary art
Ai Weiwei and museum architects Sanaa win £100,000 Praemium Imperiale art prizes
The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, spans five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
Decision to ban pro-Palestine films engulfs Documenta 15 exhibition in another censorship row
Members of the finding committee—including Tate Modern director, Frances Morris—condemn the advisory group’s decision to pull the works
Dozens of museum shows across Europe and US will mark 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death next year
Artist’s controversial relationships with women will be examined through "the prism of feminism", including via a dedicated Brooklyn Museum exhibition co-curated by comedian Hannah Gadsby
Documentary on Nan Goldin’s campaign against the Sacklers wins the Golden Lion in Venice
Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed presents artist's efforts to bring some family members to justice following her own recovery from opioid addiction
Is art censorship on the rise? How freedom of expression is being curbed across the globe
Plus, a striking photograph by Diane Arbus and the Guggenheim Bilbao at 25
With royal approval: UK's arts organisation chiefs on how they have benefitted from the Queen’s patronage
Support from the Queen has been crucial to the functioning of a number of Britain's arts institutions
Meta London unveils art commissions at vast King’s Cross office complex
Works on show by Yinka Ilori, Mary Evans and Jeremy Hutchison who aims to explore Mark Zuckerberg’s "business model"
Jailed Cuban artist receives €50,000 inaugural Prince Claus Impact award
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is one of six artists to be honoured by the Dutch NGO
In surprise move, contemporary art specialist Christine Macel takes the reins at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Previously chief curator at Centre Pompidou since 2000, she also organised the French Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale
Rachel Whiteread and Roger Hiorns shortlisted for major new UK land art project
The Deep Time initiative on West Cumbria coastline also includes works by Susan Philipsz and Ryan Gander
Trigger Warning: a new column on censorship in art today, from must-read books to which algorithms are policing creative content
Our chief contributing editor Gareth Harris will examine attacks on freedom of artistic expression and issues like ‘cancel culture’, providing valuable insights and context
Scholar finds sketch of Michelangelo in margin of book
Fifteenth-century edition of The Divine Comedy includes witty drawing of Renaissance master at work on a sculpture, claims James Hall
After Poussin and Botticelli, UK Parliament is latest eco-activist target
Unesco site is targeted by more than 50 protestors from the group Extinction Rebellion
September book bag: from Lucian Freud’s love letters to an Edie Sedgwick biography
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Victoria and Albert Museum announces three new trustees including right-wing commentator Zewditu Gebreyohanes
‘Anti-woke’ activist appointed along with Rosalind Blakesley and Rusty Elvidge





























