The Latest Breaking News on Art

London gallery delays Ai Weiwei show over Israel-Hamas tweet

Chinese dissident’s exhibition was due to open at the Lisson gallery but has been put on hold indefinitely

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

‘I’m staggered this isn’t front-page news’: the ‘provocative’ climate art that ended up in a cathedral

Inspired by global warming and the refugees who lost their lives trying to reach Europe, Shezad Dawood’s work asks difficult questions. How will it go down in church?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

Maree Clarke wins $60,000 Melbourne urban sculpture prize for detailed glass renderings of nature

Multimedia artist recognised for fragile sculptures borne from microscopic images, and for her leadership among Victoria’s Indigenous art scene

The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2023

Former CEO at center of fake Basquiats scandal countersues museum, claiming he is being scapegoated

A former executive director of a Florida museum which was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings is filing counterclaims against the museum

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

National Museum of Mexican Art founder retiring after 36 years dedicated to ‘crazy’ belief that ‘the arts are for everybody’

“I know whoever we hire will take the museum to a new and higher place,” said Carlos Tortolero, who’ll step down Dec. 31.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2023

Pussy Riot founder protests Indiana’s ban on nearly all abortions

Nadya Tolokonnikova performed in front of the state’s supreme court and debuted the group’s new single, God Save Abortion

The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2023

Liotard and The Lavergne Family Breakfast review – a delicate scene of the Enlightenment good life, torpedoed

These masterly portraits of a polite morning routine conjure the beauty of ordinary moments – until this seemingly civilised ritual is obliterated by its historical context

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

This restored demon painting is going to haunt my nightmares

I will never be able to unsee it.

Creative Bloq · Nov 14, 2023

Joe Tilson obituary

Printmaker and sculptor who was a leading figure in the British pop art movement

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

‘One of his finest’: LS Lowry seascape expected to sell for up to £1.5m

British artist’s 1947 painting Beach Scene, Lancashire to go to auction after 70 years in Canadian collection

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023