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Austrian presidential hopeful pledges to return Moctezuma’s headdress to Mexico
With the 2028 election just over the horizon, the economist Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn has put the long-contested Aztec treasure back in the spotlight
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art makes room, lots of it, for murals by Banksy, Baca and others
From rare interventions by Banksy to monumental images by JR and Diego Rivera, and preparatory sketches by Judy Baca, the museum frames muralism as public storytelling
Police recover Renoir paintings stolen from French museum
Six suspects have also been arrested in connection to last month's burglary at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Signet ring depicting the Lighthouse of Alexandria—a lost wonder of the ancient world—discovered during underwater excavation
The ring, the only of its kind known to exist, was found on the submerged Royal Island of Antirhodos
Restoration of earthquake-hit palace in Mantua nears completion
The Italian city’s sprawling Palazzo Ducale has undergone a 14-year revitalisation and renovation, including a room decorated by Andrea Mantegna
Museums & Heritage
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s cemetery art restored in the Bronx
The Untermyer Memorial at Woodlawn Cemetery contains evocative bronze sculptures created by the founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Uncertain future for Glasgow’s art scene as city’s Centre for Contemporary Art closes
Despite several organisations presenting plans to run a new cultural space in the location, campaigners have criticised the selling off of the centre’s contents, including its archive
Pop-up exhibition outside MoMA highlights connections between trustee Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein
A mobile version of the Epstein files reading room was parked near the museum on Tuesday, with Epstein survivors in attendance, as part of a campaign to pressure MoMA to cut ties with Black
Louvre Abu Dhabi appoints Souraya Noujaim as new director
Noujaim previously served as the United Arab Emirates-based museum’s scientific, curatorial and collections management director
Ukraine rebuilds museum devoted to controversial national figure
Roman Shukhevych was a key figure in country’s fight for independence, but has also been accused of being a Nazi collaborator
Art market
Artists create works inspired by Paul McCartney lyric for War Child charity auction
More than 60 artists have donated work including Genieve Figgis, Alvaro Barrington, Joshua Donkor and Sanya Kantarovsky
Wealthy Gen Z collectors are the art market’s biggest spenders, survey finds
The latest “Survey of Global Collecting” from Art Basel and UBS also found a growing number of buyers are bypassing dealers and auction houses to purchase directly from artists
Hong Kong gallery Tang Contemporary closes amid row over outstanding debts
The gallery’s Wong Chuk Hang branch faces accusations of unpaid artist fees and legal action
Estate fallouts expose challenges of posthumous art ownership
Recent US lawsuits, including a row over underpricing, reveal weaknesses in the market
Flea market picker strikes gold as $30 Gertrude Abercrombie painting brings record $1.3m at auction
The painting, discovered in an estate sale in Michigan this summer, set a new auction record for Abercrombie at a Freeman’s sale in New York
Exhibitions
‘Eventually everything, if you leave it long enough, will fall back into nature’: Michael Landy on the art of disintegration
The UK artist known for his searing critiques of consumer culture is showing a new series of drawings at the Sir John Soane’s Museum that imagine the future ruins of notable buildings
St Louis's Counterpublic triennial explores connections between art and civic infrastructure
The third edition of the public-art triennial has expanded to more than 50 projects across Missouri’s largest city
Comment | Mark Wallinger’s latest work reflects his mastery of making big ideas accessible
The artist's new series of paintings can be traced back to René Descartes
K-pop star RM shows off his collection of Korean art at SFMoMA
The museum appears to have a blockbuster on its hands—with 50,000 tickets already reserved for the BTS singer’s curatorial debut
Artist unveils golden statue of a nude Donald Trump at European parliament building
The Danish artist Jens Galschiøt also gave out 3D-printed miniatures of the sculpture to visitors of the Strasbourg exhibition
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
A Louis Vuitton foundation exhibition, with ten Van Gogh paintings, reveals the extraordinary vision of an early collector
Artist and collector Gustave Fayet is honoured as a bold pioneer of Modern art in the Paris show
Diary
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
Jean-ius portraiture: Nan Goldin collaborates with fashion house Acne Studios
The US artist and activist is helping the Stockholm brand celebrate its 30th anniversary in style
Sylvie in Paris? Netflix star to lead weekend rehang at this year's Art Basel Paris
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, best known to Anglophone audiences from the hit series Emily in Paris, will ‘art-direct’ the French fair's Oh La La! rehang programme
Come to the British Library’s Agatha Christie show—if you dare
London exhibition will examine the life of the crime fiction writer and how she created her most famous characters
When Dolly met Andy: a snapshot of the country music legend’s impact on artists
From Warhol to Annie Leibovitz, the late Dolly Parton was an inspiration to artists over her long career
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Palestinian artists after the ceasefire, Robert Ryman, Katherine Hubbard—podcast
In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about life for artists in Gaza one year on from the ceasefire, visits the new Robert Ryman survey at the Barbican in London, and speaks to US artist Katherine Hubbard about her latest installation exploring her mother's illness and memory loss
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry, a nearly 70m-long embroidery telling the story of the Norman Conquest, has returned to England for the first time since it was made nearly 1,000 years ago, going on view in a special exhibition at the British Museum. To mark the occasion, here is a curated selection of our stories on the treasured work
British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry
Some ticket holders have reportedly been turned away from the exhibition because previous visitors had taken too long taking photos
Review | ‘£1 a minute’: is the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth it?
