News

California’s capital city pooh-poohs Koons’s $8m piglet

Work commissioned under Percent for Art causes controversy as the public and politicians across the US criticise the scheme

Guggenheim Helsinki isn’t the only show in town

Amos Anderson Art Museum unveils bold vision for new home

MoCA Shanghai creates shop front for performance art

New space entices passers-by with a mix of art and theatre

Baku aims to keep up with the Gulf

New museums are flourishing in the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan

Massive tomb complex discovered in Beijing suburb

Burial site spans 11 centuries and includes rare frescoes

Tate puts return of Constable on hold

Appeal after fresh information emerges about possible Nazi loot

Ancestral home of the last Knight of Glin for sale

Restored with passion by Desmond FitzGerald, co-founder of the Irish Georgian society, it is on the market at €6.5m, contents extra

Newsarchive

New culture war takes root in US as major news outlet censors art

Artists say they are under pressure to tone down their work after Associated Press removes images of controversial pieces

Art marketarchive

Colombian art scene rebounds after civil war

Western dealers and curators look to the South

Newsarchive

Warhol to be studied in medical school

The initiative aims to help doctors improve their observation skills

Newsarchive

Marina Abramovic will be done with dying after "Seven Deaths"

She will be stepping into her hero Maria Callas' shoes for the project

Newsarchive

China Guardian head sounds warning note on sales and fraud

Hu Yanyan says that results will still be “healthy”

Newsarchive

Warburg ‘safe’ after legal ruling

But University of London also claims victory—and costs could be up to £1m

Newsarchive

All of Warhol’s films and videos to be digitised

The project will make hundreds of the artists films more accessible

Newsarchive

Warburg Institute’s future is in court’s hands

Tension with the University of London has been growing

Newsarchive

Unesco warns of fraud as unsanctioned authentication documents circulate

The warning states that certificates of authentication allowing imports of African cultural heritage are being forged

Newsarchive

Anish Kapoor speaks out on Indian elections

The artist has condemned Narendra Modi, widely expected to be India's next prime minister

Newsarchive

‘Lost Raphael’ surfaces in Spain

The University of Granada says it has found an authentic copy of Raphael’s Madonna of Foligno

Newsarchive

Great War memorials go online for first time

The project has already documented around 2,000 works

Newsarchive

Städel shows off its ‘new’ portrait by Raphael

The painting came up for sale at auction in 2007 in Vienna, where it was catalogued as being by an “imitator” of Raphael

Marina Abramovic dies on stage

The ceremony is part of the US debut of “The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic”

Newsarchive

List of discredited Warhols now available

An unpublished list provides details of the fate of 44 paintings confiscated by the Andy Warhol estate in 1991