
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Strike action looms at Tate and Southbank Centre as unions fight restructuring plans
Around 600 jobs are set to be axed across both sites as financial fallout from coronavirus pandemic intensifies
Emergency fund launched in aid of Beirut's devastated art community
Belgian non-profit Mophradat says that 100% of the money raised will support individual artists and arts organisations
MaXXI to open new museum in earthquake-ravaged L'Aquila in October
Contemporary art outpost of Rome museum will be housed in an 18th-century palace rebuilt with Russian government funds
After 163 days closed, British Museum will reopen on 27 August
The London museum, which will mark its reopening by showing a work by Grayson Perry, will enforce social distancing measures and a daily visitors cap
Q&A | Vintage photo trove hidden in attic for decades revealed in new book
Alberto di Lenardo’s secret 8,000-strong archive has been distilled into a new publication by his granddaughter Carlotta, who tells us all about it
Russia to fund small-scale replica Hagia Sophia in Syria that will be used as a church
Tactical move comes after Turkish president ordered historic Istanbul site to be turned into a mosque
After CCTV footage is released, tourist who damaged Canova sculpture turns himself in
Italian court may press charges after three toes on the statue were broken
Christie's exhibition of Black art is not about virtue signalling, curator says
Destinee Ross-Sutton has co-organised the online selling show Say It Loud which features works by 22 artists including Nelson Makamo and Yoyo Lander
Art, enlightenment and plenty of sex: life according to John Giorno
Some takeaways from the late US artist and poet’s new memoir Great Demon Kings
'Brutal' planned redundancies at London's Southbank Centre called out in open letter
Signatories claim cuts will disproportionately affect Bame staff and question chief executive’s salary
Snap! Tourist takes a selfie on a 19th-century Canova sculpture—and breaks off two toes
Concerns raised about how the visitor gained access to the Paolina Bonaparte cast
Origins of Stonehenge's giant slabs revealed in new research
Sample taken in 1958 was key in discovering ancient site’s "geochemical fingerprint"
Ready to see some art? The top exhibitions of the summer
Plus, the artist Hassan Hajjaj on a Dr Alimantado album cover
Three exhibitions to see in New York, London and online this weekend
From William Copley's New York years at Kasmin to the Tate's Andy Warhol retrospective
UK government finally announces details of its £1.5bn funding support package for the arts
Museum trusts in Birmingham and York warn job cuts are in the pipeline
Salvator Mundi! The Musical—tale of world’s most expensive painting to be turned into a stage blockbuster
Caiola Productions plan to put on the show—a mix of Hamilton and Willy Wonka—in New York in 2022
Picasso murals ripped from Oslo building as legal battle intensifies
Daughter of the works' co-creator Carl Nesjar says safeguarding the sandblasted works is imperative
New Getty publication brings together life-affirming DIY masterpieces made during lockdown
Participants worldwide re-created famous works by Vermeer, Munch and Klimt—using everyday household items
House of Illustration closes in King’s Cross but museum expands to historic north London site
The £8m Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is on track to open in late 2022 despite Covid-19 pandemic, officials say
French photographers demand President Macron puts his arts pandemic plan into practice
Signatories say that a ‘new deal’ is needed in France, enabling photojournalists to document the epidemic
UK’s largest art award Artes Mundi postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus
Challenge of transporting works and artists means £40,000 prize now scheduled for spring next year
UK government approves banknote designs featuring ethnic minority pioneers
Founder of advocacy group championing BAME figures says she is “tackling statues, artwork and signage next”
Banksy triptych—estimated at £1.2m—to be sold at Sotheby's in aid of Palestinian hospital
Artists has donated the works, which were previously on display in his Walled Off hotel in Bethlehem
Three exhibitions to see in New York, London and online this weekend
From works by Pollock and Congo the chimpanzee to Sarah Lucas at Sadie Coles
Summer Reads: which books do Oxford librarians want to dip into by the pool?
Bodleian scholars give their top tips for The Art Newspaper Book Club
Tate Modern reopening overshadowed by protests over job cuts
Due to the pandemic, around 300 jobs are at risk at Tate Enterprises, which operates retail, catering and publishing services across all of the Tate sites
UK may become 'cultural wasteland' after government's failure to provide funding quickly, says parliament report
MPs say £1.5bn government support package for the arts sector is “too little too late”
Artist Kader Attia 'heartbroken' as Covid-19 forces closure of his decolonial Paris art hub
The French-Algerian is now looking for a new, smaller space in the city's suburbs
Neon pioneer Keith Sonnier—who has died aged 78—honoured with exhibition at New York's Dia Beacon
The late artist was a key figure in the 1960s post-Minimalist New York art scene
Influential political cartoonist Steve Bell dropped by the Guardian newspaper after 40 years
Biting satirist looks to art history for some of his caricatures, such as a recent sketch of Boris Johnson as Mona Lisa