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Mega museum planned for vast former hospital in Naples
Albergo dei Poveri renovation is the latest stage of the Italian city’s cultural renaissance
Zurich's Bernheim Gallery and legendary Cabaret Voltaire, the birthplace of Dada, sprayed with anti-Israel graffiti
The vandalism on Friday coincided with Zurich Art Weekend
Would you Adam and Eve it? Michael Landy’s new public art piece brings Cockney Rhyming Slang alive
Signs on show across London’s East Bank highlight the endangered rhyming dialect
Manhattan dealers feud over client contacts
The founder of Tribeca’s 1969 Gallery claims a former employee has been contacting the gallery’s clients for his own business
Centre Pompidou renovation project at ‘high risk of slippage’
Supreme auditing body Cour des comptes judges Paris museum's five-year renovation project as “underfunded and insufficiently piloted”
Art Basel 2024
Hauser & Wirth opens its Basel gallery with Hammershøi show
Mega-gallery has opened its 18th location just in time for the 2024 edition of Art Basel
In pictures: Art Basel's Parcours takes over the high street
Stefanie Hessler, the new curator for the fair's outdoor section, picks out her highlights along the city's Clarastrasse
New direction: the leaders of Basel’s Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum discuss their visions for their institutions
Elena Filipovic recently became director of the city’s Kunstmuseum after nine years at the Kunsthalle, while Mohamed Almusibli has taken the reins at the latter institution
'Almost everyone I talk to has an interesting story and something to teach me': Ryan Zurrer on getting the most out of Art Basel
The venture capitalist, an early champion of digital art through his collective 10F1, admits that his heart belongs to his home city of Zug, Switzerland
Carsten Höller: ‘We have been very successful in eliminating the unpredictable'
The artist is working with an MIT scientist to help Fondation Beyeler visitors learn the art of flying—in their dreams, at least
Museums & Heritage
Sprawling new cultural hub takes shape in Detroit
Little Village arts campus, including church transformed into an exhibition space and a skatepark, aims to bolster Detroit’s cultural scene
Staff at the American Folk Art Museum vote unanimously to form a union
The institution’s new union, formed under UAW Local 2110, will represent workers across departments including curatorial, information technology, retail and more
Green is the new black | Dia Art Foundation’s latest eco plans are a reminder of how it has always been a beacon of sustainability
Since its founding 50 years ago, the organisation has championed several environmentally friendly principles through its programme and building projects
Artefacts discovered down well shed light on ancient Roman rituals
The objects, found within the Ostia Antica archaeological site in southern Italy, include burnt animal bones and a carved wooden chalice
UK foundation makes mark ahead of general election with £30m gift aimed at promoting arts education
Clore Duffield organisation will back the creation of extra learning spaces and a new garden at Tate Britain
Art market
Does the De la Cruz collection sale mark the end of an era?
Reduced value, mixed results dent idea of contemporary art as investable asset
German medieval altarpiece wings that remained in one family for 500 years to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
The portraits painted by Bartholomäus Zeitblom carry an estimate of £400,000-£600,000
Germany slashes VAT on art sales to 7%
The reduction, which comes into effect next year, meets long-standing demands from German dealers
Christie’s reportedly planning layoffs
Rival Sotheby’s recently entered a consultation period ahead of redundancies
At Gallery Weekend, Beijing's art scene is better co-ordinated but losing its character
The event's eight edition was held as artist villages are demolished and cultural figures flee the city
Exhibitions
We must survive: Yokohama Triennale entwines stories of darkness and resistance
“Even though we are confronted with situations of hopelessness, resilience is our kind of hope,” say Chinese curators Carol Yinghua Lu and Liu Ding
The Big Review: 'Mary Cassatt at Work' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art ★★★★★
This survey frames Cassatt—once dismissed as a lightweight painter of pretty portraits—as a skilful examiner of private realms
Leigh Bowery, Emily Kam Kngwarray and Lee Miller—Tate reveals its 2025 exhibition programme
A blockbuster show focused on Turner and Constable plus a vast survey of Nigerian modernism are also in the pipeline
Alvaro Barrington: the artist bringing carnival and the Caribbean to Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries
With his new London commission, the Venezuela-born painter is exploring the UK’s impact around the globe with a sweeping installation partly inspired by his grandmother’s plastic sofa coverings
Mardin Biennial finds a common ground
But event has been also been criticised for lack of “respect for local cultures and languages”
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.
Two (or more) into one: Urs Fischer invites owners of his digital sculptures to have them remade into a new work
The maverick artist is working with 1OF1, collectors of high-level digital art, to offer owners of his "CHAOS" video sculpture series the chance to have them "fused" into new animations
The art world’s AI dilemma: how can artists and museums thrive when big tech controls the monetising of artificial intelligence?
The presence of AI in every aspect of life has been a fact for the past 20 months. With the publication of the Stanford AI Index, two areas have come into focus. For museums, how to work with industry giants, without having their offering "distanced" by the summarising power of AI. For artists, how to thrive where sources of production are being monetised in Silicon Valley
The art world's AI dilemma: informed insight from industry experts
The artist Refik Anadol, the museum director Thomas Campbell and the Future Art Ecosystems team at Serpentine share insights on how to thrive while working with artificial intelligence in 2024
Photography or ‘promptography’: a year on from the Sony Awards AI furore, what is the nuanced view?
Boris Eldagsen made waves in 2023 by refusing a prize in order to highlight the use of text-to-image models in art photography. A new show in London seeks to reframe the debate
In Tokyo, teamLab's giant new immersive space opens glittering portals of the imagination
The light-filled, interactive, spaces at teamLab Borderless offer “full-body joy” to the author's school-age children—as well as some cool selfies
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.
