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A fragmented film portrait of Suzanne Césaire, the feminist intellectual who influenced Surrealism and Négritude
The film-maker Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” is showing at the New York Film Festival
Published: 2024-10-04 21:18:06
‘It’s a little bit of a testing period’: inaugural Atlanta Art Fair opens with buzzy VIP turnout
Dealers hope the city’s first art fair will help Atlanta artists build a bigger collector base
Published: 2024-10-04 21:00:00
Curatorial risks worth taking to foster a sense of belonging in museums
Stephanie Sparling Williams, curator of American art at the Brooklyn Museum, on how Black feminist practices informed the rehang of the museum’s American art collection
Published: 2024-10-04 18:36:15
'This year is particularly special': art prize exhibition delayed by Russian invasion opens in Kyiv
In the midst of an ongoing war, the PinchukArtCentre’s Future Generation Prize will award $100,000 to one of 21 shortlisted artists
Published: 2024-10-04 16:48:21
Polish bank works with blockchain company and an Arctic vault to safeguard country's artistic heritage
Bank Pekao and the Aleph Zero platform collaborate to keep secure data by tokenising the digitised records of important works of art
Published: 2024-10-04 12:51:48
Green is the new black | Art fairs coming together to reduce emissions is a positive step—but serious systemic changes need to happen fast
More than 40 art fairs worldwide have made a unified pledge to cut their emissions by at least 50% by 2030
Published: 2024-10-04 12:17:50
All together now: Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst on their AI choir at the Serpentine
The groundbreaking musicians and artists see every part of their London show as a form of art
Published: 2024-10-04 11:33:41
Mike Kelley, a pivotal period of contemporary Indian art, Raoul Dufy and Berthe Weill — podcast
Celebrating the “negative joy” of the American artist Kelley in a new Tate retrospective, a period of change in India explored at the Barbican, and a conversation about a work once owned by the pioneering woman gallerist Berthe Weill
Published: 2024-10-04 10:00:40
'Emotion is so important in his work': National Portrait Gallery charts a personal path through the career of Francis Bacon
With its first-ever Bacon show, the gallery plans to make 'a real splash with a major British artist'
Published: 2024-10-04 09:40:00
‘Non-fair’ Minor Attractions hopes to be enjoyable for visitors and exhibitors alike
Second edition of the commercial art event aims to exploit hotel location with an on-site nightclub and mood lighting as part of a pleasure-rich experience
Published: 2024-10-04 09:31:00
Van Gogh Museum exposes three early fakes
A vase of summer sunflowers in a late autumn scene proved a giveaway
Published: 2024-10-04 09:29:00
New display at Tate Modern highlights role technology can play in expanding the scope of UK museum collections
Works by four artists were created as part of the Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage research project
Published: 2024-10-04 09:16:10
PST Art’s science-meets-art extravaganza in eight superlatives
From the Getty initiative’s most widely exhibited artist to its most calming installation
Published: 2024-10-03 21:29:46
More than 100 artist donated works to fundraise for Kamala Harris
Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction
Published: 2024-10-03 20:00:11
New York City mayor’s aides allegedly pressured Brooklyn Museum to host Chinese history exhibition
A recent investigation found that Eric Adams’s office was involved in the scheme to mount a show about Sun Yat-sen with just one month’s notice
Published: 2024-10-03 20:00:00
Jeffrey Gibson, artist representing the US at the Venice Biennale, joins Hauser & Wirth
The mega-gallery is now representing Gibson in tandem with his longtime New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co
Published: 2024-10-03 18:32:56
Ancient throne room of powerful Moche woman discovered in Peru
The so-called “Hall of the Moche Imaginary” is one of two elaborately decorated spaces archaeologists recently uncovered at Pañamarca
Published: 2024-10-03 16:34:50
Emily Carr painting bought for $50 at barn sale could bring $148,000 at auction
The 1912 painting is believed to have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain
Published: 2024-10-03 14:57:46
As the art market gears up for a season of global change, what are the odds of an autumn bounceback?
