
The Week in Art
From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.
The Week in Art podcast | Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York, Studio Voltaire at 30, Martha Jungwirth responds to Goya
We discuss O'Keeffe’s deeply personal renderings of Manhattan cityscapes and skyscrapers, plus look back at Studio Voltaire’s achievements and talk to a curator about a bold Jungwirth still life
The Week in Art podcast | Art’s AI reckoning, the rise of comic art and Degas’ Miss La La
Why the art world must tackle the questions posed by artificial intelligence head on, plus comics celebrated in two European locations and Degas’ portrait of the circus artist Anna Albertine Olga Brown
The Week in Art podcast | The Mona Lisa’s endless, and problematic, allure; Judy Chicago; and New Objectivity
We speak to the Leonardo da Vinci scholar, Martin Kemp, about the famous painting's potential move and the latest research on its background, to the US artist about her show at Serpentine North and to the director of the Leopold Museum in Vienna about Christian Schad’s 'Self-Portrait with Model' (1927)
The Week in Art podcast | Tate’s historic women artists show, Dia at 50, Martin Wong’s record-breaking painting
Exploring Now You See Us, which celebrates the output of Vanessa Bell, Mary Beale and many more, plus conversations about Dia’s legacy and the ’visual linguist‘ Wong
The Week in Art podcast | Artists’ stories from Gaza, Frank Stella remembered, Vanessa Bell’s garden view
How Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has changed the lives of artists, plus an insight into working with Stella and a highlight from a new show at the Garden Museum
The Week in Art podcast | Venice Biennale 2024 special
We review the international exhibition, talk to artists and curators behind five national pavilions and take an exclusive look at Titian’s newly conserved Assunta
The Week in Art podcast | Marlborough Gallery closes, Rose B. Simpson in New York, Caravaggio’s final painting
Looking back at the history of the pioneering dealership in post-war art, plus a thought-provoking new installation in Madison Square Park and Caravaggio's The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula
The Week in Art podcast | Inigo Philbrick and art world fraud, Hong Kong’s new security law, a Maharaja’s sword
Is a return for the disgraced art dealer that unthinkable? Plus, how Article 23 might impact the art sector, and a closer look at a royal weapon coming on show in London
Richard Serra remembered and an Expressionist art special
Donna De Salvo, senior adjunct curator of special projects at Dia Art Foundation, reflects on the work of the late American sculptor, plus we speak to the organisers of exhibitions of shows on Käthe Kollwitz and the Blue Rider group
The 2024 Whitney Biennial: our review
Plus, an analysis of our museum visitor figures survey and a drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Ekow Eshun on the power of Black figuration and his new London show
Plus, 100 years of the Surrealist manifesto and Tonita Peña’s Eagle Dance
Rybolovlev vs Sotheby’s: a closer look at the epic court battle
Plus, Singapore's art scene and a photograph by Zanele Muholi
What to look out for in 2024: market predictions and must-see exhibitions
From the Venice Biennale to the Harlem Renaissance at the Met
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
Art Basel in Miami Beach: big sales, little politics
Plus, EMST, the all-women museum in Athens, and Pesellino’s David panels at the National Gallery in London
Which heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza?
Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin
Is the US museum sector in crisis?
Plus, a new antisemitism scandal at Documenta and a Kim Lim sculpure on show at the Hepworth Wakefield
What did the New York auctions reveal about the state of the art market?
Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins
What’s behind the row engulfing the UK’s National Trust?
Plus, a protest-themed tenth edition of the Performa Biennial and a restored portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Kyiv Biennial 2023: a cross-European event put together ‘against all odds’
Plus, a project exploring the sounds of migration and Jem Perucchini’s Art on the Underground commission
Paris+: is the French capital still on the rise as a cultural hub?
Plus, Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Hayward Gallery in London and Marie Laurencin's 'La femme-cheval'
Frieze turns 20: what's next for the popular art fair?
Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
Kwer'ata Re'esu: the astonishing story of Ethiopia's most treasured icon
Plus, the AI copyright debate in the US and the end of China’s museum boom
Marina Abramović: the artist on her ‘best ever show’
Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses
What happens when Unesco becomes the enemy?
Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait
Is Saudi Arabia the next big cultural powerhouse?
Plus, Michelangelo at the Albertina in Vienna and Julianknxx at the Barbican in London
The Week in Art | Special 250th episode: what’s next for the visual arts?
We ask leading art world figures about their hopes and concerns, and discuss what the future has in store for museums, the art market and artists with our long-term contributors Cristina Ruiz, Georgina Adam and Louisa Buck
The Week in Art: The British Museum in crisis—an in-depth look
Plus, the Sāo Paulo biennial and Chaïm Soutine in Düsseldorf
How will the art market cope with stagflation?
Plus, Spain’s historical memory and a Dürer plate remade by Goldin + Senneby
London's National Portrait Gallery's revamp: the review
Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London