
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Andrew Lloyd-Webber on why he commissioned eight monumental Shakespearian paintings for a London theatre
Artist Maria Kreyn’s depictions of King Lear and Othello go on show as part of Theatre Royal Drury Lane's £60m revamp
Installations and murals by Ugo Rondinone and Pae White to be unveiled in major revamp of London's Paddington station
The regeneration scheme includes a building designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano that has been dubbed the “ice cube”
England's culture sector to receive £850m in extra funding from Treasury
The budget, to be announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday, has earmarked £300m for museums to "redevelop and refurbish their sites"
Centre Pompidou's three-year closure delayed until after the Paris Olympics—but will it now miss its own 50th anniversary?
Crucial renovations will happen after the games in 2024, putting a question mark over whether the gallery will be open for its 50-year celebrations in 2027
Head over to Sotheby's in London for a chance to see Frida Kahlo's $30m self-portrait before it goes under the hammer
Hitting the block at Sotheby's next month, Diego y yo (Diego and I), painted in 1949, could become the most valuable Latin American work ever sold at auction
Same city, new venue: Fiac returns to Paris, but eco-conscious galleries say they plan to cut back on art fairs
Sales at the French fair were generally healthy, but David Zwirner felt it lacked "the vibrancy of Frieze"
Survival of the fittest: join artists for 12-hour live drawing session inspired by Charles Darwin
The virtual drawing marathon takes place 23 October on the South South platform
Is Paris worth it? Back-to-back Frieze and Fiac fairs have dealers questioning whether they can do both
As Fiac opens its doors this week, gallerists reflect on the importance of participating in the French fair
Castello di Rivoli helps bring Afghan artist and curator to Italy
Abdul Wasi Rahraw Omarzad set up a school for women artists and Afghanistan’s only art journal
Too much too young? The double-edged sword of early success for artists
As British painters in their 20s and 30s are commanding huge sums for their work, how does the market frenzy affect their career in the longer term?
Covid and Brexit issues delay monumental sculpture arriving at Frieze
Shortage of materials and transport problems mean Daniel Arsham's public work has only just arrived in London
Strong sales at 1-54 fair—with more African dealers than ever
Twenty galleries from Africa are among 47 exhibitors at the fair in London this week, with some taking advantage of the UK's newly relaxed pandemic travel rules
Taking a stand: climate crisis tops agenda as Frieze London returns
Fair shines a spotlight on the Gallery Climate Coalition’s campaign for a more sustainable, less wasteful art world
London's calling: John Giorno’s seminal project inviting people to 'Dial-a-Poem' goes on show during Frieze
The audio work by the late US artist will feature in an exhibition at Almine Rech's gallery and at its booth at the art fair
Plaque added near controversial Cecil Rhodes statue polarises critics and academics
Oxford professor and curator Dan Hicks calls the sign an “embarrassment”
‘Radical’ late fabric works by Louise Bourgeois to go on show at London’s Hayward Gallery
The first major exhibition to focus on the textile pieces that the late Paris-born artist made in the final phase of her career will open in February 2022
Hell is here and now, says curator of show inspired by Dante's Inferno
Exhibition at Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale looks at Hell in art throughout the ages, from medieval torture to 20th-century concentration camps
'Don't go drink mojitos in a fun bubble': Tania Bruguera calls on art world to boycott 14th Havana Biennial over state violence
Artist and activist who has fled her home country says it is “immoral” to travel to Cuba "when there are so many people [there] who have been wrongfully imprisoned”
Bradford, Southampton and the county of Cornwall make the UK City of Culture 2025 longlist
But Banksy ‘spraycation’ towns are eliminated from the competition
City of London U-turn on historic statues means slave trader sculptures will stay in place
William Beckford and John Cass figures will be "retained and explained", as recommended by the UK government
October Book Bag: from a history of colour to how portraits of ‘murderous autocrats’ have shaped art
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Trio of French exhibitions will celebrate the late artist Christian Boltanski this month
Shows at the Centre Pompidou, Louvre and the Palace of Versailles explore the life and works of the conceptual artist
'An abandonment of culture': artists Anish Kapoor and Jeremy Deller criticise severe cuts at British Council
Government support for the UK's international organisation for cultural relations will be significantly reduced or cease altogether in 20 countries
British Museum should review its position on the Parthenon Marbles, Unesco body says
Greece's culture minister says the issue is of intergovernmental nature rather than a matter for the British Museum
Climate scientist stands down as adviser to London's Science Museum over fossil fuel sponsorship
Chris Rapley, a professor of climate science at University College London, disagrees with the museum's "ongoing willingness to accept oil and gas company sponsorship"
Custard Apple, breadfruit and soursop sculptures honouring the Windrush generation unveiled in east London
Veronica Ryan's marble and bronze works are the first in a series of monuments dedicated to the Caribbean people who arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971
Prado extension designed by Norman Foster finally gets the green light
First proposed in 1995, the project has faced multiple delays
Second presenter from right-wing GB News channel appointed trustee of a UK museum
Former Brexit Party candidate Inaya Folarin Iman joins board of the National Portrait Gallery in London
Trial date set for Belgian artist Jan Fabre following three-year #MeToo investigation
Choreographer faces charges of sexual harassment and indecent assault
Portrait of a pandemic: five works at Art Basel that confront Covid-19
The first edition of Art Basel to take place since the onset of the global pandemic is full of new works created in the midst of lockdown