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An expert’s guide to Frida Kahlo: five must-read books on the Mexican Surrealist

The best Kahlo publications, from an incisive art-historical study to a facsimile of the artist’s diary—selected by the Tate curator Beatriz García-Velasco

Tate Modern exhibition explores Pictorialism and the birth of soft-focus photography

The show challenges the movement’s reputation as outdated and narrowly Western, tracing its networks and influence beyond the birth of Modernism

Frieze in London, Tarek Atoui at Tate Modern, Sienese sculptor Francesco di Giorgio—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks with art market editor Kabir Jhala in the Frieze London tent, visits the new Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern, and discusses a Quattrocento bronze relief at the Frick Collection.

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Alexander Morrison
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‘I see the Turbine Hall as a sound vessel’: artist Tarek Atoui on his Tate Modern commission

The Lebanese artist and composer has created a sonic installation incorporating bespoke instruments that respond to Tate Modern’s vast atrium

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Will Beryl Cook finally make it into Tate Modern?

The reported acquisition of a work suggests that the London museum is revising its opinion of the late artist

Tate Modern to stage its first Monet exhibition next year

The exhibition, which explores the passage of time across Monet’s oeuvre, is partly sponsored by Anthropic, which sponsored another Monet show earlier this year

What did you miss? Summer art world news and what’s coming up—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks to three editors at The Art Newspaper about developments in July and August as well as events they are looking forward to

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The Big Review: Frida, The Making of an Icon ★★★½

Tate show provides a decent selection of the artist’s work but somewhat unravels in its attempt to fully assess her star status

Robert Rauschenberg foundation donates three sculptures to shared Tate and National Galleries of Scotland collection

Now part of the joint Artist Rooms collection, the 1980s works will go on show at Tate Modern in September as part of a free Robert Rauschenberg display

Ana Mendieta’s ‘Neolithic art’ recreated for major Tate Modern survey

London exhibition explores how ancient sites informed the work of the late Cuban American artist, who was best known for her performance and land art

Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern, the Brexit effect, a Renaissance tarot deck—podcast

In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern in London, speaks to Alexander Herman of the Institute of Art and Law on the impact of Brexit ten years on, and discusses the Renaissance-era Visconti-Sforza Tarot, on view at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Alexander Morrison

Mexican chef brings spirit of Frida Kahlo to Tate Modern pop up restaurant

Santiago Lastra is combining a love for the artist and his home cuisine in London this summer

An expert's guide to Tracey Emin: five must-read books on the British artist

The best Emin publications, from her searingly honest autobiography to a collection of revealing snapshots—selected by the Tate’s assistant curator Jess Baxter

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Frida Fever rises again: Netflix planning Kahlo and Diego Rivera drama

The streaming giant’s forthcoming series is based on a recent biographical novel

Tracey Emin: 'Racist behaviour is dividing our country'

As her landmark Tate Modern exhibition opens, the artist discusses the rise of Reform UK and the British Museum's "terrible colonial past"

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See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years

Adrian Searle has described writing for the paper as “an exhilarating ride”

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Tracey Emin: ‘I’ve done more in my last five years than in the whole rest of my life’

Tate Modern is hosting the largest retrospective to date of one of the UK’s biggest artists, who has never shrunk away from laying bare the most intimate and even traumatic details of her personal life

Tarek Atoui—known for his innovative musical performances—will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn

The Lebanese artist and composer blends sound, technology and sculpture to reference current social, historical and political realities

Self-portraits, Surrealism and sanitary pads: what to expect from Tate Modern's Frida Kahlo show

The exhibition will explore the late Mexican artist’s impact on women artists across Mexico, the Americas and Europe

The road to ‘Fridamania’: how Frida Kahlo became a global phenomenon

A new show will explore the Mexican artist's complex personality and her rise to fame over the past 50 years

‘An important piece of Black history’: Topher Campbell's Tate commission at risk of destruction

The artist is urgently seeking a new home for his sizeable sculpture before the end of Black History Month

Solidarity and shared optimism take centre stage at 1-54 fair in London

As excitement builds around the opening of the Museum of West African Art, Nigerian galleries are making the most of the moment—while under-represented voices are highlighted across the event

Nigerian Modernism, Tehran’s art scene after the war, Wayne Thiebaud’s ‘Cake’—podcast

Alexander Morrison visits Tate Modern to meet curator Osei Bonsu, while Ben Luke discusses Tehran's art market with correspondent Sarvy Geranpayeh and explores Wayne Thiebaud's new exhibition at The Courtauld

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly and David Clack

Comment | Picasso’s ‘Three Dancers’ sparked my love of art. Let's give others the chance to find their own way in

The arts education crisis in the UK risks holding the young back from discovering what visual culture can teach us about self-expression, empathy, open-mindedness and more

Tate launches US-style endowment fund, with aim of raising £150m by 2030

The new fund, announced at a star-studded gala yesterday, has raised £43m so far

Rachel Jones, Liverpool Biennial, UK Aids Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern —podcast

We speak to painter Rachel Jones about her show at Dulwich Picture Gallery, to The Art Newspaper’s contemporary art correspondent about the Liverpool Biennial and to Charlie Porter about the Tate's latest installation

Refurb and rehang at London's National Gallery, Tate Modern turns 25 and Inge Mahn's ‘Balancing Towers’—podcast

Exploring an exhibition in an island castle, plus a tour of the newly remodelled National Gallery with director Gabriele Finaldi, and expert reflections on Tate Modern's first, seismic quarter of a century

Tate Modern, the ‘cathedral to contemporary art’, celebrates 25 years

Artists and curators look at the London museum’s achievements, and the challenges ahead

The big art world slowdown, Dutch culture funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow—podcast

What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape