The Latest Breaking News on Art

Rare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m

Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctioned

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Designer turns mussel shells and Thames sand into award-winning glass

London designer Lulu Harrison has won the 2025 Ralph Saltzman Prize from the Design Museum for Thames Glass, a project that turns locally sourced and waste materials into glass. Harrison's recipes use materials including sand from around the River Thames, wood ash and waste quagga mussel shells supplied by Thames…

The Times of India · Sep 26

A $50 Hamptons barn-sale painting later sold for C$290,000 at auction

A dusty barn sale in the Hamptons is not where most people expect to encounter a significant work of Canadian art. Yet that is exactly where New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz found a painting that would eventually sell for hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars. Bought for just $50,…

The Times of India · Sep 26

Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’

From his farm in Portugal, the acclaimed artist speaks about war, peace, the state of the world – and his 40 metre sculpture Mushrooms, on Sydney Harbour

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25

Rachel Kneebone review – who knew porcelain could be so edgy, nerve-racking and marvellous?

The British sculptor’s delicate, intimate and ready-to-pop creations feel right at home among Hertford House’s rococo masterpieces

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Beverly Buchanan review – ramshackle mini barns and shanties bursting with brutal history

Inspired by the shacks and sheds of the American south, Buchanan’s exceptional sculptures combine folk art and minimalism to memorialise the survival of enslaved people

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Nicole Eisenman review – ICE-like goons clash with sublime stargazing as America’s magical magpie returns

Abstract, humorous yet deeply unsettling, the painter’s dazzling exhibition sees her caught between distant skies and the ugly reality on the ground

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Artist creates ‘community’ Union flag from discarded lamppost protest banners

Textile artist Clare Elisabeth wanted the giant flag to bring people together.

Evening Standard · Sep 24

V&A staff strike: When is it and how will it affect museum visitors?

Everything you need to know as workers at the V&A in South Kensington stage a two-day strike

Evening Standard · Sep 24

An English artist paid £2,090 for a painting listed only as ‘in the style of’ Helen McNicoll

David Taylor made an astonishing find at a UK auction when he acquired an oil painting incorrectly attributed to Helen McNicoll for just £2,090. After expert examination, it was confirmed to be McNicoll's masterpiece, The Bean Harvest, appraised at £300,000. Canadian collector Pierre Lassonde later purchased the artwork for £174,000,…

The Times of India · Sep 24