A brush with... Michael Rakowitz
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from T.S. Eliot to Leonard Cohen
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Michael Armitage's electric paintings on bark cloth to a group show on syncopation
Raphael Cartoons at Victoria and Albert Museum serenaded by live orchestral performance
The London museum’s newly refurbished Raphael Court plays host to a “visual album” of classical pieces on film
Leilah Babirye's blowtorched trash sculptures of queer Ugandan royalty come to London
Forced to flee Uganda after being outed as a lesbian in the press, Babirye's show at Stephen Friedman Gallery addresses the legacy of British colonialism
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From 5,000 years of Iranian art and culture to Black female resistance and the domestic sphere
Thieves steal rosary beads carried by Mary Queen of Scots to her execution
Around £1m worth of artefacts were taken from Arundel Castle in West Sussex on Friday
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Matthew Barney's American survivalist film to Emma Stern's "porn-adjacent" virtual avatars
Artist Khaled Jarrar is selling handfuls of soil from Palestinian farmland—and has turned them into NFTs
The work draws attention to the desertification of agricultural land in Palestinian territory
Best shows for... discovering the next hot name
From gabber-inspired altarpieces to repurposed Brazilian matchboxes—here are four of the best emerging artists showing during London Gallery Weekend
Romanian politician gears up to sue Brancusi's heir over longstanding copyright battle
Restrictive EU laws prevent the city of Targu Jiu, home to three public works by the Romanian sculptor, from reproducing images of his work
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Julie Curtiss's hairy take on Seurat to Kapwani Kiwanga's dense and diasporic fibre installations
Spotty performance for unseen Yayoi Kusama paintings at Bonhams New York—but works on paper soar off the block
Pieces came from the collection of late New York heart surgeon who befriended the artist in the 1960s
May auction highlights: from a rare Cubist Hockney portrait to a playful piece by Alexander Calder
Our pick of the best objects up for sale in New York, Dallas and Paris
Leonardo da Vinci's bear pawtrait could make record for drawing by the artist
The work is expected to fetch up to £12m in a live sale at Christie's London this July
It's official—Germany declares its nightclubs are now cultural institutions
Nightlife and live music venues across the country now have the same legal status as museums and opera houses
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a historical group show of works from 1960s Italy to David Harrison's trans pagan goats
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Charles Gaines's Plexiglas grids at Hauser and Wirth to Rafał Zajko's frozen urine sculptures at PUBLIC
Indian museum brings artist M F Husain back from the dead using AI
Visitors to the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore can pose questions to a "digital twin" of the late Bombay Progressive Group painter
As India's death toll surges, £2bn renovation of Delhi parliament buildings continues as 'essential service'
Many are questioning how Prime Minister Narendra Modi can justify his "vanity project" as hospitals are overwhelmed with patients
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Gretchen Andrew's search engine-hacking assemblages to Haroun Hayward's painterly meditations on rave culture
Researchers discover trove of works by major African Modernists in rural Scotland
Paintings and drawings have been reattributed to some of the continent's most famous 20th-century names
Scientists unveil 'whitest paint ever'—and museums can't wait to get their hands on it
The material, which reflects 98% of light, will have significant use in cooling buildings and fighting climate change
Christie's to offer Xu Beihong painting for £41m—highest estimate put on an Asian work by a Western auction house
It could become the most expensive Asian work sold by a Western auction house. Meanwhile, young contemporary names proved popular at last night's Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Lawrence Abu Hamdan's investigation into reincarnation to Robin Rhode's imaginary underwater reef
A grey single-pixel 'work' sells for $1.3m at Sotheby’s maiden NFT sale
Over 3,000 bidders purchased nearly 24,000 digital works in a three-day, multi-facted sale on Niftygateway
A brush with... Do Ho Suh
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's biggest influences, from Matthew Barney to marine biology
Lockdown easing: the best gallery shows to see in London right now
Eerie wooden cabins, rural quiltmakers and dismembered, tentacular dolls are among our highlights from the city's commercial exhibitions
Delhi—which received half a million refugees—will open its first museum dedicated to the partition of India
It will act as an extension to the Partition Museum in Punjab
A brush with... Doris Salcedo
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Joseph Beuys to Paul Celan