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The estate of the late American photographer Larry Fink acquired by the MUUS Collection
The firm, which purchases, studies and promotes the work of under-recognised photographers, will stage a show of Fink's images at Paris Photo in November
Netherlands to return 288 items looted in colonial era to Indonesia
The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say
Disgraced adviser Lisa Schiff's art holdings planned for auction at Phillips starting in November
Bankruptcy trustees have proposed selling hundreds of works through the auction house, with hopes to recover up to $2m
French heritage sites saw record number of visitors in 2023
More than 46 million people flocked to French museums, monuments and stately homes last year—but social disparities are on the rise, new report says
Axel Rüger leaves London’s Royal Academy for New York's Frick Collection
The RA chief, who saw the institution through the Covid-19 pandemic, will replace Ian Wardropper next spring
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Glenn Ligon in Cambridge, new Gauguin biography, Teresa Margolles’s Fourth Plinth commission — podcast
The American artist on his interventions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, a chat about a new publication exploring Gauguin’s complex character, and the details on a new London sculpture paying tribute to trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities
Art market
Eyelash magnate Sydell Miller’s art collection estimated to bring around $200m at Sotheby’s
The sale's most valuable lot, a water lily painting by Claude Monet, is expected to sell in the region of $60m
New Delhi’s India Art Fair will expand to Mumbai in 2025
The new event, with a focus on contemporary art and design, will coincide with the existing fair Art Mumbai in November
Former Trump adviser—and Russian state TV commentator—charged with money laundering through art and antiques
Dimitri Simes and his wife Anastasia have been charged with three counts of violating US sanctions, including money laundering through the acquisition of art
From cha-ching to cha-cha: Anna Sorokin shows off bedazzled ankle monitor in Dancing with the Stars debut
The real-life inspiration for ‘Inventing Anna’ says she got permission from ICE authorities to participate in the reality competition
Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn
If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist
Museums & Heritage
New California law could reverse outcome in dispute over Nazi-looted Pissarro
The new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom is intended to resolve a decades-long restitution claim in a California family’s favour
Lucien Smith will re-create New York's legendary artist-run restaurant FOOD
The artist-run eatery, which catered to the Manhattan art community in the 1970s, will be revived this autumn in Chinatown
Lacma pushes back opening of new building until 2026
Museum leaders are hoping to organise public programming in the empty building next year
National Museum of Denmark returns sacred Indigenous cloak to Brazil
The sacred artefact’s ultimate destination remains a subject of debate
Bavaria acquires Picasso’s Woman with a Violin from a private collection
Six sponsors cooperated to buy “a masterpiece of Cubism of priceless art historical value” for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich
Exhibitions
Biggest-ever Indigenous art show to tour North America
Opening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, next year, The Stars We Do Not See will include highlights that are "globally recognised as undisputed masterpieces"
The Big Review: Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery, London ★★★★★
A magnificent show with important and rarely seen loans that highlight the Dutch artist’s astonishing achievements in Provence
London calling—finally—for Claude Monet and his misty Thames landscapes
The Courtauld Gallery is honouring the artist’s ambition to reunite his paintings in the city
Toronto Biennial spotlights 36 artists—from international stars to emerging Canadian talents—at venues across the city
The biennial’s third edition, organised by co-curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López under the theme “Precarious Joys”, spans artist-run spaces, major museums and the airport
Saints, stigmata and solace: Tracey Emin dives into the spiritual in London exhibition of new works
British artist says she needs to express her belief in “other worlds” as she gets older
Diary
Day of the dads: baby slings placed on London statues in push for improved paternity leave
A new campaign is calling for the UK prime minister to revise a policy that is currently “the worst in Europe”
‘I’m encouraged by Marina Abramović’: FKA twigs takes over Sotheby’s
Auction house says it has ‘never presented a work of this kind in its 280-year history’
Elizabeth II or Mrs Doubtfire? New statue of late queen goes viral
The controversial effigy by Anto Brennan shows the monarch with her corgis and husband
Trump posing with my book is ‘comical’, says Andres Serrano
The artist on how the former president might not be in on the joke
Loving La La land: Steve Martin to collaborate on show paying homage to Los Angeles
The Hauser & Wirth exhibition is set to embrace Hollywood comedy royalty
Obituaries
‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80
Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs
Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87
Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism
Remembering David Anfam, curator, writer and Abstract Expressionism connoisseur
The artist Erin Lawlor recalls her time spent with the art historian, who wrote defining texts on artists such as Mark Rothko and offered critical support for the next generation
An infinite conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist's personal memoir of Kasper König, curator, publisher, teacher, museum director, and friend to artists
The artistic director of Serpentine, recalls 35 years of friendship and collaboration with the cultural impresario who was one of the most important curators of the second half of the 20th century
Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88
A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque
Opinion
Why it's time for museums to take risks—or risk obsolescence
Jorrit Britschgi, executive director of the Rubin Museum of Art, on ‘embracing non-attachment and impermanence’
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
Why writing off the Mona Lisa would serve the Louvre better than worshipping it
The Paris museum should forget about the hugely costly move of the Leonardo painting and focus instead on the myriad other masterpieces in its collection
Ready for the art-world reckoning?
