News

Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti leaves the French Cabinet

Filippetti left the Cabinet in the midst of a political crisis which resulted in a reshuffle this weekend

27 Aug 2014

Art Outlook: 21 August

Major resignations at Gwangju Biennale and Art Basel; the Bin Laden’s Carrara quarry; and drama at the Jeff Koons retrospective

21 Aug 2014

Art Outlook: 14 August

Ukraine museums move to protect their collections; auction houses move online; and robots move in to the Tate

14 Aug 2014

Could a newly discovered tomb in Greece hold Hellenistic treasures?

It’s thought it could have links with Alexander the Great, and items have been found previously nearby

13 Aug 2014

Milking It: Delaware Art Museum will sell two more works of art

Winslow Homer’s ‘Milking Time’ and Alexander Calder’s ‘The Black Crescent’ are next up

11 Aug 2014

Art Outlook: 7 August

What is the light over London? Can children understand art? And what are tortoises doing in the Aspen Art Museum?

7 Aug 2014

Lights Out: Remembering the First World War

The UK’s monuments will go dark this evening, marking 100 years since the start of the First World War

4 Aug 2014

Northampton Museums lose Arts Council Accreditation

The Sekhemka sale has quickly become something of a case study in the dangers of deaccessioning

4 Aug 2014

Art Outlook: 1 August

Some of the stories we’ve spotted this week

1 Aug 2014

Acquisitions of the Month: July

Deaccessioning is in the news, but what of the museums that have been acquiring new work?

31 Jul 2014

New Art Gallery at Goldsmiths

Plans have been unveiled for a new gallery at Goldsmiths, to be designed by London-based architecture collective Assemble

29 Jul 2014

Art Outlook: 25 July

Some of the stories we’ve spotted this week: Otto Piene; cruise ships in Venice; Northampton’s funding future; and schnapps

25 Jul 2014

Latin American art: the best of this summer’s shows

Five exhibitions of Latin American art to see this summer

24 Jul 2014

Magnus Renfrew to leave Art Basel for Bonhams Asia

Renfrew, who set up Art HK (now Art Basel in Hong Kong) in 2008, will start at Bonhams this September as Deputy Chairman, Asia

22 Jul 2014

Otto Piene: 1928–2014

The influential artist died on 17 July, shortly after the opening of an exhibition of his work in Berlin

21 Jul 2014

Art Outlook: 17 July

Cancelled shows, contested ownership, online auctions and contemporary art in the countryside… some of the stories we’ve spotted this week

17 Jul 2014

Download your own Deller: Own Art give away 10,000 digital editions…

Are Deller’s downloadable film stills really collectibles in the traditional sense of the term?

16 Jul 2014

The Winged Victory of Samothrace is back at the Louvre

One of the Louvre’s most popular sculptures is back after a 10-month restoration period

11 Jul 2014

Art Outlook: 10 July

Record-breaking sales; the Museum of the Year; Abramovic wears Adidas; and censored pubic hair…

10 Jul 2014

Yorkshire Sculpture Park named Art Fund’s Museum of the Year

‘A perfect fusion of art and landscape’ the YSP has been named Museum of the Year 2014

10 Jul 2014

John Moores Painting Prize shortlist announced

Congratulations to the five artists who have been shortlisted for this year’s £25,000 prize

4 Jul 2014

Brown’s London Art Weekend

Susan Moore and Emma Crichton-Miller will lead tours of Mayfair and St James’s galleries as part of the first London Art Weekend

4 Jul 2014

Art Outlook: 3 July

Funding, Manifesta and internet memes… a round-up of recent news and discussion

3 Jul 2014

Arts Council Funding: Winners and Losers

Which visual arts organisations have seen the biggest changes?

2 Jul 2014