Anniversary
Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment
The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026
‘The new idea is like falling in love’: Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg on the creative process
After 20 years of working together, the duo talk about their influences, themes and characters, music and the fickleness of art-making
New York City celebrates David Wojnarowicz’s 70th birthday
Events across Manhattan will pay tribute to the late artist through readings, film screenings, music and a candlelit procession
Matisse and Bonnard show is the cherry on Fondation Maeght’s 60th birthday cake
Both artists in landmark exhibition were key to the creation of the foundation in 1964
James Barnor, pioneering Ghanaian-British photographer, to be celebrated on 95th birthday with wide-reaching festival
A series of events—spanning exhibitions, discussions, performances and more—will centre around Accra and Tamale, but some programming will extend across the country
James Ensor: series of anniversary shows to reveal ‘the man behind the mask’
Belgium commemorates 75 years since the artist's death with a year-long season of exhibitions and events, often highlighting the lesser known aspects of his work
Art Fund, the charity that helped buy Rokeby Venus for the nation, celebrates 120 years with new campaign
Organisation pledges to back initiatives linking museums with local communities for anniversary project
Wallace Collection birthday bash for Grayson Perry
Potter will celebrate his 65th birthday in 2025 with a show at the London museum
London's National Gallery releases details of 200th anniversary Jeremy Deller project
His work will be made in collaboration with four institutions across the UK—from Northern Ireland to Scotland—before travelling to the capital
Shows, plays and pavilions at home and abroad mark Canadian modernist Jean Paul Riopelle's centennial
The pioneering abstract painter’s legacy will be front and centre in Montréal, Ottawa, Paris and elsewhere
A medieval tale of the jester, the priory and the hospital: book uncovers church's history for 900th anniversary
As Saint Bartholomew the Great celebrates nine centuries, a new volume explores how the church has, against the odds, remained at London’s heart
A guide to the dozens of exhibitions worldwide marking the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death
Celebration Picasso 1973-2023, organised by the governments of Spain and France, explores the many sides of the Spanish artist's life and work
Not everyone is celebrating Picasso’s big anniversary—that makes it more exciting
A series of exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist's death includes a show curated by comedian and Picasso-hater Hannah Gadsby
Revealed: London's National Gallery will stage a Van Gogh blockbuster as part of its 2024 bicentenary celebrations
Star loans include The Bedroom, Garden of the Asylum and—of course—the exhibition will show the museum's own Sunflowers
Has the art market recovered? A deep dive into the Art Basel/UBS report
Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie
From Marina Abramovic to Greta Thunberg: the legacy of Joseph Beuys lives on
A host of artists and activists have followed in the footsteps of the pioneering artist who would have turned 100 this year
TikTok and masterpieces on tour: London's National Gallery reveals plans leading up to 200th birthday in 2024
Five-year strategy pledges to ramp up digital content and send historic paintings on UK "community tours" to mark bicentenary
'It could have been much worse': the current state of play of Notre Dame's restoration, two years after the fire
Philippe Villeneuve, the lead architect of the cathedral, is confident the Parisian landmark will reopen for the Olympic Games in 2024
That's my grandad! Descendant of sheep shearer depicted in one of Australia's best-loved paintings sees work for first time while it visits rural Victoria
To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Tom Roberts’ 1890 painting Shearing the Rams, the National Gallery of Victoria sends work to Wangaratta Art Gallery, close to where the painting was conceived
Remembering Dante—Uffizi unveils online exhibition of 'Divine Comedy' drawings by Federico Zuccari
Florence gallery also planning vast exhibition dedicated to the poet in Forlì featuring works by Michelangelo
Tate Modern turns 20
To mark the London museum’s big birthday, we have searched our archive for our favourite articles on the institution, from a critic's take on the café’s cuisine to an interview with Tate’s former director Nicholas Serota ahead of the Switch House’s opening in 2016
The astonishing tales of how the Sunflowers survived the Second World War
To mark VE Day, we investigate the fate of Van Gogh’s masterpieces under Hitler and Churchill
Happy birthday Beuys: German museums band together to celebrate artist’s 2021 centenary
Twenty institutions in 12 cities are planning exhibitions and events for 100th anniversary of Joseph Beuys’s birth
For this week only: unrepeatable chance to see Raphael’s tapestries with Michelangelo’s ceiling
The Vatican Museums celebrate Raphael’s 500th anniversary by hanging his tapestries in the Sistine Chapel for which they were created
How London's Serpentine Galleries is going green for its 50th birthday
Exhibitions in 2020 include Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, US painter Jennifer Packer, Chinese artist Cao Fei and Strasbourg-born Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
'Shameful scar': Centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre marked in New Delhi exhibition
Show exploring the fateful event that saw hundreds of people killed by British soldiers aims to commemorate "forgotten martyrs"
Rembrandt special: the complete artist
As shows marking the 350th anniversary of the Old Master's death open, we look at his masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum, Dulwich Picture Gallery and the British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Bauhaus is 100 years old in 2019—but which one are we celebrating?
The German school, one of the crucibles of Modernism, was a complex entity
Highlights from Duke of Orléans collection brought together for 300th birthday of New Orleans
Exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art will include works by Veronese, Reni and Rubens
Tintoretto’s 500th anniversary takes over Venice
The “avant-garde superstar” of the Renaissance is celebrated in his home city before works make rare trip to the US