In the wake of catastrophic wildfires, a new city will emerge
In viral essays and beyond, those who bemoan the dominance of identity politics in museums often reveal more of their own biases than of the art world's
The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity
Recent episodes of censorship at two of the city’s leading art museums have laid bare the rifts between artists, institutions and their publics
The institution, which is about to welcome the first students to its new home, takes a refreshing and genuinely democratising approach to art education
When it comes to copyright infringement, establishing culpability and illegality in the age of artificial intelligence is murky
Institutions have a moral duty to better represent the persecuted Kurdish religious minority
Paying artists properly enables them not only to meet their needs equitably but also to flourish, fostering future savings and investments within their communities
The performing arts rally support by drawing attention to the state of jeopardy they are in—we could do with taking a leaf out of their book
The simplification of complex issues is enabled by weak or fearful cultural institutions and and strident self-righteousness
The country recognises the arts as a powerful driver of education and professional identity, a beacon of corporate social responsibility and as a valuable tool of soft power and diplomacy
New York City law now requires information about salary ranges in job descriptions—a welcome change for fellow art workers, say Tom Finkelpearl and Pablo Helguera
Artist John Munro on his pursuit of the Romantic picturesque in depictions of the climate catastrophe
The painting, sold last week at Sotheby's for $45.4m, was listed among workshop and studio pictures in Ronald Lightbown’s 1978 catalogue of Botticelli’s work, before being included as an autograph work in an exhibition at Frankfurt's Städel Museum in 2009. Here, in a pair of opinion pieces, two Renaissance experts give their contrasting views on its attribution
No one would argue that removing statues of the sex criminal is “cancelling culture”, yet this logic is routinely used to defend monuments of slavers, argues one of The Art Newspaper's readers
Protests about the gallery’s lack of transparency concerning the energy company's sponsorship miss the point of how big business and the arts interact
While the 2008 global financial meltdown largely failed to dent sales, in 2015 our editor-at-large warned that the falling oil price experienced at the time could prove much more serious
Let’s admit it: without the artist to explain and animate his work, much of it is incomprehensible
The estate of Joseph Beuys has brought the Museum Schloss Moyland to court over photographs of Beuys' performance art
After a decade of acclaim, will its triumph be topped by Tate Modern 2?
'History is unpredictable, and we cannot know which obscure artist or minor exhibition may once be regarded as a groundbreaking historical event'
Since the late 1990s there has been a strong push towards provenance research of collections and museums, and restitution of items that were looted or taken by the Nazis during their period of power
The current drop in activity may be healthy for the sustainability of the future art market
A letter to the editor
In 2007 the economist James Sproule examined the risks facing the market—and the good news was it was not all doom and gloom
There is a danger that money will trump knowledge, observed the New York dealer in 2007
In 2007 the creative industries consultant noted that the “insider” aspect of the contemporary art market and hierarchy of knowledge and status that it creates was a significant part of its attraction
Adrian Ellis, director of AEA Consulting, talks on the threat this poses to the perceived legitimacy of cultural institutions
The British Art Market Federation chairman on Artists' Resale Right representing a serious challenge to market competitiveness in 2005
How a historical work of art loses its past