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‘It’s a little bit of a testing period’: inaugural Atlanta Art Fair opens with buzzy VIP turnout
Dealers hope the city’s first art fair will help Atlanta artists build a bigger collector base
'This year is particularly special': art prize exhibition delayed by Russian invasion opens in Kyiv
In the midst of an ongoing war, the PinchukArtCentre’s Future Generation Prize will award $100,000 to one of 21 shortlisted artists
Curatorial risks worth taking to foster a sense of belonging in museums
Stephanie Sparling Williams, curator of American art at the Brooklyn Museum, on how Black feminist practices informed the rehang of the museum’s American art collection
Polish bank works with blockchain company and an Arctic vault to safeguard country's artistic heritage
Bank Pekao and the Aleph Zero platform collaborate to keep secure data by tokenising the digitised records of important works of art
A fragmented film portrait of Suzanne Césaire, the feminist intellectual who influenced Surrealism and Négritude
The film-maker Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” is showing at the New York Film Festival
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Mike Kelley, a pivotal period of contemporary Indian art, Raoul Dufy and Berthe Weill — podcast
Celebrating the “negative joy” of the American artist Kelley in a new Tate retrospective, a period of change in India explored at the Barbican, and a conversation about a work once owned by the pioneering woman gallerist Berthe Weill
Book Club
‘The artist the critics love to hate’: the colourful life of sports star painter and Playboy illustrator LeRoy Neiman
We speak to the author of a new biography that reassesses the legacy of the “hustler” artist who rubbed shoulders with celebrities
An expert’s guide to Helen Frankenthaler: five must-read books on the Abstract Expressionist
All you ever wanted to know about Frankenthaler, from a seminal monograph to the story of the bohemian world that forged her—selected by the curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon
In Pictures | Artist billboards across America tell a story of US politics today
Ahead of the November presidential election, a new book by the For Freedoms organisation brings together the topical and political posters that it has commissioned since 2016
October Book Bag: from a publication about money in art to tales of London art market rogues
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Art market
Emily Carr painting bought for $50 at barn sale could bring $148,000 at auction
The 1912 painting is believed to have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain
More than 100 artist donated works to fundraise for Kamala Harris
Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction
Kasper König’s collection fetches €6m at Cologne auction
Top lots at the auction arranged by the esteemed curator before his death in August included two “date paintings” by On Kawara, a close friend
As the art market gears up for a season of global change, what are the odds of an autumn bounceback?
Amid uneven economic signals, many high-level art sellers are pursuing alternative revenue streams
Jeffrey Gibson, artist representing the US at the Venice Biennale, joins Hauser & Wirth
The mega-gallery is now representing Gibson in tandem with his longtime New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co
Museums & Heritage
Ancient throne room of powerful Moche woman discovered in Peru
The so-called “Hall of the Moche Imaginary” is one of two elaborately decorated spaces archaeologists recently uncovered at Pañamarca
Just Stop Oil activists who glued themselves to Turner painting acquitted
Just days after Van Gogh soup pair sentenced to jail, a judge found the protesters' actions to be 'proportionate'
New Niki de Saint Phalle documentary chronicles her personal struggles and aesthetic triumphs
Michiko Matsumoto’s film “Viva Niki”, which recently premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, also attests to the artist’s enduring popularity in Japan
How to decode art: UK schools embark on ‘visual literacy’ week
As government aims to put the arts at the heart of the curriculum, an Art UK project is teaching children how to 'cope with today’s image-saturated world'
Italy's culture minister goes back to university
A small group of anti-fascist campaigners protested outside the Sapienza University in Rome where Alessandro Giuli was taking the final oral exam for the degree he started in the 1990s
Exhibitions
New display at Tate Modern highlights role technology can play in expanding the scope of UK museum collections
Works by four artists were created as part of the Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage research project
PST Art’s science-meets-art extravaganza in eight superlatives
From the Getty initiative’s most widely exhibited artist to its most calming installation
Art festival in Norway embraces the sounds of the Arctic Circle
At the Lofoten International Art Festival, music and sound art complement a majestic landscape of fjords and mountains
Often overlooked: The Barbican presents 100 artistic responses to India's turbulent times
Work by more than 30 Indian artists, made between 1975 and 1998, explores a period of social and economic upheaval
Pucker up: Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at Surrealist hub in West Sussex
