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Sonia Boyce to make new work to mark 200 years of University College London
The London university has also commissioned works by three artists-in-residence for its bicentenary
US art spaces from New York to Los Angeles will close in protest of violent Ice actions
Commercial and non-profit galleries are participating in the national day of action, which comes after federal immigration enforcement agents killed US citizens in Minneapolis and Los Angeles
MFA Boston will lay off 33 employees amid rising deficit and restructuring
The layoffs amount to a reduction of the museum’s staff by around 6.3% and include 16 unionised workers
Art Basel Qatar is the latest addition to a grand national plan
A drive to develop the commercial sector is the latest push from the government to promote its artists
UK museum directors join prime minister on diplomatic mission to China
The visit is intended as a relationship-boosting exercise though the government said the prime minister would also “raise the areas where we disagree with China”
Art market
What happens to the art market when humanity stops mattering?
In a world now governed by force—as US president Donald Trump and his circle would have it—rather than shared values, art risks being relegated to a power play of ‘proven brands’
As the ‘great wealth transfer’ gets underway, what are the current inheritance tax rules?
Experts explain the intricacies of tax regimes in the UK and the US in relation to major estate dispersals
Hundreds of galleries across Spain will strike next week to protest 21% tax on art
While its neighbours slash their VAT rates on art sales, Spain's remains stubbornly high, leaving its galleries in a "position of complete irrelevance"
Natalie Portman tries to sell a corpse and film-makers traffic in art-market stereotypes in The Gallerist
The new black comedy, co-starring Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Zach Galifianakis and Charli xcx, puts its blue-chip talent up to derivative humour
Master Drawings New York marks 20th anniversary as both fair and market expand
Thirty-six dealers will take part, with more exhibitors hailing from Europe
Museums & Heritage
Russia's winter bombardment puts strain on Ukrainian museum workers
Targeted attacks on electric and water supplies amid freezing conditions are further complicating the work of cultural organisations
Former Swiss president to head new Nazi loot panel
The new Commission for Historically Problematic Cultural Heritage—whose remit also includes claims for cultural heritage that changed hands in a colonial context—will issue non-binding recommendations
Frida Kahlo-branded luxury condos go up for sale in Miami
Units in the Wynwood towers inspired by the anti-capitalist artist are priced between $500,000 and $1.6m
Florida coin hoard worth $1m resurfaces debate over treasure hunting
Recent discoveries have renewed archaeologists’ concerns that a shipwreck-salvage company has exclusive rights to artefacts aboard a sunken 1715 fleet
Fifty-year restoration of Sainte-Chapelle's monumental stained glass inches closer to completion
Long-haul conservation project contrasts with the speed of neighbour Notre-Dame’s repair after the 2019 fire
Exhibitions
Anish Kapoor to show some of his most ambitious projects—realised or not—in Venice
The exhibition of architectural models and sculptures at the artist's Cannaregio foundation will explore the less commercial side of his practice
Show unpacks legacy of polymath architect who restored Paris's Notre-Dame (the first time)
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's epic 19th-century redesigns of the cathedral are a highlight of the exhibition at Bard Graduate Center in New York
Denmark exhibition invites visitors to come face to face with Basquiat’s ‘head’ works
Show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents early drawings of human heads that remained largely unseen during the artist’s lifetime
Conceptual artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s gets expansive tribute in California show
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive aims to present a more complete view of the late artist’s varied practice
‘Rubens with jokes’: UK exhibitions place Beryl Cook in the art historical canon
Two new shows in the artist’s hometown of Plymouth examine her themes and influences
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Venice Biennale: South African pavilion scandal, Marian Goodman remembered, Paul Cezanne in Basel—podcast
We discuss the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath’s pavilion and the artist’s attempt have the decision overturned, pay tribute to the lauded gallerist Marian Goodman, and hear about Cezanne’s famous ‘The Card Players’
The Year Ahead
Our pick of the shows to see in the world's great art cities in 2026
The exhibitions to visit in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid
Fair behemoths bet on Gulf plus new, bigger venues for Independent—a quick look at art fairs in 2026
Art Basel and Frieze are expanding in the Middle East while Art Cologne is reinstating its Mallorca edition
Venice, Sydney, Gwangju: the most interesting biennials to visit in 2026
Plus, full listings of the biennials, triennials and festivals taking place throughout the year
Art market 2026 predictions: underwhelming rebound and another Frieze fair
Our columnist gazes into her crystal ball to spot the major trends—from London regaining its lustre to AI fatigue—that are set to dominate the trade over the coming 12 months
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.
