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Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
British Museum names architects shortlisted in controversial renovation competition
Environmental campaigners previously called on practices not to take part in the contest following a £50m funding pledge from BP
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
V&A provenance expert heads to Art Institute of Chicago
Jacques Schuhmacher, who worked on several key restitution cases at the London museum, has taken up the role of executive director of provenance research
A smashing day out: boy accidentally breaks 3,500-year-old pitcher at Israeli museum
The Middle/late Bronze Age object was “pulled” by the “curious” four-year-old while visiting the Hecht Museum in northern Israel
Khaleb Brooks wins commission for London’s transatlantic slavery memorial
London Mayor backs new work, which will be unveiled in 2026, with £500,000 funding
Saatchi Collection sends major Ibrahim Mahama work to auction
Estimated at up to £50,000, a large-scale piece made of coal sacks will go on the block at Bonhams in October
Michelle Obama turns to art to inspire voter turnout at forthcoming US election
The American artist Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, has released a print of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris
Louvre visitor figures plummet during Paris Olympics disruption
Security measures and transport upheaval prompted 22% decrease in attendance at the world's most visited museum
Somerset House fire: Courtauld Gallery reopens with collection undamaged
Extent of damage to building is unclear and being investigated
Sonia Boyce, Maria Balshaw and Grayson Perry join campaign to advance the study of art history
The Art History Now project sees over 90 big names share new reflections on what art history means to them
Something (free) for everyone at the National Gallery
The London institution was founded in 1824 to be “free to anyone who applied at the door”. That principle, epitomised by the exhibition "Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look", sits at the heart of the bicentennial celebrations
Artists and organisations respond to massive Bangladesh protests
Photographers Shahidul Alam and Munem Wasif document upheaval as prime minister flees the country
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
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
Italian Renaissance drawings show at Buckingham Palace includes Titian study never seen in Britain
Works by Raphael and Leonardo will also be featured in the London exhibition, which aims to reconsider artists of the period as draughtsmen, in addition to painters or sculptors
Musée Rodin to open outpost in Shanghai
The new venue will be run and funded by the private collector Wu Jing, whose Rodin works, ordered from Paris, will be on show
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
Ancient Roman highway and Brâncuși sculptures among 26 sites added to Unesco World Heritage list
Landmarks in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia also included as committee meets in New Delhi
Campaigners celebrate scrapping of 'monstrous' Stonehenge tunnel scheme
Labour government cancels redevelopment in spending squeeze—but heritage bodies say conservation solutions are still needed
Unesco rejects proposal to place Stonehenge on ‘in danger’ list
The decision, which may be reviewed in 2026, could pave the way for controversial tunnel redevelopment scheme, say campaigners
Hong Kong officials throw financial lifeline to West Kowloon mega arts hub
Green light given to property sales in hopes of boosting cash-strapped cultural quarter
‘An act of violent aggression’: Anne Imhof billboards destroyed in Austria
Works bearing the phrase “Wish You Were Gay” have been vandalised in the city of Bregenz
UK spending on culture among the lowest in Europe, says landmark report
The State of the Arts research document also shows arts education in England to be in “significant decline”
Protesters at Tate Modern call on arts patron Len Blavatnik to defend ‘press freedom’ in Israel
Activist group claims news channel owned by billionaire cancelled programmes criticising Israeli government
New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse
A scheme by the non-profit Create London will convert the Newham building into a culture and learning centre
Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has defended its decision to hand back two objects to the Oba rather than the government
Centre Pompidou Málaga to remain in place for another decade
Despite setbacks at satellite sites elsewhere, an extension to the gallery's collaboration with the Spanish city has been agreed
The next Frida Kahlo? Exhibition lifts the lid on legacy of art market darling Leonora Carrington
A UK selling show—curated by Carrington's cousin—taps into a growing interest in the Mexico-based Surrealist artist
Government bail out for National Museum Cardiff 'won't go far enough', says chair of museum group
The Welsh government has promised over £3m to repair Wales' national cultural institution, but the true figure needed could be more than seven times higher
Art collection saved from Rouen cathedral blaze, says French culture minister
A fire in the cathedral's spire has been brought under control, saving the landmark which featured in the works of Claude Monet