Monthly public tours will reveal one of the UK’s most prestigious collections of Surrealist art, featuring works by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Leonora Carrington
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
Green is the new black | Art fairs coming together to reduce emissions is a positive step—but serious systemic changes need to happen fast
More than 40 art fairs worldwide have made a unified pledge to cut their emissions by at least 50% by 2030
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
Podcast | Episode 100: A brush with… Marlene Dumas
An in-depth interview with the endlessly daring Dumas, discussing her admiration for Nicole Eisenman and Diane Arbus, and the impact of Francisco Goya on her practice
Diary
Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo
Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move
Artist Glenn Ligon blasts Janet Jackson over 'nasty' Kamala Harris comments
The pop star re-ignited a row over the presidential candidate's heritage
Barbed art critic Brian Sewell is back—in AI form
The late writer known for his poison pen will make an appearance in a new London magazine
The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again in New York
Luna Luna, featuring a carousel by Keith Haring and David Hockney's enchanted forest, is travelling to The Shed
Monet is back in Vogue thanks to editor’s makeover
Edward Enninful is partnering with the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie to create prints inspired by the artist
Opinion
Ten years on from the genocide, Yazidi culture is still absent from Western museums
Institutions have a moral duty to better represent the persecuted Kurdish religious minority
Despite the real (and artificial) fears of many, AI is not the enemy of the art world
Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer
Rachida Dati has been reappointed as France's culture minister—but does she have the will to protect heritage?
The debacle over the commissioning of Notre-Dame's stained-glass windows highlights the politician's propensity to ignore expert advice
Why it's time for museums to take risks—or risk obsolescence
Jorrit Britschgi, executive director of the Rubin Museum of Art, on ‘embracing non-attachment and impermanence’
Why writing off the Mona Lisa would serve the Louvre better than worshipping it
The Paris museum should forget about the hugely costly move of the Leonardo painting and focus instead on the myriad other masterpieces in its collection
Obituaries
‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80
Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs
Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87
Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism
Remembering David Anfam, curator, writer and Abstract Expressionism connoisseur
The artist Erin Lawlor recalls her time spent with the art historian, who wrote defining texts on artists such as Mark Rothko and offered critical support for the next generation
An infinite conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist's personal memoir of Kasper König, curator, publisher, teacher, museum director, and friend to artists
The artistic director of Serpentine, recalls 35 years of friendship and collaboration with the cultural impresario who was one of the most important curators of the second half of the 20th century
Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88
A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
Van Gogh Museum exposes three early fakes
A vase of summer sunflowers in a late autumn scene proved a giveaway
Books
The life and art of Mabel Nicholson: new volume tells of the career catastrophe of domestic bliss
How lovingly raising her artistic family cost an artist of “tensile strength” her own fame
Two publications show how, in Caspar David Friedrich's world, mankind is puny against nature’s power
The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide
'Go, thou, and do likewise': a field guide to Britain’s stone circles delivers both scholarship and romance
An authoritative and engaging read for fans of the UK's mute monoliths—be they academic or sentimental
Five of the best art books hitting the shelves this autumn
Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months
Take a romp through Ancient Rome’s great buildings with this handy (almost) pocket-sized book
Ostensibly a guide to the city's top 50 sites, a new publication by Paul Roberts offers far more
Technology
News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.
Artist on trial for website satirising Icelandic company’s alleged role in the Fishrot scandal
Oddur Eysteinn Friðriksson’s spoof of the Samherji Group’s website featured a prominent apology, seemingly acknowledging its alleged role in the Namibian fishing scandal
Refik Anadol Studio reveals plans for world’s first museum of AI arts
Dataland is due to open in 2025 at the Frank Gehry-designed The Grand LA development in Los Angeles's downtown arts district
Despite the real (and artificial) fears of many, AI is not the enemy of the art world
Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer
Unesco warns that AI could rewrite Holocaust history
What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?
What if women ruled the world? The Art Newspaper takes part in summer celebration of Judy Chicago at the Serpentine
The London art world came out in force to celebrate the American visionary's exhibition “Revelations” and to enjoy a tech-powered interaction with her quest to create a world where power is equally shared