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Iran war and culture in the Gulf, the Whitney Biennial, Rembrandt discovery
As the war against Iran instigated last week by Israel and the United States continues to spread through the Middle East, we explore how it affects t…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Venice Biennale details revealed, Beatriz González, Tracey Emin
Following the tragic death of Koyo Kouoh last May, the details of her final project—In Minor Keys, the international exhibition of the 2026 Venice Bi…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
National Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm Hammershøi
After opening a major building project in May last year and announcing the details of another in September, which is due to open in the early 2030s, …
7 months ago
The US struggles with history, Stephen Friedman Gallery closes, Tudor Heart pendant acquired by the British Museum
On 4 July 2026 the US will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the nation’s founding document. But huge divisions in US so…
7 months, 1 week ago
Art Basel Qatar, Dürer portrait debate, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch
The first Art Basel Qatar art fair is now open in Qatar’s capital, Doha, and The Art Newspaper’s art market editor, Kabir Jhala, joins Ben Luke to di…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Venice Biennale: South African pavilion scandal, Marian Goodman remembered, Paul Cezanne in Basel
The South African culture minister, the right-wing populist Gayton McKenzie, is attempting to cancel the project for South Africa’s pavilion at the f…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Smithsonian’s African LGBTQ+ exhibition, art and the Iran crisis, Louise Nevelson at the Pompidou Metz
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. this week opens Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art, a new exhibition focus…
8 months ago
Hawai’i at the British Museum, a Venice palazzo for sale, Joseph Beuys’s Bathtub
As the British Museum opens Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans, Ben Luke takes a tour of the exhibition with the museum’s head of Oceania, Alice Chri…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Year Ahead 2026: the big shows and the key openings
It is the first episode of 2026. So we look ahead at the next 12 months with a guide to big museum openings, biennials and exhibitions. Ben Luke is j…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
2025: our review of the year
As always, the final episode of The Week in Art of the year is a review of the past 12 months. To look at the top stories, the big issues and the bes…
9 months ago