Our correspondent Martin Bailey visits the blockbuster show on its first day to see what the experience is really like for the paying public
Portrait of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition sponsor goes on view at British Museum amid scrutiny over ties to IDF
A painting of Igor Tulchinsky is on display within the museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry show
‘We are united’: King Charles III and President Macron attend private preview of London's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition
Likely commissioned in France but made in England, the tapestry could have been called ‘the Canterbury Embroidery’ joked the King in a speech
Ten surprising facts about the Bayeux Tapestry
As the British Museum opens its decades-in-the-making exhibition of the nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery, we pored over its past and present journey
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with… Cecilia Vicuña—podcast
Cecilia Vicuña talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to film-makers, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
The Art of Luxury
A magazine, published twice per year by The Art Newspaper, exploring how grande marque fashion, jewellery, travel and lifestyle interact with artists, the art market and the museums and heritage sector
Historic building in old Danish artist colony transformed into luxury hotel
CORI Hornbaek Hotel, just outside Copehagen, brings together brings together contemporary art, Mediterranean élan and the local speciality—hygge
‘An inexhaustible source of inspiration’: how the spirit of jewellery designer Jean Schlumberger lives on at Tiffany & Co
The jewellery house and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris are partnering to restore thousands of the designer's sketches and personal documents
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
From the Hamptons to Saint-Tropez: design fairs PAD and Nomad follow the sun
Nomad co-founder and director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte describes the fair as “a resort concept”
'A work of conceptual art': Belmond launches new Art Deco-inspired train dining car
The film director Baz Luhrmann and his wife, production designer Catherine Martin, have designed the lavish interior
Art on Location
Art on Location offers a special focus on outdoor art experiences, with news, features and archive content covering public art, sculpture parks, urban and country house sculpture shows, artist's trails, and the use of location-specific technology
‘These are party houses aren't they?’ Why Britain's stately homes are opening up to contemporary art
Showing works by artists including Tracey Emin and Phyllida Barlow over the summer is helping to attract new audiences and bolster income for historic buildings
Sun, sea, sand—and art: luxury hotel in Crete commissions works in response to the island
The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation has taken on the challenge of putting outdoor art in scorching Mediterranean conditions at the Minos Palace Resort
From beavers to basketball hoops: a new public art trail opens in Toronto
The Lassonde Art Trail is part of a $1bn redevelopment project to revitalise the city's relationship with its waterways
Books
‘I am such a lazybones’: New book reveals Claude Monet’s life through his letters
A collection of the artist’s correspondence provides fascinating new insights, from his domestic life to acquisition negotiations
Book examines the connection between auteur Federico Fellini and the last castrato
“Castrato Phantoms” explores the artistic legacy of a cruel historic practice that saw young boys mutilated in order to create distinctive singing voices in later life
New book offers feminist re-evaluation of Anne Vallayer-Coster, one of France’s great 18th-century artists
The study explores how Valleyer-Coster cultivated an elite clientele in a turbulent France while navigating the pressures placed on women artists
Royal Academy book looks at Richard Dadd beyond the themes of madness and murder
Jennifer Higgie’s new novel meanwhile takes a very different approach to the life and legacy of the English artist, who spent much of his life in psychiatric institutions
Meet Alan Dunn, the New Yorker cartoonist who put Modernism in its place
A new book explores how Alan Dunn poked fun at 20th-century American architecture over this five-decade cartooning career
Opinion
Comment | The Brooklyn Museum’s manga exhibition reveals the opportunities and challenges of tackling a global phenomenon
The Japanese art form has a fervent and wide-reaching community around it, which the New York museum has incorporated in its process
Comment | Why museums should tread carefully with audio and video in exhibition spaces
Cultural institutions must avoid falling into the trap of treating art as a visitor attraction
Comment | It's high time philanthropy was decentralised
Charles Asprey has shown courage and imagination by donating works to the tiny and remote Pier Arts Centre, instead of one of the UK’s prestigious London-based institutions
Comment | A trip to Venice this year offered thought-provoking reminders of past art disputes
From a contested Richard Prince to the disputed Veroneses, La Serenissima remains one of the best places to see works of art formerly at the centre of legal controversies
Comment | How much can one artist take from another before it is copyright infringement?
An EU court's decision in a case relating to the sampling of a Kraftwerk track will have implications across the arts
Obituaries
Lucia Laguna, Brazilian painter of verdant and fragmented cityscapes, has died, aged 85
Laguna, who only started painting after retiring from her teaching career, started to achieve success when she was in her 60s
Peter Max, artist who achieved ubiquity marrying Pop art and psychedelia, has died, aged 88
A celebrity in his own right who also created riotous portraits of many famous and powerful people, Max made images that became inseparable from the legacy of the Summer of Love and countercultural movement
Geles Cabrera, the pioneering Mexican sculptor, has died, aged 100
Through her sinuous approach to the human figure, Cabrera forged a distinctive sculptural language and challenged conventions
Remembering Sliman Mansour, a defining figure of Palestinian art
Through his art, Mansour was a pioneering force of Palestinian cultural resistance
Christian Bernard, founding director of Geneva’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, dies aged 76
Over a four-decade career, the French art critic and curator profoundly influenced contemporary art institutions in Switzerland and France























































