News

Looking Ahead: Anselm Kiefer’s retrospective at the Royal Academy

Kiefer’s first UK retrospective is a major coup for the RA

3 Apr 2014

Flipping Out: Saltz and Simchowitz clash over the art market

Flipping art is a controversial practice: it was only a matter of time before it resulted in a public spat

1 Apr 2014

The last dance? Scandal surrounds the NGA’s allegedly stolen Shiva statue

The National Gallery of Australia has removed a Shiva statue from public view and may return it to India

31 Mar 2014

More art discovered in Cornelius Gurlitt’s home

Gurlitt’s extraordinary cache of art, much of which is being investigated as possible Nazi loot, is bigger than we thought – again

31 Mar 2014

Grayson Perry wins 25th Critics’ Circle Annual Award

Grayson Perry is the first visual artist to receive the honour. He must be getting used to making that claim.

28 Mar 2014

Art Outlook: 28 March

Announcements from the Venice Biennale, Manifesta 10 and Documenta, plus other art world stories from the past week

28 Mar 2014

14-18 NOW announces First World War Centenary Commissions

This morning, UK Culture Secretary Maria Miller introduced a new series of commemorative arts commissions

27 Mar 2014

Designs of the Year 2014

Highlights from the upcoming ‘Designs of the Year 2014’ exhibition at the Design Museum, London

26 Mar 2014

TEFAF 2014: Ten Galleries Pick Their Highlights

We asked 10 galleries at TEFAF to pick out their personal highlights

20 Mar 2014

Art Outlook: 20 March

The plight of Pompeii, mega-yachts in Venice, and other news, comments and stories from around the web

20 Mar 2014

‘I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart’: painting at the De La Warr Pavilion

Celebrating the gestural, colourful, restless potential of the medium

15 Mar 2014

Premiums: Interim Projects at the RA Schools

The RA Schools’ exhibition of art by its current students is open until Wednesday

14 Mar 2014

Introducing TEFAF’s new Chairman

We spoke with Willem van Roijen about his new role, and his hopes for the fair

14 Mar 2014

Art Outlook: 13 March

Spotlight on Syria and other news, comments and stories from around the web

13 Mar 2014

Manifesta 10 will go ahead in Russia despite calls for a boycott

How should the art world respond to Russia’s occupation of Ukraine?

12 Mar 2014

Catlin Art Prize shortlist announced

Seven artists will exhibit at the Londonewcastle Project Space, London, in May

11 Mar 2014

‘The 7 Most Endangered’ Programme 2014

The shortlist for ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ programme 2014 has been announced

7 Mar 2014

Art Outlook: 6 March

Our weekly round-up of art world news, comments and stories from around the web

6 Mar 2014

‘Venus Drawn Out’ at The Armory Show, New York

Susan Harris has drawn together an impressive selection of drawings by 20th-century women artists, for The Armory Show’s first curated display

3 Mar 2014

Malcolm Rogers to retire from the MFA Boston

Malcolm Rogers, the director of the MFA Boston, has announced that he is to retire

28 Feb 2014

Art Outlook: 27 February

Our round-up of stories from the week: trouble in Sydney as artists speak out against the Sydney Biennale’s main sponsor

27 Feb 2014

How not to remove a Banksy

On 20 February the Independent posted an article explaining how Banksy murals are removed: the next day, somebody had a crack at it.

26 Feb 2014

Protest at the Guggenheim over Saadiyat Island labour conditions

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is to be built on the site in the United Arab Emirates

25 Feb 2014

Collectors sue the Keith Haring Foundation

The $40 million suit argues that by labelling around 80 works as fake, the foundation destroyed their value

23 Feb 2014