Starting today (June 23), Harvard Art Museums offers free admission to all visitors, joining the many university-affiliated US museums that have long offered such free admission. The University of Cambridge, …
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From breaking news and insider information to exhibitions and events around the world, The Art Newspaper team curates the big stories from the art world with the help of special …
California man convicted of smuggling looted ancient Roman mosaics from Syria to US
On Wednesday, June 21, a federal jury convicted a Los Angeles-area man of smuggling an ancient Roman mosaic into the United States, believed to have been looted from war-torn Syria. …
Artist David Hockney will unveil a new work on one of the biggest platforms in the world, the Glastonbury Festival stage in the UK. Hockney will release his new video, …
The art stars of tomorrow? Four of my favorite artists from the Slade School graduation show in London
Almost a year has passed since I last wrote this column. Around this time, I got married, moved house, and spent a lot of time on Facebook Marketplace buying furniture. …
Treasure House Fair, successor to Masterpiece London, opens with half of exhibitors, but with optimistic outlook
The inaugural edition of Treasure House Fair opened to the public yesterday (until June 26), the same day the Bank of England announced it was considering raising interest rates to …
A statue of a tattered skeletal girl with a bare skull face links two exhibits which open in Roubaix, northern France, this week. Sculptor René Iché (1897-1954) is said to …
Richard I or a big loop? Sculptor Nick Hornby unveils equine sculpture in the heart of Westminster
British sculptor Nick Hornby is making a name for himself in London with three major public commissions that will be unveiled in the capital this year. Friends and admirers gathered …
Flora Yukhnovich, painter reinterpreting Old Master imagery, joins Hauser & Wirth
Flora Yukhnovich, a British artist in her thirties known for her flowing canvases that draw inspiration from the pastel landscapes of Rococo and Baroque paintings, has joined the global mega-gallery …
Octavia Butler’s Classic Sci-Fi Novel, Parable of the Sower, Sprouts Artistic Seedlings
Octavia Butler’s science fiction writing, in which black heroines and heroes confront and overcome catastrophic events, inspired a generation of artists and writers, especially those drawn to Afrofuturist ideas. In …