Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Tate Liverpool plans £30m gallery overhaul—with help from UK government’s ‘level up’ fund
The £10m public grant is part of a new initiative aimed at equalising quality of living between the north and south
Another UK museum will return a Benin bronze to Nigeria
Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle seeks "proactive repatriation" after "forceful removal" by British troops in 1897
Boris Johnson becomes an NFT: artists react to scandal of leader attending parties during Covid lockdowns
Cold War Steve depicts UK prime minister hiding in a fridge in his interpretation of "Partygate" while David Shrigley labels him an "arsehole"
Mona Lisa to go digital as boom for immersive art shows grows
Officials at the Grand Palais hope a new strand of multimedia exhibitions will tap into a growing global market
Extract | Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing and painting tips
The Old Master’s advice is among the fascinating facts and illuminating anecdotes gathered in a new compendium called Artifacts
January Book Bag: from Marina Abramović’s instructions for rebooting your life to Paul Nash’s little-known design work
Our roundup of the latest art publications
British Museum banks on Turner NFTs after Hokusai initiative
Prices for Ultra Rare editions start at €4,999 but museum sales percentage remains under wraps
Plans to close pottery museum in Stoke for five months a year and cut full-time positions spark backlash
Gladstone Pottery Museum to be used as a film location under controversial council proposals
Tracey Emin is setting up an artist studio space in Margate—but she has strict rules for artists hoping to apply
Artist also plans sculpture park and mini museum in English seaside hometown
Boris Johnson accused of corruption after backing exhibition proposed by a Conservative party donor
Former Tory Vice Chairman David Brownlow provided funds for a controversial makeover of Johnson's flat at 11 Downing Street
Your move, British Museum: Sicily sends back Parthenon fragment to Athens
Acropolis Museum director says the move could pave the way for reunification of works held in London
After two decades as director, Iwona Blazwick leaves London's Whitechapel Gallery
The esteemed East End art gallery doubled in size under her leadership
Colston: Four BLM protestors found not guilty of criminal damage after toppling Bristol slave trader statue
Trial reignited the debate about the value of colonial-era contested monuments and statues
New ‘Caravaggio’ work—once estimated at €1,500 and now worth millions—offered to Spain
Old Master painting was pulled from auction last year—but will the government pay full market price?
Making a fresh start: new museum openings
While the pandemic may have forced museums around the world into an involuntary temporary slumber, builders have been busy. Here are the most exciting new and expanded museums opening in 2022
Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece, former UK culture minister says
In podcast interview, Ed Vaizey supports restitution but outlines the complex arguments around the debate
Richard Rogers—Centre Pompidou architect who put a 'spaceship in the middle of Paris'—dies aged 88
He won the Pritzker Prize in 2007 for having "revolutionised museums"
Museums in London start to shut down as Omicron wave sweeps capital
Natural History Museum closes due to front-of-house staff shortages caused by Covid-19
Saudi Arabia-led campaign puts Arabic calligraphy on Unesco heritage list
Proposal was put forward by 16 Arabic-speaking countries
Trial of 'Colston Four', who helped topple slave trader statue in Bristol, begins
Banksy is selling t-shirts to help fund costs of four accused protestors
Miami NFT artist Refik Anadol looks to Nasa for new UK experiential art show
The Reel Store in Coventry is the UK’s first permanent immersive digital art gallery
Ex-Whitney curator Christopher Y. Lew heads up new Los Angeles art foundation
The new non-profit, Horizon, is funded by Los Angeles-based patrons Harry Hu and Jason Li
National Museum of Afghanistan reopens—but staff are unpaid and Taliban are guarding the treasures
Recent images show militia taking photographs of artefacts on their mobile phones
Saudi Arabia's Desert X AlUla biennial returns for second edition next spring
In a new location in the desert complex, the exhibition will explore ideas of “mirage and oasis”
Q&A | New children’s book delves behind the scenes of the art world
Doro Globus, the managing director of David Zwirner Books, tells us why she decided to write a book highlighting the many jobs that make a great exhibition
Who read what in 2021? The art world shares its top tips
Leading directors, curators and artists reveal their favourite books of the past year
December Book Bag: Ai Weiwei spills the beans, a short history of Black British art and all of Leon Kossoff’s paintings
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Banksy will sell jailbreak stencil for £10m to turn Reading prison into art centre
The now-defunct jail once held playwright Oscar Wilde on charges of gross indecency between 1895 and 1897
The works that caught the art world's eye in Miami Beach
We asked insiders to share the fair works that jumped out at them and how they felt to be back in Miami
