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Obscured Gauguin nude sculpture may be revealed in its entirety following museum donation

Overpainting of the genitals of a figure in the relief panel “Te Fare Amu”—once described as a “serious editorial suppression of Gauguin’s original concept”—is expected to be removed at the Brooklyn Museum

Martin Baileyabout 8 hours ago

Miami’s ancient Indigenous sites face an uncertain future

The city’s building boom has revealed many artefacts and human remains, but the pace of development has made study and preservation challenging

Carolina Ana Drakeabout 22 hours ago

Tehran’s Unesco-listed Golestan Palace reportedly damaged by US-Israeli strikes

The site sustained damage from a nearby airstrike, Unesco says

Manumission digitisation project reveals grim story of slavery in Brazil

Records show how masters retained power over enslaved people even after emancipation

Gabriella Angeletiabout 22 hours ago

‘He always had spirituality’: Spanish exhibition unpicks Picasso's religious influences

The exhibition, held in Burgos's Gothic cathedral, brings together 44 works spanning six decades of the artist's career

Joanna Moorheadabout 10 hours ago

Art market

Spain’s galleries are protesting against high taxes—can Arco Madrid help voice their concerns?

The fair's 45th edition opens as local exhibitors worry about the impact of the country’s prohibitive rate of VAT on art

'Permabase' vs 'flexispace': which is better for commercial galleries?

The commitment to bricks and mortar can be expensive and inflexible for galleries

Los Angeles’s next generation of dealers forges new paths

Local galleries that stayed nimble during recent socioeconomic headwinds have emerged from the market downturn

Are we seeing the demise of statement stands at art fairs?

The waning adventurousness in these spaces speaks to important shifts in the trade over the past two decades

Pace Prints will open printmaking studio and gallery in Los Angeles

The New York-based publisher sees opportunity in the city’s large community of artists

Museums & Heritage

UAE galleries close amid Iran missile strikes

Meanwhile Art Dubai fair, scheduled for April, plans to go ahead but its organisers are "monitoring the situation closely"

Royal Ontario Museum picks new leader

Nicholas R. Bell, who previously led museums in Washington, DC, Calgary and Connecticut, will take the helm of Canada's most-visited museum

Larry Humber1 day ago

‘Lost’ painting reattributed to Rembrandt by Rijksmuseum’s researchers

The Dutch museum has undertaken a two-year study of the 17th-century work "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple"

Man arrested after London Winston Churchill statue sprayed with ‘Zionist war criminal’ graffiti

A member of the Dutch activist group Free the Filton 24 has claimed responsibility on social media

France appoints Catherine Pégard as culture minister as Dati departs

Pégard, a former advisor to the French president Emmanuel Macron, enters a ministry struggling with budgetary cuts and badly shaken by the stunning Louvre heist

Exhibitions

‘He always had spirituality’: Spanish exhibition unpicks Picasso's religious influences

The exhibition, held in Burgos's Gothic cathedral, brings together 44 works spanning six decades of the artist's career

Joanna Moorheadabout 10 hours ago

‘My paintings are always really kitchen sink, everything’s thrown into them’: Christina Quarles on her new solo show in Los Angeles

The artist’s first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles features works she made after her community in Altadena was devastated by the Eaton fire in January of last year

Monumental commissions and pioneering women artists take centre stage at Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026

“In Interludes and Transitions” includes more than 25 commissions and works by Samia Halaby, Etel Adnan, Pacita Abad and Kamala Ibrahim Ishag

Rose Wylie: ‘It’s very, very fragile where a painting ends. All the time it sits on a precarious edge’

After beginning her career in the 1950s, and then taking 25 years out to raise a family, the artist finally hit her stride in the 2000s. Now, she is the first female painter to have a show in the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Venice exhibition of US artist Hernan Bas will tackle issue of mass tourism

“The Visitors” includes more than 30 new paintings of youths who represent “cliches of the contemporary tourist”

Books

Clash of the Renaissance titans: an intriguing double biography of Titian and Michelangelo

The book about the two Old Masters, who probably only met twice, considers what they had in common and how they differed

Keith Miller1 day ago

New book digs into the little-known gallery that brought Modern art to America

The publication's author on how it has taken decades of research to tell the story of the New York gallery, which exhibited artists such Picasso and Mondrian

An expert's guide to John Constable: five must-read books on the British painter

The best publications to learn all about Constable, from a journey through the landscapes that inspired him to a children's activity book—selected by the curator Emma Roodhouse

A short guide to the hidden meanings in great paintings

An A to C extract from the glossary of Painted Mysteries, which deciphers common motifs and symbols in famous works

Gareth Harris1 day ago

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A brush with… Danh Vo—podcast

Danh Vo talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

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The Year Ahead

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.

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