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Rotas Brasileiras spotlights the depth and diversity of Brazilian art
The São Paulo art fair’s third edition adds a new section for monumental works while staying relentlessly focused on the national scene
September's must-see exhibitions: Monet, Van Gogh and a once forgotten Dutch Master
The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month
Three years on: how the Taliban has impacted Afghanistan's culture
The government is increasing support for desperately needed restoration projects, but repressive new laws erase women and girls from public life
‘It's not about being disabled, it's about great art’: Unlimited festival returns to London's Southbank Centre
The UK's largest celebration of work by D/deaf and disabled artists opens on 4 September with a packed and varied programme
‘A collective adventure’: Paris exhibition celebrates a century since the birth of Surrealism
André Breton’s rarely seen handwritten Surrealist manifesto will take centre stage at a Centre Pompidou exhibition, which includes masterpieces of the movement and gives prominence to overlooked artists
Art market
The full list of major art fairs in 2024, from Austin to Zurich
We've updated our list of the year's leading commercial events taking place across the world
Holocaust-restitution firm Mondex settles legal feud with heir over fees for $24m Chagall painting
"Over Vitebsk" by Marc Chagall hung at the Museum of Modern Art for decades until 2020, when it was restituted to the the heirs of a Jewish-owned art gallery in 1930s Berlin
Flower power: $25m Monet Water Lily to make auction debut in Hong Kong
The work will headline the inaugural sale at Christie's new Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters in the Henderson building
Expert analysis confirms authenticity of disputed Tarsila do Amaral shown at SP-Arte fair
Now authenticated by the leading authority on do Amaral, the work’s price has gone up 275%
Can internet-born platforms fashion a print market fit for Gen Z collectors?
Digital players focus on transparent, algorithmically driven analytics to appeal to a younger base for whom the medium is cool. But that data still needs informed interpretation
Museums & Heritage
Miami’s Vizcaya Museum will save century-old pool-grotto mural with National Park Service grant
The rare work by the Gilded Age artist Robert Winthrop Chanler is endangered by the surrounding water and Miami's humid conditions
World’s first museum of Sufi art to debut in Paris
The Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO opens at challenging moment for France’s Muslim community
Three looted objects from ancient Egyptian graves returned by the Netherlands
The restitutions are seen as reflective of the way museums are paying closer attention to the provenance of works in their collections
Former Frieze fair chief Victoria Siddall appointed director of London's National Portrait Gallery
Siddall will take up the role this autumn, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the position
Sainsbury Wing contractors find 1990 letter from donor anticipating their demolition of false columns
Work on foyer reveals John Sainsbury’s note buried in extension to London’s National Gallery
Exhibitions
‘A collective adventure’: Paris exhibition celebrates a century since the birth of Surrealism
André Breton’s rarely seen handwritten Surrealist manifesto will take centre stage at a Centre Pompidou exhibition, which includes masterpieces of the movement and gives prominence to overlooked artists
A thoroughly modern master of the horse: George Stubbs at 300
Some of the British artist’s finest works return to Wentworth Woodhouse, the Yorkshire mansion where they were painted in 1762, for an eye-opening anniversary exhibition
The late Dakota artist Mary Sully in four key works at the Metropolitan Museum
What does “Native Modernism” mean?
‘Art saved my life in many, many ways’: vanessa german on channelling magic in her new Chicago exhibition
The artist’s show at the University of Chicago was informed by her experience teaching a class on historically marginalised forms of learning
‘The greatest theft in history’: a new exhibition in Amsterdam offers an unprecedented account of Nazi looting
The two-part show reveals like never before how theft was used as a means of erasing Jewish identity, writes Ambassador (ret) Stuart E. Eizenstat, the chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and the curator Julie-Marthe Cohen
Obituaries
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
Alex Janvier, visionary First Nations artist based in Canada, has died, aged 89
A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums
Remembering Bill Viola, the artist whose video work expresses the heights and depths of human emotions
The influential American pioneer produced a ground-breaking body of work in partnership with his wife, Kira Perov, over more than 45 years
Books
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
‘Viscerally real’: a Caravaggio painting provides inspiration for a newly translated novel
The Italian scholar Alessandro Giardino posits his theories about the Baroque artist’s Seven Works of Mercy in fictional form
Teju Cole's enigmatic new photobook is both peaceful and disturbing
The Nigerian American writer and photographer’s intriguing new book comprises a series of indeterminate images absent of human life, interspersed with enigmatic short stories that raise many unanswered questions
Diary
Mystery on Downing Street: did PM really 'get rid' of No. 10's Thatcher portrait?
UK prime minister Keir Starmer reportedly finds the portrait of the late leader ‘unsettling’
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
'Banksy woz ere': what's next for the street artist's menagerie?
