News
The art world's billionaire problem is getting worse
New research links widening wealth inequality to the market’s growing reliance on ultra-rich collectors
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News
Gwangju’s city government apologises to China over Taiwan Pavilion naming
Jeonnam Gwangju City has officially reiterated its support for the “One China Policy” after an exhibition at the Gwangju Biennale was named after the the autonomous island of Taiwan
News
Alleged antiquities smuggler’s children convicted of money laundering in Germany
A criminal court in Hamburg has ordered the confiscation of €32m in sales proceeds from Serop Simonian’s children, who plan to appeal their conviction
News
Online platform connects hundreds of emerging Iranian artists with collectors abroad
The Continuum initiative provides rare access to a global audience and market
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Art market
Art Market
Korea's new art market law gets off to a shaky start
Part one of the Art Promotion Act, which came into effect in July, has left dealers struggling to comply amid widespread administrative confusion
Art Market
‘Death is already woven into our everyday lives’: Sook Jin Jo
As her first major show in her homeland opens, the Korean American artist discusses the big issues: life, death—and the inspiration of cats
Art Market
'Those pieces were simply not meant to be part of my collection': Mari Hong on avoiding regret
“Living with art” is the collector’s mantra, as she fills her home with the works she buys—and the ephemera she gathers from the many fairs and biennials she visits each year
Art Market
Many roads to modern art: Frieze Seoul spotlights overlooked artists
The new Spotlight section brings together 12 solo presentations of 20th-century artists
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Museums & heritage
Museums & Heritage
Remembering Sliman Mansour, a defining figure of Palestinian art
Through his art, Mansour was a pioneering force of Palestinian cultural resistance
Museums & Heritage
Guatemala museum that suddenly shuttered after court-ordered raid to reopen
The Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua closed abruptly last December, and its collection of 287 works has been in limbo ever since
Museums & Heritage
UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait
The export bar gives UK museums and galleries until 26 December to raise the funds to keep the painting in the country
Museums & Heritage
Chief executive of Sydney’s anticipated Parramatta Powerhouse museum steps down two months before grand opening
Lisa Havilah had stood aside pending “investigations into governance and procurement”, according to New South Wales’ arts minister
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Artist Piers Secunda creates paintings from ashes of Ukrainian buildings bombed by Russia
Works in the exhibition “Nature Morte”, on display at Fitzrovia Gallery, are accompanied by open-source information about individuals identified by the Ukrainian governmen as complicit in war crimes
Exhibitions
Five shows to see during Seoul art week
There are plenty of exhibitions to see beyond the fairs
Exhibitions
In Korea and Japan, art breaches an often troubled shared history
An exhibition organised jointly in Yokohama and Seoul explores painful, and sometimes neglected, episodes from the countries’ past
Exhibitions
‘These are party houses aren't they?’ Why Britain's stately homes are opening up to contemporary art
Showing works by artists including Tracey Emin and Phyllida Barlow over the summer is helping to attract new audiences and bolster income for historic buildings
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Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
Busan and Gwangju biennials take a deep dive into resistance and change
This year’s editions between them showcase 89 artists and collectives, and explore Korea’s history of protest alongside the transformational power of reinvention
Venice Biennale
Chinese artist Gao Zhen sentenced to three years in prison for satirical sculptures of Mao Zedong
The works were exhibited in 2009, almost ten years before the law under which he was charged came into effect
Venice Biennale
Trump officials take down, explore sale of Kehinde Wiley painting commissioned for US embassy
The monumental painting was recently deinstalled from the US embassy in the Dominican Republic, with ambassador Leah Campos calling it an example of “globalist and woke ideologies”
Venice Biennale
How a new generation of Indigenous artists is redefining Taiwan’s contemporary art scene
Breakout projects this year highlight a rethinking around tradition, identity and belonging
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Opinion
Comment
Museums cannot keep apologising for taking corporate money — but they must be honest about it
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
Comment
Restitution is no longer a debate. It is a logistics problem.
An on-the-ground account of a story that has been quietly building for months.
Comment
What we lose when an algorithm finishes the painting for us
The decision lands at a delicate moment for an industry already under pressure to change.
Opinion
The art world's NDA culture is finally cracking — and not a moment too soon
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
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Books
Books
September Book Bag: from Don McCullin’s powerful Vietnam images to a behind-the-scenes dive into Paula Rego’s studio
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Books
When Hockney met Betty: new book uncovers mysterious Beverly Hills Housewife in famous Los Angeles painting
Author James Cahill's account of the burgeoning 1960s LA art scene explores links between collector Betty Freeman and the late Yorkshire artist
Books
Curator offers crucial perspective on Hong Kong’s burgeoning 1980s and 1990s art scene in new book
Oscar Ho Hing-kay outlines the growing visibility of boundary-breaking local artists and their responses to the 1997 handover to China
Books
Book explores how the West’s museums of plundered African artworks can be dismantled
Essay collection documents how artists and filmmakers have reacted to colonialism and pillage in Africa
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Columns
Columns
When Dolly met Andy: a snapshot of the country music legend’s impact on artists
From Warhol to Annie Leibovitz, the late Dolly Parton was an inspiration to artists over her long career
Art of Luxury
Why the world's biggest collectors are quietly buying watches again
An on-the-ground account of a story that has been quietly building for months.
Adventures with Van Gogh
A newly attributed letter places Van Gogh in Arles a week earlier than thought
A closer look at the people, institutions and ideas reshaping the field this season.
Columns
The week in art: from Basel rumours to a stolen Caravaggio resurfacing
What the latest move means for collectors, curators and the wider public conversation.
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Art of Luxury
Art of Luxury
Metropolitan Museum and designer John Galliano cancel planned Costume Institute exhibition amid backlash
A chorus of Jewish community leaders, donors, politicians and others criticised the Met’s decision to honour Galliano in light of a 2011 conviction for an antisemitic hate crime
Art of Luxury
Somebody to Love at the V&A as Freddie Mercury's costumes going on view
Eight of the Queen frontman's costumes will be exhibited in the free 'Splendid Things' display at the South Kensington museum
Art of Luxury
Art and design A-levels at lowest uptake since 2010 according to UK advocacy group
The recent release of A-level and GSCE data for UK students and schools has renewed calls to ‘revitalise arts education’
Art of Luxury
Hong Kong's spring sales suggest the Asian market has bottomed out
The decision lands at a delicate moment for an industry already under pressure to change.
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Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh
A landmark Bourgeois show travels from Bilbao to Seoul this autumn
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
Adventures with Van Gogh
MoMA announces a $200m endowment from an anonymous donor
An on-the-ground account of a story that has been quietly building for months.
Adventures with Van Gogh
What 200 unpublished Picasso letters reveal about his Cubist years
An on-the-ground account of a story that has been quietly building for months.
Adventures with Van Gogh
Inside the Arsenale: a first walk-through of the central exhibition
Behind the headlines: reporting from the studios, sale rooms and storage vaults.
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Podcasts
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The Art Newspaper Podcast
Episode 214: Why the biennale model may finally be broken
With curators Inés Saldaña and Marcus Lehmann · 38 min