Green is the New Black
In this monthly column, our correspondent Louisa Buck looks at how the art industry is responding to our climate and ecological crisis
How ‘archaeological ceramicist’ Yasmin Smith has forever changed the way I look at flint
“Elemental Life” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia shows the artist's unique use of sculpture and glazes to explore history, ecology and geology
Comment | Art theft is just the start, what happens after a jewellery heist is the real question
Due to the world-wide publicity of the brazen theft at the Musée du Louvre last month, the stolen jewellery may be impossible to shift
Comment | I've researched the next generation of collectors—and here's why they are not like the last
The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large on how millennials who collect art differ from previous generations—and what it means for the art market
Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?
As China’s market drops, auction houses and dealers have been following the money to Saudi Arabia
Could the future of the art market lie in antiques?
There was an uptick in sales of traditional art at last month's Tefaf Maastricht fair
A trio of hair-raising courtroom dramas unfold the US
A glut of lawsuits often signals a market in trouble. Three art collectors are suing to recover their losses, but are they justified?
Diary of an art historian
Bendor Grosvenor, art historian and broadcaster, tells us about his latest research, discoveries and views
Comment | Want to truly read a painting? Forget the present, and focus on the past
To read a painting is to understand the context in which it was made, not the context in which we see it, writes Bendor Grosvenor
Against a tense political landscape, we can learn a lot from the cool head of a picture restorer
A new breed of auction sleeper hunter—and my own doom-scrolling about the geopolitical realities of 2025—have led me to consider other occupations
Wherever its sales are based, the Old Master market is in good health
The art market has not left London but it does seem to be leaving, and anyone watching sales in Paris can see where it has begun to shift
Cathedrals could be free for everyone—where is the imagination needed to make it happen?
A visit to Wells Cathedral, the most beautiful of Gothic cathedrals, raises questions about why the UK’s great religious edifices are not free to enter
An open letter to Chris Bryant, the tenth UK arts minister in ten years
Labour’s pre-election arts manifesto, Creating Growth, included policies to put the arts back into education and bring museums into line with universities on open data
Adventures with Van Gogh
Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on Van Gogh, tells us about his meticulous investigations and discoveries about this most intriguing artist. Published on Fridays.
The ten most expensive Vincent van Gogh paintings
His ‘Sunflowers’ painting does not make the list—and there are other surprises too
‘Lust for Life’: The Van Gogh book designed to fit in pockets of US soldiers during the Second World War
The Armed Forces Edition novel is now rare, since it was "not to be made available for civilians"—we show you a copy
Driving in Van Gogh’s footsteps: the 1907 book that imagined a dream art pilgrimage
Writer Octave Mirbeau, an early owner of a Sunflowers painting, titled his fictional travelogue "628-E8"—after his car’s own licence plate
Van Gogh’s family used an erotic Gauguin ceramic as a flower vase
Gauguin gave the 'Cleopatra Pot' to Vincent’s brother Theo, just after the disastrous end of the two artists’ collaboration in Arles
Insta' gratification
Every month, the writer and digital art specialist Aimee Dawson looks at how the worlds of art and social media collide
‘Endless scrolling induces permanent craving’: panGenerator highlights our unhealthy relationship with technology
The artist collective takes elements of the digital world and turns them into physical installations to bring alive the dangers
How art social media accounts are being turned into books
Having lots of followers on Instagram does not guarantee a publishing deal but it helps
Want to be a museum influencer? London’s National Gallery launches open call for content creators
The institution is building on the success its 200 Creators programme last year
Why Christie’s social media videos are going viral
Videos on TikTok and Instagram promoting everything from a Marie Antoinette diamond to Marlene Dumas’s paintings have garnered thousands of views
How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’
The American artist, whose work is currently on show in New York, makes the invisible impacts of technology visible
The Buck stopped here
Louisa Buck, our contemporary art correspondent, brings us all the latest from the UK's key art events
Folkestone Triennial 2025 review: environmental catastrophe—but also hope, joy and a jolly salamander
The sixth edition of the sprawling exhibition on the English coast includes sculptures, immersive installations and films by 18 artists
In Scotland, two pioneering arts outreach models enrich their communities
Jupiter Artland sculpture park boasts an expansive education programme, while studio-cum-community workshop Sculpture House in Paisley allows artists to socially engage with their surroundings
Stretchmarks and all: motherhood and its complexities explored in two UK surveys
Both Women in Revolt and Acts of Creation treat maternity as a source of creativity, rather than a patriarchal trap or the enemy of good art
Mark Bradford makes a surprise speech at Adriano Pedrosa's artist dinner
The artist, who represented the US in 2017, spoke about the artistic director's “generosity and quiet power to change things”
Powerhouse south London art organisation Gasworks celebrates 30 years
The exhibition space, international residency and workshop has given early platforms to now major names like Tania Bruguera, Sonia Boyce and Subodh Gupta
Slade to Zaria
Slade to Zaria, which refers to the prominent art schools in London and Nigeria, is a column by Chibundu Onuzo, a novelist and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Every month she shares her reflections on the contemporary art world.
