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Upstart art fair brings collectors to an Old West movie set in the California desert
The High Desert Art Fair recently held its third edition, bringing collectors, dealers and miniature donkeys to Pioneertown, California
Washington, DC demolishes Black Lives Matter mural and plaza
The street mural, just steps from the White House, is being removed after a Republican legislator threatened to withhold federal funding for DC unless the area was renamed "Liberty Plaza"
Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities steps down ‘at the direction of President Trump’
Shelly C. Lowe, the first Native American to lead the federal agency, was nominated by Joe Biden and held the role for just over three years
Ukraine's culture ministry must do more to protect works of art, activists say
Coalition of Cultural Workers says more than three million objects remain in endangered areas
UK extends tax-free import period for art and antiques
Temporary Admissions, where goods can come into the country without import duties, increased to four years to help post-Brexit art market
Tefaf Maastricht 2025
New leadership marks a fresh chapter for Tefaf
Dominique Savelkoul, Tefaf’s new managing director, looks to steady the art foundation after a tough few years and set it on a new path for the future
Is the declining value of Old Masters due to a lack of education?
Tefaf Maastricht, which holds its 38th edition this month, is attempting to teach audiences about pre-20th century art. But brand obsession among young buyers and a global education crisis are creating barriers to its appreciation
The wish list: objects at Tefaf Maastricht 2025 to suit every collector’s taste
A Titian Madonna, a swashbuckling Medieval codex and a set of wearable Egyptian amulets are among the treasures at this year’s fair
Rare 15th-century manuscript is star of exhibition at Château de Chantilly in France
Richly coloured and decorated work is going on show after conservation, partly funded by the Tefaf Museum Restoration Fund
Exhibitions to see during Tefaf Maastricht 2025
Discover the spiritual side of Andy Warhol, a musical rendition of a historic Egyptian uprising, and the uncanny universe of a reluctant Surrealist
Art market
New York gallery for Visionary art offers an inner journey in time for the vernal equinox
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in upstate New York is unveiling the second contemporary art exhibition in its Entheon museum at ‘an auspicious time of year’, according to its founders
Work from Anthony Caro’s personal art collection up for sale at Christie’s
The leading lot is a painting by the artist's close friend Kenneth Noland
London’s Eye of the Collector fair ‘put on pause’ over rising costs and challenging market dynamics
Founder Nazy Vassegh plans to make a comeback but warns of difficulties for dealers and collectors doing business in the UK capital
Phillips Modern and contemporary London sale punches below its weight
The £12.2m auction relied on tried and tested names, but estimates proved too high for buyers' appetites
Artists in the US feel impact of Trump’s tariffs in rising material costs
Tariffs of 20% on imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada are causing havoc for artists, who rely on imported raw materials and overseas fabricators
Museums & Heritage
Politician detained after attacks on ‘blasphemous’ works at Greek National Gallery
Four works by artist Christoforos Katsadiotis were vandalised earlier this week, The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens confirmed
As Tate marks Turner’s 250th birthday, his visions of a wild world still elevate, soothe and harrow the soul
A year-long event bonanza will mark the birthday of perhaps the greatest British artist ever
Rijksmuseum gives place of honour to newly acquired still life by Golden Age artist Maria van Oosterwijck
Painting by 17th-century Dutch painter has been researched and restored as part of the Women of the Rijksmuseum project supported by Chanel
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago receives $10m gift to support performance programme
The anonymous gift allows the museum to continue commissioning performance-art projects and expand efforts to collect and archive performances
San Francisco museums brace for layoffs as a result of the city’s budget deficit
The de Young Museum, Legion of Honor and Asian Art Museum may let go of 20% of their security personnel
Exhibitions
Esteemed private collection of Roman marbles is starting its North American tour
Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal
‘A time travelling conversation about life and art’: the botanical collages of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton
The exhibition opening at Bath's No.1 Royal Crescent, which pairs works by the 18th-century collagist and the contemporary artist, is part of a series of shows attempting to draw new audiences to the gallery
Gillian Wearing and Michael Landy’s joint exhibition shows the artistic power of love
The artist couple’s show in Naples, Italy, also taps into the city’s religious heritage
Louise Giovanelli: ‘Because of the curtains and tinsel, people think I grew up with working men’s clubs’
The UK painter’s first major museum show, at the Hepworth Wakefield, offers recognition of a talent whose ambiguous works can shift between the humdrum of the ordinary and the ecstasy of revelation
At home with Goya, Titian and Velázquez: Joana Vasconcelos makes a flamboyant impression in Madrid’s Liria Palace
The Portuguese artist mounts the first contemporary exhibition to be installed alongside the Duke of Alba’s fabled art collection
Opinion
Comment | Balanchine is Modern master whose impact on contemporary art should not be overlooked
The choreographer’s formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to contemporary performance art
Comment | The UK is attempting to pry open a notorious data ‘backdoor’—here's why that's alarming for artists
Emma Shapiro on the UK government's secret order to break end-to-end encryption and allow access to all citizens’ Apple iCloud data
Tristram Hunt: 'The government needs to cancel the British Council’s debt'
The V&A director on the dangers of the cash-strapped cultural organisation disappearing
Comment | Five years after opening, Cromwell Place looks more like a V&A piggybacker than a market disruptor