Van Gogh and café culture: 'The absinthes and brandies would follow each other in quick succession'
A touring exhibition on Parisian cafés is opening in Denmark and then goes to America
Books
Blonde ambition: book looks at the women who became Britain’s post-war cultural icons
A sharp study of shifting attitudes to femininity in British culture after 1945, connected by a trend for "blondeness"
How an artist and a writer forged a frank friendship—and a book
The author Olivia Laing and the painter Chantal Joffe tell us about collaborating on a new book detailing their creative exchanges
New book tells the tale of David's ‘Death of Marat’ through the eyes of a lifelong admirer
Art historian’s dissection of famous work is as much about the painting as his decades-long obsession with it
January Book Bag: from a book about Constable and the weather to a controversial Russian artist’s manifesto
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Five new art books to look out for this spring, including key artist biographies and the tale of an artistic rivalry
Our books editor picks out some of the highlights of the months ahead
Diary
Get your skates on: artist puts ice rink in Venice palazzo
Olaf Nicolai's "Eisfeld II" has taken up residence in an 18th-century banqueting hall
Want to win a €1m Picasso? Buy a €100 raffle ticket in painting prize draw
The draw is due to take place at Christie's Paris next April
Sweet Jesus—Trump auctions off a Christ painting made in ten minutes
Work was created live by Vanessa Horabuena at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s eve bash
We are all in the gutter but Banksy’s Christmas kids are looking at the stars
The same work has appeared in west London and under the Centre Point tower in the city centre
Spirited art—Sharon Stone looks to the afterlife for her latest paintings
For her new Rogues Gallery series, the film star says she channelled spirits from across the centuries
Opinion
Museum wall texts are an art in their own right—but will they survive the digital age?
With shortened attention spans and constant technological distractions, some museums are getting rid of labels altogether
Comment | Tate Britain’s Turner and Constable show got me thinking about Marxist art history
On a recent trip to London, Bendor Grosvenor enjoyed the buzz of the Old Masters auctions but bemoaned Tate’s exhibition labels
In the age of AI, can art expertise be digitised?
Artificial intelligence attempts to offer objectivity in the inherently subjective field of authentication
Comment | We are living in an age of bad painting—the medium must be challenged to stay interesting
Painting may not be dead, but it may have become too comfortable
Let’s celebrate the new arrivals in the public domain, for auld lang syne
Copyright changes bring New Year cheer for fans of Léger, de Staël and Hepworth
Obituaries
Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97
The dealer was known for her support of conceptually challenging artistic practices, and credited with bringing key European figures like Gerhard Richter and Marcel Broodthaers to the US
Remembering Gathie Falk, Canadian artist whose singular practice sparked comparisons to Surrealism and Pop art
Shaped by the austerity of her Mennonite upbringing and the bustling Vancouver art scene of the 1960s and 70s, she developed a playful, poignant and exacting visual language
Beatriz González, indefatigable force in Colombian art, has died, aged 93
One of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century, she influenced the direction of post-war painting and helped shape Colombia’s museums as a curator, educator and mentor
Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73
Alongside her work at organisations such as New York’s Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida, Goncharov was also an artist
Remembering Erik Bulatov, the Soviet artist who reframed propaganda
The pioneering painter was known for his luminous skies and loaded slogans on power, space and freedom
A brush with... podcast
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A brush with… Luc Tuymans—podcast
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