
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
What is the collector Eugenio Re Rebaudengo reading during lockdown?
The Turin-based art patron enjoys learning about artist rivalries and delving into the Francis Bacon catalogue raisonné, among other things
One-way visitor traffic and a ban on audio tours: guidelines for reopening museums emerge
Brussels museums release their planned safety measures along with the museum ethics organisation Cimam
What is the curator Chrissie Iles reading during lockdown?
The Whitney Museum of American Art curator delights in learning about the global culture of the Middle Ages and finds lessons for the future in a Cauleen Smith monograph
What is the art world reading during the coronavirus lockdown?
Curators and directors tell us about their new favourite books as The Art Newspaper launches its Book Club
'She transcends genres and brings together beauty, text and form': tributes to Zarina Hashmi who has died, aged 83
The Indian artist was known for her innovations in printmaking and her reflections on the 1947 Partition
Organisers of Van Eyck blockbuster bank on possible €3.5m insurance payout to refund ticketholders
“Once in a lifetime exhibition”, which closed early due to the coronavirus outbreak, will not be extended
UK could lose half of its creative businesses, say key cultural figures in open letter
The Art Newspaper has compiled a list of UK and international financial aid for arts businesses
Museums in Belgium and Italy to reopen mid-May under phased lifting of lockdown
Belgian museum director says his institution is “ready to serve as a test room”
Three artist studios to visit from home this weekend
From Oliver Beer's “eerily quiet” studio to a behind-the-scenes look at how Letícia Ramos produces her photograms
'I faced the reality of emptiness': artist Michelangelo Pistoletto on surviving coronavirus
The 86-year-old Arte Povera pioneer says humanity has reached its limits and must find new ways to live post-pandemic
Wave of museum educator redundancies worldwide sparks open letter
Art historians and curators urge galleries to support education staff during coronavirus crisis
New secrets of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring to be revealed online next week
Mauritshuis museum's detailed technical examination uncovers new findings on the Dutch artist's brushwork, pigments and technique
Olafur Eliasson wants us to see the world differently through his new Instagram animations
The Danish-Icelandic artist is releasing the participatory social media project in celebration of Earth Day
UK Science Museum group is building a coronavirus collection in response to pandemic
Other institutions reflect on ethical concerns linked to Covid-19 material
Photographer Peter Beard—friend and muse to Bacon and Warhol—has died aged 82
His body was found almost three weeks after he disappeared from his home in Montauk on the East End of Long Island
V&A chair had 'Bruegel-like' delirium after contracting Covid-19
Nicholas Coleridge describes “icy legs” symptoms and how doctors undoubtedly saved his life
Three social media feeds to scroll through this weekend
From hilarious tweets from Tim of the National Cowboy Museum to trivia and doodle challenges from the Royal Academy of Arts
Glasgow School of Art will be back as a 'working art school' but restoration is mired in delays
Almost two years after fire ravaged the Mackintosh building, debate intensifies over future plans for the site
Socially distant but financially fruitful: George Condo's lonely drawings sell out online
Works made during lockdown were priced between $100,000 and $125,000 in Hauser & Wirth's virtual show
Artist Katie Paterson raises money for domestic abuse victims at risk during coronavirus outbreak
For a charitable donation, the Scottish visual artist is selling 1,000 digital copies of one of her books based on the universe
Important underdrawings in 15th-century nativity triptych revealed in time for Easter
Restoration on the Bellini workshop piece at Venice studio was halted by coronavirus outbreak
A few art films and videos to see at home this weekend
From Mark di Suvero's poetry readings to Faustin Linyekula's performance in a cavernously empty Tate Modern
Kara Walker’s celebrated Tate fountain—closed to the public early due to coronavirus—will be destroyed
The artist had previously said that she hoped “some aspect of it would have another life”
Mary Beard wades into restitution debate in her first blog post as a new British Museum trustee
"Museums have always been controversial. Who should be allowed in? And on what terms?" asks the celebrated classicist
Inspired by Italy's spontaneous singing, museums commission artists to make 'balcony art' during coronavirus crisis
Fourteen artists have been asked by the L’Internationale museum group to participate in the project, which supports artists with "quick, modest commissions"
'Save Italian culture from suffocation': art world leaders sign petition calling for national art fund in the wake of coronavirus crisis
Signatories include leaders at Rome's MaXXI Museum and Venice’s civic museums as well as the artist Paola Pivi
Opening of Cairo's greatly anticipated $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum delayed again because of coronavirus
Huge new complex for Egypt's antiquities—which was originally scheduled to open in 2011—will be delayed until 2021
Unesco denounces construction project near Lebanon's ancient archaeological site Nahr El-Kalb
In an open letter, the organisation criticises building work in the historic area, which is on the nomination list to become a World Heritage site
Charity auction raises more than €2m for French healthcare workers
Paris-based auction house Piasa hosted online sale of 370 works donated by artists, designers and galleries
Serge Lasvignes re-appointed as president of Centre Pompidou
French government endorses his strategy of establishing satellite branches overseas