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John Akomfrah and Jasleen Kaur among 200 signatories of letter denouncing Barbican’s decision to remove arts head – The Art Newspaper
More than 200 arts professionals, including the artists Jasleen Kaur, Isaac Julien and John Akomfrah, have signed an open letter...
London National Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm Hammershøi—podcast – The Art Newspaper
After opening a major building project in May last year and announcing the details of another in September, which is...
South Africa pavilion will be empty at 2026 Venice Biennale, culture ministry says – The Art Newspaper
The South African pavilion will be empty at the forthcoming 2026 Venice Biennale, a spokesperson for the country’s Department of Sports, Arts...
Why yellow was Van Gogh’s favourite colour – The Art Newspaper
Yellow: Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour opened this week in Amsterdam (until 17 May). The Van Gogh Museum’s new exhibition focuses...
Turkey’s heritage power grab: new law threatens Istanbul’s opposition-run cultural sites – The Art Newspaper
A new law empowering Turkey’s central government to seize historic properties from local authorities is raising fears that heritage sites...
US Commission of Fine Arts signs off on Trump’s White House ballroom – The Art Newspaper
US president Donald Trump’s vision of building a grand ballroom on the site of the White House’s demolished East Wing...
More than 600 works by Afro-Brazilian artists returned to Brazil – The Art Newspaper
A collection of 666 works by 135 Afro-Brazilian artists has been voluntarily returned in the largest repatriation of its kind...
Dóra Maurer, ‘towering figure’ of the Hungarian art scene, has died aged 88 – The Art Newspaper
Dóra Maurer, the Hungarian painter, printmaker and filmmaker, has died at the age of 88. Her death was confirmed by...
Art collective Cooking Sections’ food projects are helping save the planet – The Art Newspaper
As this column has repeatedly shown, there is no shortage of artists making work that engages with the ecological and...
New biography offers well-crafted story of Louise Bourgeois’s rich life – The Art Newspaper
A famous portrait of the French-American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) shows her outside her home in New York City, wearing...