The Readying the Museum group has created a blueprint to help institutions address inequity within their own walls—and to make the public, rather than trustees, their key priority
Sasha Skochilenko: I just happened to be the winner of the ‘Hunger Games’
The Russian artist, who was freed in a prison swap, on life under President Putin and spending more than two years in prison for an art intervention opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Book Club
An expert's guide to Impressionism: five must-read books on the art movement
All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from tomes on how society shaped Impressionism to a deep dive into how the paintings were actually made—selected by curators Kimberly Jones and Mary Morton
My five-year-old could do that! The impact of childhood on the work of artists
A new book gathers together anecdotes from artists' early years and looks at how these formative experiences shaped their careers
September Book Bag: from the importance of colour in Mesoamerican cultures to a collection of famous artists’ sketchbooks
Our round-up of the latest art publications
An expert’s guide to Vincent van Gogh: five must-read books on the Dutch artist
All you ever needed to know about the artist, from the story of the ear incident to the definitive biography and best picture book—selected by Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey
Books
Two publications show how, in Caspar David Friedrich's world, mankind is puny against nature’s power
The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide
'Go, thou, and do likewise': a field guide to Britain’s stone circles delivers both scholarship and romance
An authoritative and engaging read for fans of the UK's mute monoliths—be they academic or sentimental
Five of the best art books hitting the shelves this autumn
Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months
Take a romp through Ancient Rome’s great buildings with this handy (almost) pocket-sized book
Ostensibly a guide to the city's top 50 sites, a new publication by Paul Roberts offers far more
Who really was John Soane? The man and manifesto behind the magnificent house museum
Former museum director Bruce Boucher’s room-by-room account of the architect’s collection takes far readers beyond the catalogue
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.
Nazi-era claims for two Van Goghs in Switzerland?
Acquired by the arms dealer Emil Bührle, both have been on loan to a Zurich museum
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
Podcast | A brush with… Rana Begum
An in-depth interview with sculptor and painter Rana Begum, exploring her experiences with the Qur’an, J.M.W. Turner and negotiating the London cityscape
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.
US artists score victory in landmark AI copyright case
A federal judge in California has blocked an attempt by several AI companies to have portions of a copyright case dismissed
Unesco warns that AI could rewrite Holocaust history
What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?
What if women ruled the world? The Art Newspaper takes part in summer celebration of Judy Chicago at the Serpentine
The London art world came out in force to celebrate the American visionary's exhibition “Revelations” and to enjoy a tech-powered interaction with her quest to create a world where power is equally shared
Stellar eclipse: pioneering light and sound art duo NONOTAK prepare for first London solo show
Noemi Schipfer and Takami Nakamoto will present three installations at a warehouse space in south London
Art-world social media specialists are on the rise—but is the sector really ready for digital success?
Museums are addressing a lack of in-house expertise in creating digital content by hiring from a growing pool of social-savvy freelancers