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
Book Club
What it's like modelling naked for Lucian Freud when he's your father
Rose Boyt’s memoir explores the highs, lows and contradictions of sitting for the artist
Tears, tantrums and Turner Prize titbits: Lynn Barber on the messy art of interviewing artists
In her latest book, the veteran UK journalist recalls her many encounters with artists such as Salvador Dalí, Howard Hodgkin and the Chapman brothers
An expert’s guide to Michelangelo: five must-read books on the Renaissance Old Master
All you ever wanted to know about Michelangelo, from a “masterly” catalogue of drawings to a collection of letters covering art, deliveries and the artist’s favourite wine—selected by the curator Grant Lewis
June Book Bag: from a book of night photography to the latest instalment of the Andy Warhol catalogue raisonné
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Books
Surrealist pioneer Eileen Agar's remarkable life
A new edition of her 1980s autobiography brings this vivacious and well-connected artist back to life
‘Shamefully duped’: friend of convicted art fraudster Inigo Philbrick spills the beans in new memoir
In the warts-and all publication, Orlando Whitfield discusses his 15-year friendship with Philbrick while offering insights into the world of art dealing
From pews to power stations: a history of interwar British architecture that some feared might not be published
Gavin Stamp’s final book offers a fitting memorial to the architectural historian and Private Eye columnist
Diary
Mother of art patron Dasha Zhukova becomes the fifth Mrs Rupert Murdoch
Elena Zhukova, a former molecular biologist, married the billionaire media mogul on 1 June
Yayoi Kusama London summer bonanza with new Elizabeth Line work and a Royal Parks pumpkin sculpture
A new Infinity Room will also go on show at Victoria Miro gallery in the autumn
Did Delacroix take a Liberty? New book discusses how 19th-century artist boobed
Sarah Thornton's new publication—Tits Up: What Our Beliefs About Breasts Reveal About Life, Love, Sex and Society—ponders on bosoms in (art) history
Artists celebrate Taylor Swift in Liverpool’s Taylor Town
Art path around the city features 11 art installations representing the singer's albums
(Another) royal portrait unveiled—Kate Middleton cover image goes viral
Polarising Tatler cover image of the Princess of Wales was created by Hannah Uzor
The Week in Art
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
The Week in Art podcast | Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York, Studio Voltaire at 30, Martha Jungwirth responds to Goya
We discuss O'Keeffe’s deeply personal renderings of Manhattan cityscapes and skyscrapers, plus look back at Studio Voltaire’s achievements and talk to a curator about a bold Jungwirth still life
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Podcast | A brush with... Lynn Hershman Leeson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Cézanne to the theatre of Tadeusz Kantor
Opinion
How artists are uniting to defeat Donald Trump at the polls
The Artists For Democracy 2024 project is working with world-renowned artists including Shepard Fairey and Carrie Mae Weems to mobilise voters
The Tudor blockbuster: why Holbein still mesmerises 500 years on
"There is evidently something about Holbein that resonates strongly with modern audiences"
From Titian to Alex Katz, artists and poets have long enjoyed a symbiosis
Katz’s fruitful relationships with John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara among others are a reminder that art and poetry thrive in proximity
'Why British museums must start charging entrance fees'
Low pay for museum workers, decreased local authority spending and a theft scandal have highlighted that "it’s time for some difficult choices," says the writer and broadcaster Ben Lewis
The €5 tourist tax to enter Venice kicks in: 15,700 tickets sold but this will not solve the city’s problems
Day visitors should pay €25 as for the Uffizi but be made proud to help save the city
Obituaries
Remembering Paul Auster, the ground-breaking novelist who fused art and literature
The New Yorker's collaboration with the artist Sophie Calle was just one way in which art was interlaced with his life and work
Benjamin Vautier, a French Fluxus artist known for his playful painted phrases, has died, aged 88
His irreverent texts, signed simply “Ben”, spanned art and merchandise that was ubiquitous in France
Dinh Q. Lê, master of multimedia art and mentor to fellow artists across southeast Asia, has died, aged 56
Vietnamese-American artist, best known for his distinctive photo-weaving works, made powerful statements in photography, video, sculpture and installation that challenged politics, history and memory
Richard Serra, creator of audacious steel sculptures, has died aged 85
The American sculptor received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
Antoine Predock, architect of distinctive museums in the US and Canada, has died, aged 87
His Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Tang Teaching Museum and Tacoma Art Museum were typical of an approach that melded modernism and post-modernism into a characteristically unpredictable aesthetic
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, now covering 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, London, celebrates its bicentenary with a full-colour Big Birthday Weekend
Music, poetry, and Renaissance selfies are on the menu and—for two nights only—the Trafalgar Square frontage will be lit up with a dazzling, projection-mapped show on the museum's 200-year history
Gabriele Finaldi welcomes a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to rethink London’s National Gallery
As the London museum celebrates its 200th birthday, its director speaks to The Art Newspaper about plans to reopen the Sainsbury Wing in May 2025, rehang the collection and consider work on a further extension
National Gallery in London celebrates 200th birthday by launching own network of social media influencers
As part of the anniversary in July, the museum has launched 200 Creators
Revealed: London's National Gallery will stage a Van Gogh blockbuster as part of its 2024 bicentenary celebrations
Star loans include The Bedroom, Garden of the Asylum and—of course—the exhibition will show the museum's own Sunflowers