Green is the New Black

In this monthly column, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis

Slags, bings and pipelines: Edinburgh landscape offers fitting backdrop for exhibition on fossil fuel extraction

While Jupiter Artland show brings together five artists whose work explores energy histories, the sculpture park and gallery has transitioned to nearly 100% renewable energy

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Trade Secrets

Every month, our editor-at-large Melanie Gerlis shares her insights on the art market

Comment | The market grew in 2025 but ‘interest in art is waning’

Amid global macro shocks and changes in consumer taste, there are signs of future resilience

A closer Luke

Ben Luke, our Review editor and podcast host, weighs in on the pressing issues facing the UK art world and beyond

Comment | Catherine Opie shows us that in dark times, looking for joy can be radical

The artist's new show at the National Portrait Gallery offers plenty of reasons to be cheerful

Diary of an art historian

Bendor Grosvenor, art historian and broadcaster, tells us about his latest research, discoveries and views

Comment | Latest auctions prove Old Masters are not ‘out of fashion’

Outstanding February sales in New York make clear that older art still has relevance, although not everyone seems to have got the memo

How do we stem the decline in students studying art history in the UK?

We need to reframe the subject as one worth knowing about, rather than focusing on its use

Comment | Tate Britain’s Turner and Constable show got me thinking about Marxist art history

On a recent trip to London, Bendor Grosvenor enjoyed the buzz of the Old Masters auctions but bemoaned Tate’s exhibition labels

Is the Catholic Church catching the eye of Gen Z with the power of the image?

Attendance of Catholic Church among 18-24 year olds has risen notably—could it be the art they're attracted to?

Comment | Want to truly read a painting? Forget the present, and focus on the past

To read a painting is to understand the context in which it was made, not the context in which we see it, writes Bendor Grosvenor

Art Law Corner

A monthly look at recent developments in art law, written by Alexander Herman, the director of the Institute of Art and Law

When it comes to restitution, how can museums solve a problem like inalienability?

Having a legal structure and policy that allows institutions to make moral decisions on returning objects is crucial

Insta' gratification

Every month, the writer and digital art specialist Aimee Dawson looks at how the worlds of art and social media collide


Your country needs you(r content): National Gallery of Art in Washington DC launches social media open call

As part of the US's 250th anniversary celebrations, the museum is looking for 50 digital content creators to make short-form videos in response to its collection

How Australia’s social media ban could affect art institutions

Museums may need to rethink their content and find new ways to engage with young fans online

‘Endless scrolling induces permanent craving’: panGenerator highlights our unhealthy relationship with technology

The artist collective takes elements of the digital world and turns them into physical installations to bring alive the dangers

How art social media accounts are being turned into books

Having lots of followers on Instagram does not guarantee a publishing deal but it helps

Art Market Eye

Cutting-edge art market analysis by Georgina Adam, our editor-at-large

Comment | Art theft is just the start, what happens after a jewellery heist is the real question

Due to the world-wide publicity of the brazen theft at the Musée du Louvre last month, the stolen jewellery may be impossible to shift

Comment | I've researched the next generation of collectors—and here's why they are not like the last

The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large on how millennials who collect art differ from previous generations—and what it means for the art market

Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?

As China’s market drops, auction houses and dealers have been following the money to Saudi Arabia

Could the future of the art market lie in antiques?

There was an uptick in sales of traditional art at last month's Tefaf Maastricht fair

A trio of hair-raising courtroom dramas unfold the US

A glut of lawsuits often signals a market in trouble. Three art collectors are suing to recover their losses, but are they justified?

Adventures with Van Gogh

Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on Van Gogh, tells us about his meticulous investigations and discoveries about this most intriguing artist. Published on Fridays.


Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehung, including five paintings by Van Gogh—plus one forgery

Two of the arms dealer's Van Goghs could be the subject of Nazi-era restitution issues

A Dutch museum has just put its fake Van Gogh on show

The Kröller-Müller Museum is displaying a forged seascape bought by its founder

Van Gogh goes to China, with a more affordable early painting

Christie’s decides Hong Kong is the best place to sell the forest landscape

The Buck stopped here

Louisa Buck, our contemporary art correspondent, brings us all the latest from the key art events in the UK and beyond

Slade to Zaria

Slade to Zaria, which refers to the prominent art schools in London and Nigeria, is a column by Chibundu Onuzo, a novelist and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Here she shares her reflections on the contemporary art world.


The most beautiful artwork at Frieze London? My newborn

Navigating an art fair with a baby can leave you exhilarated—and out of breath

Barbara Walker's show at the Whitworth makes me feel proud to be Black British

The British artist's first major survey exhibition in Manchester is worth leaving the London-centric art bubble for

I commissioned an artist for the first time: here's what it taught me about what it really means to be a ‘collector’

The experience of working with Antonia Caicedo Holguin bestowed more on me than a lofty—and often far too exclusive—title ever could

Is the Royal Academy's 'Entangled Pasts' exhibition radical? Yes—for the Royal Academy

The London institution may have woken up to its responsibility of presenting its role in Britain’s imperial past. But please don't go back to sleep...

New York Insider

Art market writer Tim Schneider takes us inside New York's art scene and beyond

Comment | After a market shake up in 2025, it's time to create a right-sized art trade

From collaboration to consolidation, some dealers are adapting to a changing market that many agree should not return to its previous peak