Bored Ape NFT founders seek $5bn funding from Silicon Valley investor
The secretive crypto collective Yuga Labs is reportedly in talks with venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz to sell a multi-million dollar stake
Object lessons: from a 16th-century angel to a jaunty walking stick
Our pick of the highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions
Organised ‘under gunfire’, Kazakhstan announces first national Venice pavilion—but will it actually go ahead this time?
This year’s commissioner hopes the absence of government funding might help them avoid the disaster of the nation's 2019 pavilion, which was cancelled amid “corruption” allegations
Step back inside Notre Dame: immersive VR exhibition recreates Paris cathedral prior to 2019 fire
Eternal Notre Dame will raise funds towards the €1bn restoration of the fire-ravaged cathedral
Art Basel forced to postpone Hong Kong fair until May due to rising Covid cases
Originally planned for March, it will now take place less than three weeks before the Swiss fair's flagship event in Basel
Courtauld Institute forms 'strategic partnership' with neighbouring King's College London—what does this mean for the prestigious art history college?
The two institutions of vastly different sizes will join forces at a time of "great uncertainty" for arts and humanities in higher education
For the first time ever, a Korean museum is selling off 'national treasures' at auction
Two bronze Buddha statues are likely to make records for cultural artefacts at auction in Korea
Delhi's heritage buildings at risk of being sold to private buyers by right-wing government
The ruling BJP has been accused by a rival party of "selling off Delhi's history" following new licensing around historic structures in the capital
The socialite collectors, the $700,000 Cecily Brown painting and the first-refusal contract—lawsuit reveals secret machinations of the art world
Chinese collector Michael Xufu Huang was covertly buying works on behalf of the Monaco-based Federico Castro Debernardi for a 10% commission. But then he got stung
London Gallery Weekend announces 2022 dates and a new focus on UK regional museums
Last year's inaugural edition saw 140 galleries take part in the city-wide event
How the Merz Foundation plans to turn an industrial park in Palermo into a thriving contemporary art hub within three years
The Turin-based foundation will foreground the Sicilian capital's history as a "city for immigrants" at the crossroads of Europe and Africa
India's largest art museum to open Islamic gallery
The Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad contains around 2,500 objects related to Islamic faiths and traditions
Acquisitions round-up: Tate buys Hew Locke's airborne flotilla ahead of his major new commission in March
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Shots fired: South Korea's galleries plan sale to 'warn' auction houses against speculation and 'extreme capitalist logic'
Seoul's biggest auction houses have allegedly violated an agreement made with Galleries Association Korea to ensure "healthy balance" within the art market
India Art Fair postpones 2022 event as Delhi imposes restrictions to curb Omicron variant
South Asia's largest art fair has been forced to reschedule its 13th edition from February to April in light of rising Covid-19 case numbers
Object lessons: from a Renaissance drawing unseen for a century to a work by Mali’s pre-eminent photographer
Our pick of the highlights from coming fairs and auctions
Norwegian artist opens huge 'art space' near the Arctic Circle—which, despite appearances, is a commercial gallery
Kjell Erik Killi Olsen—one of Norway's richest artists— has funded Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst (KUK) in his hometown of Trondheim. But what exactly is its business model?
Jenni Crain, artist and dealer at Gordon Robichaux gallery in New York, has died of Covid-19, aged 30
She "championed women, particularly those who made important contributions to the development and legacies of feminism"
Blood, shit and Nazis: why, at 76, Paul McCarthy is still pissing people off and getting pissed on
The artist's solo exhibition in Bergen, Norway includes a performance piece in which McCarthy and his collaborator, dressed as Hitler and Eva Braun, ‘urinate’ and ‘defecate’ on each other
Psychedelic sculpture—an ode to Alice in Wonderland, steampunk and Gothic Revival architecture—to be installed at St Pancras in London next year
Shezad Dawood is the eighth artist to be selected for the Terrace Wires public commission, following in the footsteps of Tracey Emin
A brush with... Kehinde Wiley
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Richard Dyer to John Singer Sargent
At a Cambridge University college wrestling with its imperial past, Shahzia Sikander’s show offers new ideas on restitution
As Jesus College confronts its ties to slavery, the Pakistani Neo-miniature artist asks whether decolonisation need necessarily be a violent process
A brush with... Isaac Julien
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Aimé Césaire to Glenn Ligon
A brush with... Pablo Bronstein
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the architectural drawings of Piranesi to the novels of Émile Zola
Oman to present first national pavilion at next year's Venice Biennale
Five artists will show at the inaugural exhibition, including the late Raiya Al Rawahi
Highlights from December’s auctions: from an unseen Schiele to the first ever postage stamp
Our pick of the works coming up for sale in London and Munich
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Shilpa Gupta's tribute to dissident writers to the UK debut of influential Georgian painter Karlo Kacharava
Five key takeaways from the first Gallery Climate Coalition conference in London
Dealers, museum directors and environmental consultants gathered to strategise how the sector can decarbonise and enact real change
A brush with... Candice Breitz
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the work of On Kawara to growing up in Apartheid South Africa
Hottest emerging art exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Ally Rosenberg's disarming parquet puddles to an African diaspora group show