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Francis Bacon: Tate archive controversy; NY photographer Alice Austen; Michel Majerus in Basel
This week: why is Tate rejecting an archive of material relating to Francis Bacon, 18 years after acquiring it? Our London correspondent Martin Baile…
4 years, 3 months ago
Crypto crash: what now for NFTs? Plus, Norway’s mega-museum and a Spanish-American screen
We talk to the writer and critic Amy Castor about what effect the tumbling crypto markets might have on the until-now booming world of non-fungible t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Picasso and the Old Masters; the Queen by Chris Levine; political interference in museums
This week, Picasso and the Old Masters: as shows pairing the Spaniard with Ingres and El Greco open in London and Basel respectively, Ben Luke talks …
4 years, 3 months ago
The hunt for looted Cambodian heritage; the dark truth of the Marcos family’s extravagance; Ruth Asawa
This week: are stolen Cambodian statues hidden in the world’s great public collections? We discuss Cambodia’s looted heritage with Celia Hatton, Asia…
4 years, 4 months ago
New York: Frieze and auction bonanza. Plus, the Albers Foundation in Senegal, and a golden Indian manuscript
This week, as Frieze New York takes place at The Shed in Hudson Yards, and we come to the end of two weeks of huge auction sales, we talk to The Art …
4 years, 4 months ago
Saving Ukraine’s heritage; Cezanne blockbuster; Nicola L.’s Gold Femme Commode
This week: is heritage in Ukraine being attacked and looted, and what can be done to protect it? Ben Luke talks to The Art Newspaper’s museums and he…
4 years, 4 months ago
Philip Guston Now opens, revamped. Plus, Queer Britain museum and Caterina Angela Pierozzi rediscovered
This week, Philip Guston Now is unveiled at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston after its controversial postponement in 2020; Ben Luke talks to Kate Ne…
4 years, 4 months ago
French election: what now for the art scene? Plus, Walter Sickert and Gordon Parks
This week, now that the pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron has defeated the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election,…
4 years, 5 months ago
Venice Biennale special: four artist interviews, main show review and a Bellini masterpiece
A Venice Biennale special: we give you a flavour of the 59th edition of the Biennale which, as ever, brings a deluge of contemporary art to the histo…
4 years, 5 months ago
Photographer Edward Burtynsky on his Ukrainian heritage; Winslow Homer; China-Russia: a new cultural boycott?
This week: Tom Seymour talks to the photographer Edward Burtynsky as he is recognised for his Outstanding Contribution to his medium in the Sony Worl…
4 years, 5 months ago