Barbara Walker's show at the Whitworth makes me feel proud to be Black British
The British artist's first major survey exhibition in Manchester is worth leaving the London-centric art bubble for
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
The art lover’s summer reading list: from insider encounters with Damien Hirst to the changing face of Nigerian art
Make room in your suitcase for novelist Chibundu Onuzo’s must-read titles of the season
Is the Royal Academy's 'Entangled Pasts' exhibition radical? Yes—for the Royal Academy
The London institution may have woken up to its responsibility of presenting its role in Britain’s imperial past. But please don't go back to sleep...
'The art fair is a market, not a museum'
As this year's calendar gets under way—next stops, Delhi and Los Angeles—Chibundu Onuzo reflects on her experience at Frieze London to assess what these global events offer
Trade Secrets
Every month, our editor-at-large Melanie Gerlis shares her insights on the art market
Comment | Fine balance: fairs up the exclusivity while appealing to younger clients
The idea of making luxury more democratic seems both noble and impossible
The Gray Market
The Gray Market is a bi-weekly column by Tim Schneider about the art market’s transition from an informal, insular economy to a professionalised, growth-minded industry.
The elusive artist Cady Noland has made a shock return: will it impact her reputation?
The American artist has recently broken a long silence with major gallery shows in New York—and the reaction hints at her work’s continuing relevance
Art Law Corner
A monthly look at recent developments in art law, written by Alexander Herman, the director of the Institute of Art and Law
Comment | Lessons of the Contessa: do we need special laws for spoliated art in private collections?
Following the rediscovery of Nazi looted work in an Argentinian home, Alexander Herman asks how the art market can sufficiently root out toxic provenance
New York Insider
Art critic and journalist Linda Yablonksy takes us inside New York's art scene and beyond
Steve McQueen delves into family history at Dia Chelsea
Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially motivated violence told by his father against images of the actor Al Jonson in blackface
After a harrowing personal trauma, Thomas Houseago unveils unsettling sculptures in New York
Horrors of the artist's past are on display at Lévy Gorvy Dayan
New York exhibition places brutality of Leon Golub's paintings in dialogue with contemporary artists
Hauser & Wirth show conceived by Rashid Johnson shines light on the "collector friendly" Expressionist
Maurizio Cattelan is the latest artist to take aim at US gun culture—but he's hardly the first
At Gagosian, he trains his weapon of social satire on violence as a source of wealth
In New York, Arthur Jafa sets record straight on Scorsese's Taxi Driver
In two shows in New York, at 52 Walker and Gladstone, Jafa gets to the dark side of Black life
A closer Luke
Ben Luke, our Review editor and podcast host, weighs in on the pressing issues facing the UK art world and beyond
‘"Immersive" art makes me yearn for something less empty’
Among the art world’s favourite terms, "immersive" art has become a byword for a shallow form of meaningless spectacle
'The NFT bubble has popped, but there’s still untapped potential in digital art'
Artists have long mined cyberspace for inspiration, as two current exhibitions underscore
Not everyone is celebrating Picasso’s big anniversary—that makes it more exciting
A series of exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist's death includes a show curated by comedian and Picasso-hater Hannah Gadsby
Twenty-five years after it opened, artists still find it hard to love the Guggenheim Bilbao
Architect Frank Gehry claimed his design for the Spanish satellite museum was neutral and would not compete with the art within—did he succeed?
Fair or not, Tate's discrimination row has damaged its reputation among the very artists it needs to attract
The institution denies claims that it refused to allow the increasingly prominent Black performance artist Jade Montserrat to participate in a project for Tate Exchange
Art Decoded
Twice a month, digital artist Gretchen Andrew explains new technology and its impact on art and the art world
What are DAOs? How blockchain-governed collectives might revolutionise the art world
Egalitarian and democratic, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations are powerful collecting forces with the potential to reshape the industry
Reality Bites
The art world, long-thought to be immune to, is now having to acknowledge urgent realities of pandemics, climate crisis, wars, energy and food shortages, mass migration and inflation. In a new regular column, Scott Reyburn and Anny Shaw report on what auction houses, gallerists, artists and other players are doing—or not doing—about it.
The elephant in the booth: the environmental toll of art fairs
With a host of identikit international fairs showing works already viewed online and often already sold, is there a point to generating all those air miles?
Can art actually help improve Saudi Arabia's abject human rights record?
Culture is being used by Saudi Arabia to project an image of a state that “enriches lives, celebrates national identity and builds understanding between people”
Five years after #MeToo, what has changed for female artists?
Recently, some major galleries have signed high-profile women, many of whom launched artistic careers long before the industry cared
Pakistani artists raise money for its devastating floods—and question which causes garner art world support
Osman Yousefzada and nine others sold specially created prints, but Pakistan’s worst natural disaster in living memory has yet to galvanise the industry
All hot air on climate action? Auction houses pledge to cut CO2 while organising global tours for star lots
In our new series Reality Bites, we assess whether the art market's key players are addressing the urgent issues affecting the wider world