London Zoo removes mural, but remains tight-lipped about plans to sell the piece
Where is Salvator Mundi? In storage in Geneva—apparently
Could the long-lost work end up in a Saudi museum run by ex-British Museum chief?
Book Club
The world’s oldest printed book and rare ancient manuscripts from the Mogao caves in China to go on show in London
We speak to the British Library exhibition curator Melodie Doumy about the Diamond Sutra and other treasures from the Library Cave
August Book Bag: from a New York dealer’s memoir to a compilation of Glenn Ligon’s writing and interviews
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Katherine Parr: power, patronage and the first full-length portrait of an English queen
In this exclusive extract from a new book about Henry VIII’s six wives, the art historian Suzannah Lipscomb writes about “perhaps the greatest artistic patron of them all”
Maria Balshaw on the roles of museums today and what Tate’s sponsorship red line is
The Tate director discusses her new book about art institutions and their challenges in the 21st century
Art on Location
A special focus on outdoor art experiences, with news, features and archive content covering public art, sculpture parks, urban and country house sculpture shows, artist's trails, and the use of location-specific technology
From the archive: Nevada Museum of Art acquires Judy Chicago’s full 'fireworks' archive
The museum aims to rewrite the legacy of the historically male-dominated Land Art movement
‘We want people to have fun’: Dulwich Picture Gallery’s director on the institution’s new sculpture park
The London museum has embarked on a £5m redevelopment that will see its grounds filled with contemporary sculpture and versatile family spaces
From the archive | 'Trying to tap into the memory of the place'—as Storm King turns 60, artists reflect on the storied outdoor art centre
Beyond its visually rapturous value, the Storm King region also had a pivotal but lesser-known role in the development of US environmental law and policy
Van Gogh’s Starry Night is back in Arles, revealing more of its mysteries
Visitors can also go to the spot where he stood his easel, enjoy the riverside view—and see how the artist transformed the scene into one of his best-loved paintings
The Constable trail: National Gallery to focus on the social, political and artistic context of the artist's 'The Hay Wain'
Visitors on foot to Dedham Vale, in Suffolk, can view the remarkably well preserved locations of John Constable's paintings of the countryside in which he was nurtured
National Gallery, London: 200th anniversary
The museum has launched a year of celebrations, loans and public events to mark 200 years since the opening of the gallery on 10 May 1824. The collection, which covers international art from the 13th to 19th centuries, has evolved so that, for breadth and quality, it is arguably unmatched by any other single museum in the world.
The National Gallery: a place of learning in its (public) archive
The London museum has a remarkable archive and library, available to all, and a research strategy that includes the opening of a new research centre in 2028
London’s National Gallery acquires major work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema for £2m
The painting, purchased with the help of Christie’s auction house, is a prime example of the Victorian artist’s interest in antiquity
The National Gallery: a place of learning on the road
With workshops, crafting sessions and special events, Art Road Trip is collaborating with communities across the UK to produce inspired results
'We’re embedding learning into the building': inside the National Gallery's upscaled education programme
The National Gallery, which once housed the Royal Academy of Arts, has been home to study, scholarship and education since its earliest days
The National Gallery's birthday wish: social media fame for its Creative Collaborators
Chosen from an open call, 20 influencers are creating content inspired by the gallery’s treasures, from pot-throwing to painting and a comedy Regency romp
Opinion
Why cultural destruction is such a dangerous military tactic
A landmark report shows how attacks on heritage can cause “psychosocial, economic, and other types of harm”—but laws need to go further
From the courts to the British Museum—it’s time to stop hiding from the realities of climate breakdown
A reluctance to acknowledge hard facts is playing into a one-sided narrative around Big Oil—and the consequences are far reaching
Where is the big museum blockbuster on AI?
Even the science-themed PST Art exhibitions, opening in Los Angeles in September, avoid the tech revolutions of our day
Ruins revived: when do overlooked buildings become valued again?
"In England, we still like to talk about the 'dissolution' of the monasteries as if it was a gentle process. Really, it was an annihilation," says Bendor Grosvenor
'We need strong leaders to stand up for the future of UK arts funding'
Hit by austerity cuts and activist boycotts, who is standing up for the arts?
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
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.
An exclusive visit to Van Gogh’s asylum garden to track down the scenes that he painted
As Vincent wrote to his brother, “life happens … in the garden, it isn’t so sad”
A brush with... podcast
A podcast that asks artists the questions you've always wanted to
Podcast | A brush with… Arthur Jafa
An in-depth interview with the filmmaker and sculptor, discussing his eye for systemic and historic inequity, and how Anne Imhof and Mahalia Jackson have influenced his practice
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
The Week in Art podcast | Arts and the UK election, ex-Uffizi head fails in Florence mayoral bid, Hank Willis Thomas at Glastonbury
What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival