The art industry needs a genuine sea change—in the shipping sense
Transporting an artwork by ship can reduce its carbon impact by up to 95% compared to air freight
Howardena Pindell: ‘In terms of museums, I’m optimistic; in terms of the world, I’m pessimistic’
As her touring UK show arrives in Cambridge, the artist discusses historic prejudice in the US generally and the art world in particular, and her long struggle for recognition
Hew Locke reimagines Birmingham's controversial Queen Victoria statue for an anti-imperialist age
A number of artists—including Amy Ching-Yan Lam and Rajni Perera—have created work that challenges the city's colonial legacy as it gears up to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Out in the open: Michael Armitage on how the pandemic led him to paint en plein air
The Kenyan-born British artist is showing a new body of work in his solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel
Building with rubbish and fighting fish farming: How artists are leading the charge to combat the climate crisis
In matters environmental, artists have long been the driving force to reforming the sector
‘My grandma will jump from a helicopter, naked and listening to Elton John’: Laure Prouvost on her biggest work yet
French artist is first to fill the spectacular Light Hall in Norway's new National Museum
New shows reveal how Picasso was inspired by the Old Masters
Plus, Chris Levine's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; and a rise in political interference in museum leadership
Felt banquet for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is a feast for the eyes
Artist Lucy Sparrow will install her massive felt in picnic spread at Buckingham Palace, while Leo Villareal plans a more contemplative tribute
London's Elizabeth Line finally opens—we take a look at the ambitious art commissions across the train stations of the £19bn project
Yayoi Kusama, Sonia Boyce and Richard Wright are among the artists who have created works for the 10 brand-new stations
London Gallery Weekend: the must-see exhibitions in East London
With last day of London Gallery Weekend 2022 is focused on the East End, critic Louisa Buck selects the best shows in the area
London Gallery Weekend: the must-see exhibitions in South London
On Saturday 14 May, the focus of the event shifts south of the river. Our critic Louisa Buck picks out the shows you should visit
Green is the New Black: a new column spotlighting the movers and shakers making the art world more environmentally sustainable
From industry-wide coalitions to individual initiatives, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis
Jane Hall, Assemble: ‘It wasn’t about changing architecture; it was that we loved building something together’
The Turner Prize-winning art, design and architecture collective has a new show, which takes a Lina Bo Bardi drawing as a launchpad to work with Nottingham schools
The best of the Venice Biennale: our critics’ review
Plus, artists Francis Alÿs, Sonia Boyce, Shubigi Rao and Na Chainkua Reindorf on their national pavilion shows; and a Bellini masterpiece
Move over Venice! Sunderland reveals its heart of glass with four new artist commissions in north-east England
Venice Biennale 2022: Louisa Buck's picks
Our contemporary art writer picks out the three things she's most looking forward to in Venice
Scottish pavilion: Alberta Whittle unravels Venice's often troubling relationship with Blackness
The Barbados-born Scottish artist's work will address oceanic histories and the city’s traumatising images of enslaved Black people hidden in plain sight
British pavilion: Sonia Boyce on being the first Black female artist to represent the UK at the Biennale
"It’s just extraordinary that it’s taken this long"
Girls girls girls: Simone Rocha curates all-women group show at Lismore Castle in Ireland
Flamenco, floating stages and a Stravinsky revival: programme for Venice's 2022 dance biennial revealed
Biennale Danza director Wayne McGregor has given the 16th international festival of contemporary dance the title of "Boundary-less" to reflect the current state of global flux
Thomas Dane exhibition in Naples explores the power and precarity of ceramics
Lynda Benglis and Magdalene Odundo join historical figures like Lucio Fontana in a group show that pushes at the limits of what clay can do
Magdalene Odundo discusses dancing with clay ahead of Venice Biennale exhibition
Ceramics have at last gained due prominence in contemporary art. After decades of making her sensual vessels, the Kenyan-British artist explains why
Hew Locke's carnivalesque Tate Britain commission tells disturbing colonial histories with flamboyance
The Procession, installed in the Duveen Galleries, references the museum's historic links to the sugar industry and slavery
