News
Chinese artists will be out in force at this year’s Venice Biennale
Pioneers and rising stars have been picked for the main exhibition by the Centre Pompidou curator Christine Macel
Trump’s travel ban denounced by curators and artists
Institutional leaders say such restrictions would have grave consequences on exhibitions, research and the future of cultural exchange
Metropolitan Museum director Thomas Campbell resigns
The news comes as the New York museum tackles financial problems, sheds staff, cuts down on shows and postpones a $600m project
Should Munich contemporary art museum reveal or obscure its Nazi history?
British architect David Chipperfield’s proposal to restore the Haus der Kunst sparks furore
Scholar accuses Musée d’Orsay of attack on freedom of expression
Van Gogh expert upset after essays dropped from French catalogue amid ongoing dispute over newly discovered sketchbook
Foundation uses crowdfunding to raise $65,000 to restore work by female Old Master
The Last Supper scene by the 16th-century nun Plautilla Nelli is due to go on show in 2018
Paul Walter, the voracious New York collector, connoisseur and bon vivant pioneered photography collecting, has died
He was able to focus on the rare and the unique, and this was something the others learned from
Laurence des Cars named new director of Musée d’Orsay
Head of Musée de l’Orangerie replaces Guy Cogeval who will run an affiliated research centre
The art fair is dead, long live the art fair
Already suffering from fair-tigue? A former director ponders how the format must evolve to survive
Spring awakening? A shake-up for New York’s fairs
The city’s prime time for contemporary art gets a new programme, with an emphasis on discovery and depth
Ashley Bickerton gets retrospective break from Damien Hirst
Newport Street Gallery to present survey of Bali-based US artist
Federal arts funding is on the White House’s hit list
If culture agencies dodge the fatal bullet, they should focus on collection-sharing and investment in bricks and mortar
Danh Vo takes on US independence with Mexican brands and gruesome tools
Permanent installation revealed at the Aishti Foundation in Beirut
Getty preserves Palmyra online in new show
The institution hopes its first digital exhibition will also reach the Arab world
Read the letter sent by 24 senators asking President Trump to keep funding the NEA and NEH
The bipartisan group outlines the importance of the culture agencies and how they improve American’s lives
Argentina stakes its claim on the international art scene
As interest grows in the country’s overlooked artists, its galleries test the water at Madrid's Arco fair
Installation in Venice to re-imagine Lenin’s tomb within Malevich’s black cube
Project marking centenary of Russian Revolution aims to highlight "potency of symbols in post-truth world"
The biggest challenges facing London’s new museum directors
As Tristram Hunt starts his new job at the V&A and Maria Balshaw joins the Tate in June, we look at some of the hurdles they will need to overcome
String theory: Spanish refugees inspired Henry Moore’s 1930s stringed sculptures
Bold colours revealed during restoration of San Diego Museum of Art's latest acquisition
Public asked to photograph ‘secret collection’ of works stored in homes across the UK
Open Inheritance Art project aims to uncover items that should be publicly available through tax-relief arrangements
Recovered ancient artefacts—ransacked during war—to feature at the Iraq pavilion in Venice
Objects drawn from the National Museum of Iraq will be shown alongside works by Modern and contemporary artists
‘To be a Scotsman receiving a French award in Germany—it keeps people guessing’
Douglas Gordon explains why he asked to receive France’s highest honour in Berlin