
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
February Book Bag: from a history of Māori art to T.J. Clark’s essays on politics and art
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Mai to hit the road on UK tour
The masterpiece will leave the National Portrait Gallery and head to Bradford and Cambridge
British Council art collection at risk in face of £197m debt to government
The respected organisation for cultural relations wants the Foreign Office to boost funding
Scottish culture sector breathes sigh of relief following £200m funding package
251 Scottish arts organisations will receive funding over the next three years
This Tate Modern exhibition gets up close and personal with Leigh Bowery
The London institution dedicates an exhibition to the boundary-breaking artist and performer whose body was his canvas
British Museum ‘running as normal’ after alleged IT attack by former employee
Both permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions were closed at the weekend following the suspected sabotage
‘Unprecedented’ month-long strikes planned at major London museums
Security guards at the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum are urging the public not to visit during the action
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum to design 2025 Serpentine summer pavilion
The structure will have a kinetic element and look to the architecture of Bangladesh
Artist marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation by donating works to Unesco
Shelomo Selinger, who endured nine concentration camps, has donated the works ‘Desire for freedom’ and ‘Shoah (Holocaust)’
Concerns grow over ‘nepotism’ row at London’s National Portrait Gallery
An exhibition of works by photographer Zoë Law, mounted after a donation towards the gallery’s £40m makeover, has raised questions about how matters relating to donors are handled and assessed
Architects denounce Trump's call for ‘traditional and classical’ architecture
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has criticised an executive order signed by the new president, claiming his plans could harm local communities
Emmanuel Perrotin to launch first London gallery with works by photographer JR
The French image maker will show new works from ‘Children of Ouranos’ series
How a controversial bust of Winston Churchill made its way back to the Oval Office
President Donald Trump has returned the statue—one of an identical pair—to his office, but it has not been a simple journey
A newly discovered bath complex—thought to be the biggest in a Pompeiian home—is set to open to the public
The spa complex was thought to have been owned by a powerful politician
UK government flies flag for culture with new soft power advisory council
But art world commentators say focus should instead be on the “parlous state of the arts”
Artists at London's ICA stage mass walkout in support of pro-Palestine protesters
The institution has described the protests at the opening of its New Contemporaries exhibition as "misguided"
Union alleges London museum guards face ‘discrimination, victimisation and unlawful pay cuts’
Around 100 members of United Voices of the World, who are employed by the external contractor Wilson James, will take strike action later this week
As restitutions slow across Europe, UK may be poised for progress
Political turmoil across the continent is hampering plans for national structures to return colonial-era heritage. But the UK, once a laggard, appears to be preparing to review laws
Just Stop Oil protesters charged after Charles Darwin's grave spray-painted
The two women are set to appear in court next month
Damien Hirst selects $6.2m banana artwork for UK schools project
The British artist selected Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous conceptual piece to appear digitally in schools across the next two years
National Trust announces plans to address UK's mental health crisis
As part of its ten-year strategy, the heritage organisation will work with mental health charity Mind
All the new art to see on London's Underground in 2025
As part of the Art on the Underground 2025 programme, Ahmet Öğüt, Rudy Loewe and Rory Pilgrim will all unveil works around the city's transport hubs
AlUla festival features 'taster' James Turrell show and Manal AlDowayan
Both artists are working on new commissions in the Wadi AlFann area of AlUla
UK export bar placed on rare 17th-century Fairhaven Panels worth £1.6m
Museums must match the price of the pearl and shell piece which sold at Sotheby’s last year
London museum guards threaten further strike action
Workers employed by contractor Wilson James demand better wages and additional leave
‘The painter in me did not die’: novelist Orhan Pamuk turns his hand to art
Notebooks filled with the Turkish author's drawings reflect events spanning the past decade
UK New Year Honours for National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi and artist Rebecca Salter
Charity chief Rose Aidin, designer Tom Dixon and artist Barbara Davis Rae also receive awards
Michelangelo Pistoletto unveils his own version of stolen Caravaggio masterpiece in Sicily
Theft from a Baroque oratory remains unsolved after 55 years, sparking countless conspiracy theories
In memoriam: remembering art world figures who died in 2024
Faith Ringgold, Frank Auerbach, Richard Serra, Barbara Gladstone and Lorraine O’Grady were among those who died this year
UK government seeks artists and architects for Queen Elizabeth II memorial
Monument in St James’s Park could cost up to £46m