Artists
Damien Hirst secures £15m in government Covid-19 loans despite owing more than £100m to his parent company in Jersey
The companies that make Hirst’s art and manage his £183m collection are owned by the offshore parent Science
After the South London Gallery’s ‘most challenging year ever’, Christina Quarles paintings and drawings go on show
Solo exhibition is the Los Angeles-based artist’s first in a London institution
Revising a mostly white ‘greatest hits’ narrative, Seattle Art Museum will overhaul its American art galleries
Museum invites three artists to serve as co-authors of collection displays and enlists 10 local experts to help generate inclusive stories
Q&A | What artists wear and why it matters
A new book by the fashion critic Charlie Porter explores how what artists choose to wear can tell us about the multiple roles of clothing in society
Shortlist announced for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s largest art prize
Although nominations were open to artists of all ages for the first time, the finalists are all around the same generation
Detroit Institute of Arts under fire for sponsoring mural depicting police officers
Critics says that the subject matter is out of touch with racial justice issues, and artist now regrets creating it
Simon Lee Gallery announces worldwide representation of Venice Biennale artist Sonia Boyce
Boyce says bringing people together for her Venice commission has been like a “gargantuan puzzle”
Artists will not be subject to anti-money laundering regulations, UK Treasury says
After lobbying from art organisations, government has made last-minute decision that creators who sell their work direct to clients will not be classed as "Art Market Participants"
Mary Beth Edelson, feminist art pioneer, has died, aged 88
She was a founding member of the Heresies Collective and made activism as well as spirituality a major part of her practice
‘A spiral of poets, all at once’: Precious Okoyomon, winner of the Frieze Artist Award, talks about their Tower of Babel-themed commission
An artist, poet and chef, Okoyomon discusses their inspirations as well as the ecosystems they have been creating
William T. Wiley, a founder of the Bay Area Funk Art movement and influential art teacher, has died, aged 83
A dedicated mentor, he also delighted in provocative enigmas in wide-ranging mediums
White Cube announces exclusive worldwide representation of Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi
British gallery will work in collaboration with the Noguchi Museum in New York
Flight of the Balloon Dog: Jeff Koons leaves Gagosian and David Zwirner galleries for Pace
The gallery will now represent the shiniest and most expensive living artist worldwide
Maine attorney general says that Robert Indiana’s estate was overcharged by as much as $3.7m in legal fees
State office demands that the artist's executor, James W. Brannan, return that “excessive” amount to the estate
Launch of Artists Commit intensifies the push to act on climate change
Organisation aims to put pressure on galleries to adopt sustainable practices
The places you can’t go: Ellen Harvey recreates lost places
Her Disappointed Tourist project now includes more than 200 sites submitted by the public
Adding to a robust trove, High Museum in Atlanta fields a gift of works by self-taught artists
Local couple donates 47 paintings, drawings and sculptures by Southerners and African Americans
Contemporary Greek artist Kornelios Grammenos has died, aged 62
The sculptor and painter was known for his disarming Alien and Knight sculptures, installed in Greece and abroad
Who were the most Googled artists in 2020?
Search data from 84 countries last year shows that Leonardo, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo were among the world's most popular artists
US appeals court rules that Warhol’s reliance on a photographer’s portrait image did not constitute ‘fair use’
Decision appears to signal that appropriation artists may have to proceed more cautiously
Two non-profits team up to offer $100,000 grants to artists in the San Francisco Bay Area
Annual stipends will benefit creators struggling with an astronomical cost of living in the region, which is facing an artistic exodus
Leon Black, under fire, will reportedly not seek re-election as MoMA’s board chairman
Tumult over his former business ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein brought pressure for him to step down
Ernesto Mallard, resolute leader of Mexican Op-Art, has died, aged 89
After causing a sensation early in his career in the 1960s, the sculptor and visual artist retreated from the gallery scene, and was only recently re-acknowledged
Vicente Rojo, Renaissance man of 20th-century Mexican culture, has died, aged 89
The painter, sculpture and graphic designer helped define the Modern style for a generation
Lorna Simpson, Rirkrit Tiravanija and other artists donate works to benefit New York charities
The Artists Support initiative will donate 100% of proceeds to local organisations
The Art Newspaper's women channel Charlotte Perriand for International Women's Day
We step away from our keyboards to recreate the famous 1920s portrait of the French architect and designer
Paul Klee’s grandson Alexander Klee, artist and arts patron, dies aged 80
Bern's Zentrum Paul Klee will devote an exhibition to the artist this summer
The artists on the frontline of Myanmar’s deadly protests
Art has played a central role in the country’s civil disobedience movement since its democratically elected government was ousted last month
After more than two decades together, artist duo Broomberg and Chanarin commit 'creative suicide'
A "posthumous retrospective" in Barcelona will divide their joint estate
Teresa Burga, trailblazing Peruvian conceptualist artist, has died, aged 86
Although overlooked by art institutions until only recently, she continued to create work about artificial systems and bureaucracies during a 30-year career in Lima's customs office