The US artist discusses figurative painting ahead of her Whitechapel show; plus, why pregnancy was rarely depicted in the art of the past

Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art auction last night made £106.8m, 35% down on last year—but with three works sold for over £10m

The London gallery sharing initiative feels like a significant step in a healthier direction

Exhibitions in 2020 include Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, US painter Jennifer Packer, Chinese artist Cao Fei and Strasbourg-born Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

The Serpentine Galleries' artistic director will reduce his flying 'very significantly' as the London institution goes green to mark its 50th anniversary

Nick Merriman, chief executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens, says museums have a responsibility to lower emissions and galvanise public action

Hall will leave his top media job in the summer to take up the unpaid position at the museum

Several London shows focusing on representations of pregnancy and female parenting cast new light on these sometimes divisive themes

From satirical prostitute advertisements to a baby's beating heart—the must see shows from London's coolest gallery sharing initiative

Exhibition on rediscovered 17th-century artist, which includes rare loans, is due to open in London in April

Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, responds to criticism about the museum's three-year closure

The stigma around state museums selling works means that other institutions dare not buy them; and a frank review of the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition

From Elizabeth Peyton's historically contextualised portraits to a jarring installation on queer existence

The Finding of Moses is on display, but it will soon be moved to the newly refurbished Baroque room

Plans to turn the foundry that cast the bells of Big Ben, St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey into a boutique hotel have been put on hold—but they should never have gone ahead in the first place

From Bomberg's love of the Renaissance to Bruce Conner's sexy music video

Gallery is going through a “period of restructuring”, according to founder Harry Blain

From the UK's hottest graduates to forgotten Indian masterpieces

Auction raised more than last year but supply still limited as Brexit-dominated general election looms

The London museum will close between 2020 and 2023, but the announcement was buried in the fourth paragraph of a press release

Striking staff say funding is channelled towards art institute’s multi-million pound redevelopment project

We take a tour of the Dora Maar show at London's Tate Modern, where the artist is finally getting her due, and talk to US artist Jann Haworth about her retrospective at Pallant House Gallery. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

On the podcast, we speak to the German artist about his new works inspired by String Theory, now on show at White Cube in London

Group show at Korean Cultural Centre UK combines photography, installations and archival material to explore one of the world's most heavily militarised zones

National Gallery in London will display the series next year and lend a Rubens work in return

From Roy Oxlade's energetic canvases to Nan Goldin's first UK show in almost two decades