Amid uneven economic signals, many high-level art sellers are pursuing alternative revenue streams
Published: 2024-10-03 11:54:00
East London’s latest gallery aims to show art that is ‘a bit less polite’
The founders of Panrucker in Walthamstow are also employing a versatile “pop-up” business model to help keep the initiative sustainable
Published: 2024-10-03 11:35:57
Kasper König’s collection fetches €6m at Cologne auction
Top lots at the auction arranged by the esteemed curator before his death in August included two “date paintings” by On Kawara, a close friend
Published: 2024-10-03 11:14:37
Israeli archaeology bill raises fears of West Bank annexation
Experts warn that the bill, which expands the Israel Antiquities Authority’s jurisdiction, violates international law and could lead to sanctions against Israel
Published: 2024-10-03 11:04:44
How artists are helping US communities prepare for environmental emergencies
A Federal Emergency Management Agency programme is using art to raise awareness of flood risks and build resilience in communities
Published: 2024-10-03 11:00:40
'This is the antithesis of Brexit discourse': artist Es Devlin unveils 50 refugee portraits in a London church
'Why are we opening our hearts and doors and schools to Ukrainians, but not to Afghanis and Somalians and Syrians?', asks the designer known for her stage sets
Published: 2024-10-03 10:54:38
The ‘pearly triangle’: neurological investigation reveals secret of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
The study also found that when volunteers looked at five works of art in the Hague’s Mauritshuis museum, their brains responded ten times more positively than when they viewed reproductions
Published: 2024-10-03 10:02:35
Manhattan sculpture garden founded by gallerist served eviction notice after years-long legal battle
This could be the beginning of the end for the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden
Published: 2024-10-02 22:08:20
Art festival in Norway embraces the sounds of the Arctic Circle
At the Lofoten International Art Festival, music and sound art complement a majestic landscape of fjords and mountains
Published: 2024-10-02 17:43:56
Just Stop Oil activists who glued themselves to Turner painting acquitted
Just days after Van Gogh soup pair sentenced to jail, a judge found the protesters' actions to be 'proportionate'
Published: 2024-10-02 17:18:25
How to decode art: UK schools embark on ‘visual literacy’ week
As government aims to put the arts at the heart of the curriculum, an Art UK project is teaching children how to 'cope with today’s image-saturated world'
Published: 2024-10-02 16:05:46
New Niki de Saint Phalle documentary chronicles her personal struggles and aesthetic triumphs
Michiko Matsumoto’s film “Viva Niki”, which recently premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, also attests to the artist’s enduring popularity in Japan
Published: 2024-10-02 15:00:21
Podcast | Episode 100: A brush with… Marlene Dumas
An in-depth interview with the endlessly daring Dumas, discussing her admiration for Nicole Eisenman and Diane Arbus, and the impact of Francisco Goya on her practice
Published: 2024-10-02 13:46:00
'Untenable': UK Arts Society chiefs and trustees resign following internal opposition to reforms
A new governance structure was rejected by 70% of voting members at an extraordinary general meeting
Published: 2024-10-02 11:02:05
‘Coming full circle’: Perrotin to open first London gallery in Claridge's hotel
The French art dealer Emmanuel Perrotin recently pulled out of his Dubai gallery and secondary market space in Paris, though has been expanding the scope of his programme
Published: 2024-10-02 11:00:01
France's cultural pass at risk as calls to scrap it grow
President Macron’s flagship youth scheme receives twice as much public funding as the Louvre
Published: 2024-10-02 10:06:45
Maison Ruinart creates a bubbly pavilion for art
The world's oldest champagne house has upgraded visitor facilities at its production site in Reims, adding a new building to display part of its art collection
Published: 2024-10-02 09:44:00
Often overlooked: The Barbican presents 100 artistic responses to India's turbulent times
Work by more than 30 Indian artists, made between 1975 and 1998, explores a period of social and economic upheaval
Published: 2024-10-02 09:35:00
Hammer Museum names new leader to succeed longtime director Ann Philbin
Zoë Ryan, currently the director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, will take the helm at the Hammer in the new year
Published: 2024-10-01 21:39:17
Artists Tony Cokes, Ebony G. Patterson and Wendy Red Star among winners of 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grants'
Each MacArthur fellow receives $800,000 in unrestricted funds, making it one of the most important prizes available to artists
Published: 2024-10-01 19:31:30
In an epic new volume, Chris Killip captures an English community in the grip of industrial decline
Never straying from the documentary tradition, the image maker explores the gradual erosion of traditional forms of labour
Published: 2024-10-01 12:50:46
The liberated lens: a chronicle of African cinema and photography
A new book celebrates the pioneering artists who took control of the post-colonial agenda
Published: 2024-10-01 12:26:59
October Book Bag: from a publication about money in art to tales of London art market rogues