The London commercial gallery initially had big ambitions, but is now having more success feeding off the nearby Victoria & Albert Museum
Comment | For non-profits the bottom line is about impact rather than income—but that doesn't mean we are ‘for loss’
Adam M. Levine, the director of the Toledo Museum of Art, argues that non-profits must embrace sound financial practices as a strategy to sustain and amplify their missions
Book Club
‘He could be grotesquely, wildly intemperate’: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes
A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks at what made him tick
An expert’s guide to Vanessa Bell: five must-read books on the Bloomsbury Group artist
All you ever wanted to know about Bell, from a comprehensive biography to a controversial memoir by her daughter—selected by Charleston’s head of collections Darren Clarke
Tacita Dean on why she has made a book about her night in a museum with Cy Twombly’s art
The British artist has published a new book of detailed photographs of her hero’s work
March Book Bag: from a compilation of artist love stories to a polemic questioning morality in art
Our round-up of the latest art publications
‘I thought I would be trampled to death’: travelling with Gilbert & George to put on a show in 1990s Beijing
February Book Bag: from a history of Māori art to T.J. Clark’s essays on politics and art
Books
A tirelessly positive and dangerously irrelevant book written by the chief executive of Arts Council England
This journey through the UK’s publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis
A new monograph places the writing, painting and archive photographs of Aubrey Williams in thrilling conversation
The publication about the Guyanese-born artist includes diary entries and several works that have been photographed for the first time
New book celebrates William Butterfield, a master of High Victorian Gothic architecture
Nicholas Olsberg’s publication offers a learned analysis of the architect’s work, which includes Oxford’s Keble College and central London’s All Saints church
A new volume explores the intimate art of drawing, as seen through a wider lens
This “alternative” history navigates the medium through artists on the margins, as well as established practitioners
Beetlejuice and beyond: the origins of Tim Burton’s world of gothic romance and its enduring influence
Catalogue accompanying exhibition at London’s Design Museum explores the US film-maker’s unique aesthetic
Why newly appointed museum directors fail, and how to avoid it: Kaywin Feldman’s new book on leadership
Diary
Back of the net: Eric Cantona and Ella Toone team up with top art world figures to kick off Manchester International Festival
Rose Wylie, Ryan Gander, Alvaro Barrington and Paul Pfeiffer are among the artists participating in the exhibition ‘Football City, Art United’
Tracey Emin protégé gets first solo show
Bianca Raffaella’s flower paintings have been unveiled in London
Mickalene Thomas is bringing the glam to motorsport
The artist’s wrap design for a McLaren racing car is set to turn heads on the track
Frame is the name of the art game at Moco Museum star-studded soirée
Guests at UK artist Daniel Lismore's recent 40th birthday party were invited to come dressed as their favourite art movement
Fancy an ‘ultra-exclusive’ visit to Norway's Kistefos Museum? That'll be $26,000, please
The museum, based outside Oslo, is offering a bespoke—and pricey—programme for art lovers
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Censorship and Australia’s Venice Biennale pavilion, a controversial AI auction, and Elizabeth Catlett in Washington—podcast
What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
A brush with… Renée Green — podcast
Renée, known for her installations, video pieces and texts, reflects on the nature of ideas, on subjectivity and perception, and on memory—personal and collective
A brush with… Somaya Critchlow — podcast
A brush with… Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset — podcast
A brush with… Hank Willis Thomas — podcast
Obituaries
Jack Vettriano, immensely popular artist whose market success reflected 'an appetite for the glamorous', has died, aged 73
The sale of “The Singing Butler” at Sotheby’s in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect
Serge Lasvignes, former president of Centre Pompidou, has died aged 70
The Centre Pompidou extended its international reach during Lasvignes's tenure
Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84
Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language
Remembering John Mawurndjul AM (Balang Nakurulk), the Australian Indigenous artist whose meticulous bark paintings captured a hidden power
The painter was also a keen supporter of women artists
Walter Robinson, sharp-eyed painter and critic, has died, aged 74
Robinson, one of the Pictures Generation artists, made brightly irreverent paintings; as a writer, he chronicled the New York scene for decades and coined the term “Zombie Formalism”
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.
The Kiefer-Van Gogh exhibition comes to Amsterdam and London, with fresh works inspired by the German artist’s pilgrimage 60 years ago
At the last minute hundreds of Kiefer’s home-grown sunflower seeds stuck on a huge painting needed to be replaced after they had attracted insects
Technology
News, background and analysis on the latest tech developments—artificial intelligence tools; Web3, the blockchain, NFTs; virtual and augmented reality; social media platforms—and how they affect the art market, museums, artists and curators.
Here's how the EU is aiding artists in tackling social media moderation issues
Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression
An architect’s dream: Refik Anadol launches AI tribute to Frank Gehry at Guggenheim Bilbao
The media artist presents “Living Architecture: Gehry”, generated from a new large architecture model containing visual data from the LA-based architect’s 65 years in practice
Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI
Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community
Art world looks to Bluesky as Meta and X shift right
With social media owners cosying up to Donald Trump, creatives are looking for alternative platforms
Strangers' things: why Moka Lee is a social media scavenger
The Korean artist creates haunting art using anonymous selfies