The Latest Breaking News on Art

Bill Viola, ‘the Rembrandt of the video age’, dies aged 73

The pioneer in new media and installation art worked with everyone from Nine Inch Nails to the Royal Academy in London, where his art was presented with Michelangelo’s

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2024

Artist punches holes in UN climate report six hours a day for Dutch installation

Johannes-Harm Hovinga has to take painkillers to complete the 20-day artistic protest at Museum Arnhem

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2024

On anniversary of Frida Kahlo's death, her art's spirituality keeps fans engaged around the globe

Frida Kahlo had no religious affiliation

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2024

Small Nashville museum wants you to know why it is returning artifacts to Mexico

A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024

‘Childish and unprofessional’: art experts say Mona’s fake-Picasso stunt may undermine gallery’s reputation

Critics say revelation Kirsha Kaechele created works over three years ago is more prank than performance art, and risks leaving patrons feeling ‘cheated’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 12, 2024

A very British surrealist and the Tories’ legacy in cartoons – the week in art

Drift inside Leonora Carrington’s strange dreams while Ben Jennings parodies 14 years of political failure in a graphic Rake’s Progress – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024

These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024

Lugano’s versatile high jewellery pieces are too good to save for special occasions

Californian brand Lugano embraces unexpected materials and cool design codes in its informal high jewellery

Wallpaper · Jul 12, 2024

Roni Horn’s retrospective reflects her ‘refusal to fit into the mould of social expectations’

Roni Horn presents ‘The Detour of Identity’, her current solo exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark

Wallpaper · Jul 12, 2024

Leonora Carrington: Rebel Visionary review – wild dreams of a titan of surrealism finally get their due

This is an ecstatic reminder of all that is liberating in surrealist art by an extraordinary artist who was still unlocking her unconscious well into her 90s

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024