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Published: 2024-10-01 12:22:34
‘The artist the critics love to hate’: the colourful life of sports star painter and Playboy illustrator LeRoy Neiman
We speak to the author of a new biography that reassesses the legacy of the “hustler” artist who rubbed shoulders with celebrities
Published: 2024-10-01 11:44:06
In Pictures | Artist billboards across America tell a story of US politics today
Ahead of the November presidential election, a new book by the For Freedoms organisation brings together the topical and political posters that it has commissioned since 2016
Published: 2024-10-01 11:33:54
Pucker up: Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at Surrealist hub in West Sussex
Monthly public tours will reveal one of the UK’s most prestigious collections of Surrealist art, featuring works by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Leonora Carrington
Published: 2024-10-01 11:21:51
I commissioned an artist for the first time: here's what it taught me about what it really means to be a ‘collector’
The experience of working with Antonia Caicedo Holguin bestowed more on me than a lofty—and often far too exclusive—title ever could
Published: 2024-10-01 11:17:24
Italy's culture minister goes back to university
A small group of anti-fascist campaigners protested outside the Sapienza University in Rome where Alessandro Giuli was taking the final oral exam for the degree he started in the 1990s
Published: 2024-10-01 10:55:23
An expert’s guide to Helen Frankenthaler: five must-read books on the Abstract Expressionist
All you ever wanted to know about Frankenthaler, from a seminal monograph to the story of the bohemian world that forged her—selected by the curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon
Published: 2024-10-01 10:18:10
Stuffed animals, Superman and communing with spirits: the wacky world of Mike Kelley explored in Tate Modern survey
The London institution is the third stop for the four-venue touring exhibition of the late American artist
Published: 2024-10-01 09:35:12
'Refusal to be categorised': London exhibition illuminates the lesser-known works of Nicola L
Opening at Camden Art Centre, 'I Am the Last Woman Object: Nicola L.' brings together paintings sculpture, collage, films and performances from across six decades
Published: 2024-10-01 09:21:36
Amid cutbacks, big art market players are still chasing growth
Mega-dealers and auction houses are shrinking some areas while expanding others
Published: 2024-10-01 09:12:25
Atlanta steps into the art market spotlight
Local dealers and advisors say the third edition of Atlanta Art Week and the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair are bringing attention to the city’s art scene at a critical time
Published: 2024-09-30 19:44:11
Avoiding the mistakes of the past: symbolic sculptures by Indigenous artists unveiled at site of historic Canadian battlefield
The permanent sculptures by Chief 7IDANsuu James Hart and Wendat Nation artist Ludovic Boney were unveiled in Québec City’s Cap Diamant on Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Published: 2024-09-30 19:08:38
US government provides more funds and imposes new restrictions to safeguard Ukrainian art
An additional $1m in funding for preservation and conservation efforts follows new import restrictions to help curb Russia’s looting and trafficking of Ukraine’s heritage
Published: 2024-09-30 17:36:34
Acquisitions round-up: Gauguin’s Le Toit Bleu is among this month’s picks
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Published: 2024-09-30 11:25:38
Artist Glenn Ligon blasts Janet Jackson over 'nasty' Kamala Harris comments
The pop star re-ignited a row over the presidential candidate's heritage
Published: 2024-09-30 11:21:26
‘We were ahead of our time’: Guggenheim Bilbao’s outgoing director on the factors behind its success—and the challenges on the horizon
Juan Ignacio Vidarte is stepping down from his role after more than 32 years. As he prepares to move on, he tells The Art Newspaper about the “transformative power of culture” and the difficulty of replicating the “Bilbao effect”
Published: 2024-09-30 10:39:05
'Understanding our things in action': innovative book gives new life to objects owned by 18th-century artists
We rarely consider the everyday items owned by artists—this volumes' authors aim to change that
Published: 2024-09-30 10:24:30
Lady Gaga makes the Mona Lisa smile in Joker movie promo
Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move
Published: 2024-09-30 09:52:00
The Brutalist asks who owns the memory of the Holocaust and who defines an artist’s legacy
Brady Corbet’s new film, feted at the Venice International Film Festival and now playing at the New York Film Festival, follows a Jewish, Bauhaus-trained architect adjusting to life and work in the US after the Second World War
Published: 2024-09-30 09:00:00
Blue light: Jason Bruges reimagines the inside of a Tiffany diamond for 130,000 daily passers-by in London
The London artist joins Rana Begum, James Righton and Damien Hirst in making installations for the shop windows of Selfridges department store that react to the multi-faceted history of the New York jeweller
Published: 2024-09-27 21:46:39
Slowly, Brazil’s art market is becoming more racially diverse
Many galleries at ArtRio have recently begun representing Black and Indigenous artists, though non-white dealers remain a rarity
Published: 2024-09-27 21:33:09