Who had a good year and who had a bad one? We aim to find out

From insects trapped in paint and Vincent's support of a brass band to the scene depicted in his final picture—plus it was suicide (not murder)

The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars

Bendor Grosvenor selects his favourite exhibition, discovery, book and auction consignment of the year

We look back on a year of museums commandeered as Covid-19 vaccine centres, masterpieces sold as NFTs and much talk over the Benin bronzes

The past year will mostly be remembered for the ongoing social and economic convulsions caused by Covid-19. But in the art trade, the old world order was being demolished

Each week The Art Newspaper reflects on how big geopolitical developments affect different realms of art and heritage