The Latest Breaking News on Art

Art gallery investigated by police over ‘pornographic’ painting

The painting has now sold to a local person who said they would be proud to display it in their window

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Scottish museum facing temporary closure as council overspends by £26m

An Edinburgh museum is facing months of closure as the city's cash-strapped council looks to take "urgent action" to cut costs.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2024

Monet and London review – genius lurks behind the capital’s filthy light

Between 1899 and 1901, this passionate painter of beauty came to Britain’s polluted capital to experiment with ugliness. Through the smog emerged a great modernist

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

Norman Ackroyd obituary

Artist whose etchings of British landscapes were produced with technical brilliance

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024

Jonathan Lyndon Chase on creating a ‘complicated and messy’ domestic space for Acne Studios’ latest show

A musing on ‘emotions and the body, and how they affect the space around you’: American artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase tells Mahoro Seward the story behind their Acne Studios runway set, which will backdrop the brand’s S/S 2025 show in Paris later today

Wallpaper · Sep 25, 2024

Sportswear logos, intimate portraits and a curled-up cat: Elizabeth Radcliffe’s beguiling tapestries go on show in New York

At Scottish artist Elizabeth Radcliffe's first US exhibition, a series exploring identity through branding is among works at Tribeca gallery Margot Samel

Wallpaper · Sep 25, 2024

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

There is little doubt that historic racism has influenced the content and composition of several famous figurative paintings. In March 2024, this could be seen in the debate around the exhibition of the Rex Whistler mural, The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats (1927), at the Tate Britain. Critics asked…

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2024

Germane Barnes exhibition explores notions of classical architecture and identity

Germane Barnes exhibition 'Columnar Disorder' opens at the Art Institute of Chicago

Wallpaper · Sep 25, 2024

Turner Prize 2024: The infamous award’s nominees go on display at the Tate Britain

Jasleen Kaur, Delaine Le Bas, Claudette Johnson and Pio Abad are all up for this year’s prize, with works that delve into decolonisation and anti-imperialist struggle

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

Controversial plans for new pavilion at Coal Drops Yard are shelved after Gormley criticism

Locals opposed to the scheme said the planned new building would resemble a “duty free mall”

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2024