
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
For-profit Parisian museum in receivership
Founder of the Pinacothèque hopes to restructure the institution
The Year Ahead: international biennials in 2016
The top art, design and architecture exhibitions around the world this year
The Year Ahead: museums opening in 2016
A look at the top institutions due to launch worldwide in the coming year
Fears of political crackdown in Cairo after Townhouse Gallery is closed
Officials inspect the established culture venue as the Arab Spring anniversary draws near
EU law rejects Getty Lysippos restitution verdict
Legal battle resumes for the Victorious Youth, which is housed at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles
Jorvik Viking Centre, a heritage attraction in York, is flooded and forced to close
<p> Artefacts have been moved off-site after 50 centimetres of water swamps the basement museum </p>
Art-world experts on their highs and lows of 2015—and their top tips for next year
Figures including Sarah McCrory and Serge Lasvignes reveal their highlights and biggest disappointments
Jenny Holzer draws on Walt Whitman for Aids memorial
App will allow people to keep memories alive far beyond New York
Kenneth Griffin gives MoMA $40m—one of the New York museum's largest ever donations
The hedge-fund manager has also funded the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Whitney Museum
Susie Lingham steps down as director of the Singapore Art Museum after only two years
Management is in discussions with the UK-educated academic about her role in the 2016 Singapore Biennale <p> </p>
2015's best new museums
Prestigious institutions have sprung up around the world, from the Prada Foundation in Milan to the Broad in Los Angeles
Germany could pay $3m to borrow Tehran’s Modern art
Negotiations include huge loan fee part of which will help fund revamp of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Simon Schama, David Olusoga and Mary Beard will front follow-up to influential 1960s BBC Civilisation series
Trio of presenters to tell the story of art on a global scale from Antiquity to today
Museum attendance in Paris plummets after terrorist attacks
Visitors to the Louvre down by 35% and Pompidou's attendance reduced by half in the weeks after the atrocities
Human rights group raises fears over artists imprisoned in Tunisia
Five men have been sentenced under Law52, the anti-drugs legislation enforced by the country’s former president
Madrid’s Royal Collections settles dispute with Prado museum
Four Old Master paintings, including Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, to remain on view
Swiss scholar Corinne Diserens to curate Taipei Biennial
Tenth edition will focus on the role of museums and institutional bureaucracy
Venice Biennale’s Iraq Pavilion show to travel to Belgium and Brazil
Invisible Beauty exhibition features works by five Iraqi artists
Venice mayor threatens to sell a Chagall or Klimt
The cash-strapped city is considering selling "non-Venetian" works from its museums to pay for public services such as schools
Lina Bo Bardi's radical displays return to Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Modernist architect's glass easels, which make paintings seemingly float, were removed in 1990s<br> <br>
Jack Persekian steps down as director of new Palestinian Museum
Institution is due to open near Jerusalem next year
Tunisian foundation backs research for artists’ projects
But eight recipients are not required to create a finished work
Hundreds protest oil sponsorship at Louvre during UN climate change conference
International activists arrested after spilling fake oil in the museum entrance
Korean artists protest appointment of former Barcelona museum director due to censorship concerns
Bartomeu Marí—the new director of MMCA in Seoul—stepped down earlier this year over controversial sculpture exhibit
Buy a piece of the action
Artists who organised performances in Collins Park earlier this week, as part of Art Basel in Miami Beach’s Public sector, also work in other media and had pieces on sale at the fair
Galleries go off the beaten track
At the fair, dealers reveal the special appeal of St Barth, Somerset, Ibiza and Havana
Picasso, the master of experimentation
The prolific artist turned his hand to ceramics, photography, textiles and even poetry
The sculpture is mightier than the sword
French dealer Kamel Mennour highlights art’s role in developing humanity
François Pinault denies Paris museum plan
Reports say city’s mayor will help to find site