Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Climate protestors charged over Magna Carta attack in London
Members of Just Stop Oil tried to smash the case housing the historic document at the British Library
British Museum on the hunt for 'visionary' design team to help transform space
The institution launches competition to find an architectural firm that can transform its Bloomsbury site
The National Gallery, London, celebrates its bicentenary with a full-colour Big Birthday Weekend
Music, poetry, and Renaissance selfies are on the menu and—for two nights only—the Trafalgar Square frontage will be lit up with a dazzling, projection-mapped show on the museum's 200-year history
Artist Steve McQueen condemns planned job cuts at Goldsmiths
Restructure of London University college could result in loss of 133 roles across arts departments
Palais de Tokyo ‘strongly rejects' patron's accusations it is ‘dictated by wokeism’
Sandra Hegedüs quit the Amis du Palais de Tokyo patrons group, withdrawing her financial support of the Paris institution, after stating that a show on Palestine was misleading
May Book Bag: from a compilation of Eva Hesse exhibitions to a guide for tackling Nazi loot in museums
Our round-up of the latest art publications
The art critic Robert Storr on the slow road to social and racial justice
A new series of books titled Focal Points launches with three volumes of essays and articles by the former curator
Courbet’s ‘The Origin of the World’ daubed with Me Too at Centre Pompidou-Metz
The artist Deborah de Robertis says the demonstration highlights art world misogyny
New ‘Caravaggio’ work—once estimated at auction for €1,500—to go on show at the Prado
Numerous scholars endorse recently attributed piece depicting Jesus in a crown of thorns
Norwegian grain silo fills up once more, but this time with Nordic Modernist art
The huge Nordic Modernism collection of a trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund manager will furnish a new art museum on Norway’s southern coast
Maurizio Cattelan’s bullet-strewn gold installation in New York draws a connection between wealth and violence
The artist's latest work, on show at Gagosian, was created with the help of a Brooklyn gun range
Welsh pub serving beer to open at museum outside Cardiff
The Vulcan Hotel, which closed in 2012, has been rebuilt on site brick by brick
Mary Beard BBC segment on Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation renews debate about its Eurocentricity
Historian acknowledged programme as 1969 "hugely influential" despite it being an "entirely European story"
Pope drops in on the Venice Biennale and visits the Vatican pavilion
Supreme pontiff praises Corita Kent and Frida Kahlo at women’s prison
Nan Goldin film on suicide and addiction to be screened in London's 'Welsh chapel'
The installation Sisters, Saints, Sibyls highlights abuse suffered by the artist’s late sister Barbara
Beyond borders: new London show reveals Robert Rauschenberg’s global ambitions
ROCI project was seen in ten countries in the 1980s including the Soviet Union and Cuba
Gallery devoted to customs officer-turned-artist George Wyllie opens in Scotland
The Wyllieum is part of a new cruise ship visitor centre in Greenock
Newly unveiled statue of Queen Elizabeth II and her corgis splits opinion
The memorial by Hywel Brân Pratley is situated in the town of Oakham, UK
Turner Prize hits 40 with a shortlist that includes Claudette Johnson and Pio Abad
Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas also in the running for Tate’s established contemporary art prize
Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe goes under the hammer—with a nod to Keith Haring
More than 200 items spanning 40 years will be sold with part of the sale proceeds going to charity
Archie Moore’s Australian Pavilion wins Venice Biennale’s coveted Golden Lion for best national exhibition
Mataaho Collective, Samia Halaby and Karimah Ashadu also receive awards
First his faeces, now his works, are turned into diamonds: Christoph Büchel's show fills every corner of the Fondazione Prada in Venice
The artist and provocateur's exhibition is focused on debt and its consequences for society and individuals
Venice Biennale 2024: the worst art on show in the city
There's a lot to see during this year's edition of the city-wide event, so we've rounded up a few things you might want to skip
Venice Biennale 2024: our pick of collateral shows
Alongside the main event, there's a plethora of exhibitions vying for visitors' attention. We've selected some of our favourites, ranging from Shahzia Sikander fairytale gothic palace to Andrzej Wróblewski's poignant depictions of war
'The desire to create is still there': Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska launches country's pavilion at the Venice Biennale
President Zelensky's wife gave a video address to visitors of the show in Venice
Abdullah Al Saadi: 'My mother would use stones to signal to me that she had visited my studio'
The conceptual artist’s exhibition at the Biennale presents a series of works documenting his cycling journeys
Wales’s national museum building under threat of closure as funding is squeezed
Chief executive warns that institution is facing a deficit of more than £4m
Tate's new Indigenous art fund taps into theme of Venice Biennale
Project opens with four-year backing from AKO Foundation to acquire Sámi and Inuit art from Northern Europe
Luca Cerizza, curator of the Italian pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024, on his favourite La Serenissima hang-outs
From the best pizza in town to a picturesque island
Venice Biennale 2024: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From cocoa-covered creations, to spaceships and rotting fruit, here is our selection of top shows from the first preview day