
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
‘It must stop!’: French culture minister pursuing new law to deter art activists
Rachida Dati tweeted about implementing a penal policy to combat the vandalism of works of art following an attack on a Monet masterpiece
UK General Election | ‘End the culture of culture washing': art world figures express hopes and fears for the forthcoming vote
We spoke to cultural historians, former ministers and museum directors about the changes they hope to see for the culture sector—and crucially, who they will vote for
Tate director Maria Balshaw criticises British Museum’s sponsorship deal with BP
In an interview in the Observer newspaper, Balshaw also discussed the controversy around Tate Britain's Hogarth show, which one art critic described as "wokeish drivel"
New UK digital art school provides artist workshops and supplies for NHS mental health units
Online sessions will be led by artists such as Sutapa Biswas and Sarah Dwyer
The art world's AI dilemma: informed insight from industry experts
The artist Refik Anadol, the museum director Thomas Campbell and the Future Art Ecosystems team at Serpentine share insights on how to thrive while working with artificial intelligence in 2024
Leigh Bowery, Emily Kam Kngwarray and Lee Miller—Tate reveals its 2025 exhibition programme
A blockbuster show focused on Turner and Constable plus a vast survey of Nigerian modernism are also in the pipeline
Hockney meets a Renaissance master in National Gallery two-hander
Exhibition to explore David Hockney’s lifelong association with the London museum and engagement with Piero della Francesca’s “The Baptism of Christ“
Newly discovered drawings in Pompeii indicate children saw gladiators in bloody action
Charcoal sketches highlight they ‘witnessed battles in the amphitheatre’, says park director
New ‘Caravaggio’ work unveiled at the Prado divides scholars
Ecce Homo work goes on show at Madrid museum but some critics disagree with new attribution
David Hockney catalogue raisonné in the pipeline with painting volume expected in 2026
More than 35,000 works to be documented over 20 years
Julie Mehretu’s BMW Art Car revealed at Centre Pompidou
The design is inspired by a painting currently on view in the artist’s exhibition in Venice
Blavatnik up, no change for Zabludowicz: Sunday Times Rich List reveals art world fortunes
This year's list records a historic low for the number of British billionaires
Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart at centre of portrait controversy
Mining magnate asked National Gallery of Australia to remove depiction by Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira
Mystery of Mona Lisa’s background may have been solved
A geologist claims to have identified the landscape in Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous work as being that of a particular city in northern Italy, but some experts disagree
Vatican Museums staff bring legal action over ‘unfair and poor’ working conditions
Nearly 50 workers have signed a petition raising doubts over safety in what is the first ever class action against the Vatican
Palais de Tokyo patron row intensifies after French art world figures sign letter of support
Sandra Hegedüs, who withdrew funding for the Paris centre, responded to the letter, signed by Chris Dercon among others, in Instagram posts
Tate chair reveals story behind Sackler name removal
Roland Rudd is on the lookout for new donors for the London institution
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"