The week in art news – fears grow for the safety of cultural workers in Afghanistan
Plus: Amsterdam is to return a Kandinsky to the heirs of its former owner
Plus: Amsterdam is to return a Kandinsky to the heirs of its former owner
As calls grow for the return of objects acquired during the colonial era, the assessment of claims requires an independent process
Art-lovers and sun-seekers alike will find much to divert them on the Riviera this summer
The tallest sandcastle ever built towers over a seaside town – and there’s no risk of the waves washing it away
A troupe of nimble-footed technicians has been drafted in to restore monuments up and down the country – without a scaffold in sight
The Swiss artist’s tableaux of tables capture the joys of dining in good company
Are virtual viewings and diminished sales here to stay, or will the city’s galleries and auction houses see high footfall return?
The German government has reportedly been in talks about the return of German-held Benin Bronzes, raising hopes of their imminent restitution
Gillian Wearing is in an unusually candid mode in her lockdown paintings, writes Martin Herbert – if you take them at face value, that is
From his sitting room in west London, the Manila-born artist created a vital space for avant-garde artists and writers
The South African photographer talks to Apollo about art, power, and his long-standing mistrust of images
This career-spanning survey presents an artist whose work consistently teeters between the absurd and the poetic
As a second phase of national lockdowns across Europe comes to an end, the reopening of museums will proceed at an uneven pace. In the UK, when a month-long lockdown in England ends on 2 December, museums in Tier 3 will not reopen while those in Tier 2 areas such as London and Liverpool will. […]
Steve McQueen This has been a busy year for Steve McQueen by anyone’s standards. A career retrospective at Tate Modern was accompanied by ‘Year 3’ at Tate Britain – a photographic project that saw the ground-floor gallery walls covered with thousands of school portraits, offering a snapshot of contemporary London; for a short time, enlarged […]
The reconstruction of the Berlin Palace is just one example of the city's nostalgia for the past
Director, National Centre for Arts, Crafts and Design, Mindelo
Critic, Johannesburg
Editor, The Sole Adventurer, Lagos and Amsterdam
Director, Dar al-Ma’mûn, Marrakech
The organisers of Art Basel Miami Beach have cancelled this year’s edition of the fair, due to take place on 3–6 December, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The fair issued a statement on Wednesday declaring that it had no option to cancel, ‘Given the current situation regarding the pandemic’s impact, which spans from South Florida […]