
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Artist creates black-faced portrait of Italian far-right politician Matteo Salvini
Current bid for re-imagined image of the controversial party leader stands at €45,000 in online auction
Grenfell Tower tragedy to be memorialised in film by Steve McQueen
London-based artist plans to show the video later this year at a London space free to the public
Tate privacy battle over viewing platform 'snooping' goes back to court
Claimant says she feels “completely exposed” in her apartment overlooked by the museum
British Museum exhibition to challenge 'salacious stereotypes' around Tantra
Major show will unpick ancient Indian philosophy made famous by Sting’s “eight-hour lovemaking session” claims
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Kehinde Wiley’s reimagining of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Brooklyn Museum to Luhring Augustine and Sam Fogg’s collaborative show on Gothic art
Artists rally to save Prospect Cottage, the house of late filmmaker Derek Jarman
Art Fund leads the initiative to raise the £3.5m needed to purchase the Kent cottage
BBC head Tony Hall joins London's National Gallery to lead board of trustees
Hall will leave his top media job in the summer to take up the unpaid position at the museum
Luanda Leaks: Isabel dos Santos—who owns vast African art collection—accused of making her $2.2bn fortune by exploiting Angola
Dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo own around 3,000 works by artists including William Kentridge and Zanele Muholi
UK fails to save painting of 'paramount importance' as Getty export licence is granted
Recently rediscovered 18th-century work by artist Joseph Wright of Derby was bought by the Los Angeles museum in March last year
Caught smuggling Picasso on his yacht, Spanish billionaire collector gets €52m fine and 18 months in prison
Jaime Botin, of the Santander dynasty, did not have a permit to export the painting
Desert X AlUla—the inaugural art biennial in a historic Saudi Arabian valley—announces participants
Wael Shawky, Superflex and eL Seed are among the artists who will base works on the ancient history of the region
Released but still under investigation: Russian couple embroiled in fraud scandal
Igor and Olga Toporovsky linked to controversial show of Russian avant-garde works in Ghent
Cecily Brown will fill grand birthplace of Winston Churchill with images of broken Britain
UK artist says exhibition at Blenheim Palace is a timely opportunity to examine the country's current tumult
Frieze shake-up: former media boss chosen as company's first CEO
Changes are afoot with both the fairs and the magazine as majority shareholder Endeavor make plans for the future
Cecilia Alemani appointed artistic director of the 2021 Venice Biennale
The High Line and Art Basel Cities curator is the first Italian woman to hold the position
'Taking us back to the dark ages': UK-Europe exchange programme Erasmus hangs in the balance
Art history academics speak out as impending Brexit deadline threatens European partnership
Bath gallery brings overlooked 20th-century fashion illustration to the fore in New York
With images dating from the 1920s to today, exhibition at the Society of Illustrators shows off medium that was once ubiquitous in the fashion press
What if 19th-century artists had used Instagram? asks Musée d’Orsay's new artist-in-residence
French illustrator and painter Jean-Philippe Delhomme will post a new image on Paris museum's Instagram account every week for a year
National Gallery of Australia closes due to bushfire smoke around Canberra
Director says that decision was taken to protect public and works
Matisse birth anniversary marked by blockbuster show at the Centre Pompidou
Rarely seen works show how the modern master combined text and image
Russian collecting couple arrested in Belgium
Igor and Olga Toporovsky linked to controversial show of Russian avant-garde works in Ghent
New museums and major expansions opening in 2020
From Tutankhamun's new king-sized home in Cairo to Munch's sleek space in Oslo, here is our pick of the big openings this year
Picasso painting of Dora Maar vandalised at Tate Modern
Conservation team assesses the defaced work; man is charged with criminal damage
Art on a Finnish island and Manifesta in Marseille: our guide to the brightest biennials and festivals in 2020
Prospect.5 commemorates the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and its all change as Liverpool Biennial gets a new director
Image mocking Australian Prime Minister's Hawaiian holiday raises A$50,000 for fire service
Scott Marsh’s mural on a wall in Sydney was painted over
UK New Year’s Honours 2020: awards for ceramicist Magdalene Odundo and artist David Shrigley
Turner prize winner Steve McQueen made a knight; museum chief Tim Marlow and curator Ann Gallagher also recognised
Radical performance artist Ulay gets a solo show at Stedelijk Museum
In the years before and after his collaboration with Marina Abramović, he created important works, curators say
Oh no he isn't—artist turns into "panto" horse to highlight absurdity of UK political situation
Roland Carline has modified his exhibition at the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art
UK buyer sought for £8m Gainsborough masterpiece barred from export
Pastoral landscape sold at Sotheby’s was once owned by Royal Holloway college
Olympic games supremo Martin Green to lead 2022 post-Brexit UK festival
Conservative government wants £120m event to “celebrate all four nations’ offer to the world”





























