Exhibitions
Howard Hodgkin’s friends: new show shines a light on late artist’s pals including David Hockney
‘Enema of the state’: Aboriginal artist Richard Bell on his protest pieces heading to Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
Works going on show include a ticker tape calculating what the British government owes Indigenous Australians for use of their country during colonisation
Oxford exhibition unearths the fascinating story of Minoan culture and its discovery
Ashmolean Museum show will reveal how the excavations of its former keeper 100 years ago helped popularise a Minoan world of mythological minotaurs and labyrinths
First major show of Sandro Botticelli’s drawings to include five newly attributed works
Exhibition at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor will bring together 27 drawings and reunite Uffizi’s Adoration of the Magi with its preparatory designs for the first time
From a marble toilet roll to a giant Lego structure: Ai Weiwei's new London show looks at the value of objects
Exhibition at the Design Museum will include the artist's works drawing on the Covid-19 pandemic
‘Picasso is relevant to any creative person working today’: British designer Paul Smith to provide art direction for exhibition on the Spanish artist
The show at the Musée National Picasso in Paris will include a jazz soundtrack, Modern masterpieces hung on colourfully designed walls, and Picasso’s Vogue magazine drawings
Show of unseen Paul McCartney photographs—taken at the height of Beatlemania—will help relaunch London’s National Portrait Gallery
Refurbished museum has also announced shows of female photographers Yevonde, Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron and will see the return of David Hockney
Venice Biennale 2024: all the national pavilions, artists and curators
The latest news of the key players taking part in the 60th International Art Exhibition
John Akomfrah to represent Britain at 2024 Venice Biennale
The British-Ghanaian artist is well known for searing video installations examining issues ranging from climate change to colonialism
A bracing VR ride through Ancient Egypt accompanies Ramses II exhibition
A traveling exhibition about the Pharoah of Pharaohs includes ancient artefacts on loan from Egypt, curatorial texts and a $20 VR experience “guided” by Ramses II’s queen, Nefertari
Groups in Guatemala demand return of Maya throne sent to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guatemalan law prohibits the export of such artefacts for exhibition, local culture organisations say
The art world in 2023: market predictions, big shows and museum openings
From a post-pandemic Brexit watershed to Hip Hop's 50th birthday, The Art Newspaper team dicuss what lies ahead this year
The Big Review: Vittore Carpaccio at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC ★★★★☆
The painter’s masterpieces show that his influences stretched beyond Venice and at times touch on the miraculous.
Sculptor Nyugen E. Smith’s new show in Washington, DC turns discarded objects into art
The Caribbean-American artist tell us about his new exhibition and how his work was inspired by makeshift houses in a Ugandan refugee camp
Art Night contemporary art festival moves out of London to the Scottish city of Dundee
The Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani has been confirmed for a new commission
Cecco del Caravaggio—the mysterious student and lover of the Baroque master of shadow—takes centre stage in new show
The Fondazione Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is showing 19 of 25 known paintings by the student who modelled for Caravaggio
A twisted tale of sugar and slaves: Alberta Whittle uncovers awkward truths in UK show
The Barbados-born artist confronts the unpalatable past of Guy Ball, the great-grandfather of the Holburne Museum’s founder
A Flemish Caravaggisto comes out of the shadows in new Belgian exhibition
Theodoor Rombouts, a contemporary of Rubens and Van Dyck, is little known, but a new show aims to shine a light on his talents
Cy Twombly's ties to the past: exhibition explores how US artist drew on ancient cultures of Greece, Rome and Egypt
Travelling show debuted at the Getty and now opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Soheila Sokhanvari: the former scientist using ‘alchemy’ to bring together Iranian and Western culture
The Shiraz-born artist tells us how she became an artist after a bad cycling accident and why what is happening in Iran is “no longer a protest, it’s a revolution”
Van Gogh in 2023: a bumper year of exhibitions, openings, books and an Amsterdam birthday party
The Van Gogh Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary—and everyone is invited
‘Like a chess player’: London survey show reveals practice of studious still-life painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art will display the 50 works by the Italian artist held in the Magnani-Rocca collection
From Sharjah to São Paulo: 2023's most interesting biennials
From Okwui Enwezor’s final project to an Indigenous-inspired Liverpool Biennial, here are some key dates for your exhibition calendars
The must-see exhibitions in 2023: from the biggest ever show of Vermeer paintings to a history of hip-hop
We take a look at the most exciting shows around the world this year
Planning an art pilgrimage in 2023? The best cities to visit for groundbreaking exhibitions this year
The best shows in London, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, New York and Washington, DC
‘I never run out of ideas’: an interview with Yayoi Kusama and highlights from her new catalogue
The artist, who is now in her 90s and voluntarily living in a psychiatric hospital, has a major retrospective under way in Hong Kong
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
Exhibitions in 2022: the best shows and major trends of the year
Big hitters were the subject of major shows, from Donatello in Florence to Faith Ringgold in New York and Alice Neel in Paris
Van Gogh in 2022: record prices, top shows and exciting discoveries
Plus, the best books on Vincent and the artist's booming immersive experiences