Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have won the commissions to paint the former U.S. president and first lady
The painter's approach to portraiture seems even more refreshing in the era of selfies
A trashy installation in Aspen, Bath on Botox, and Prince's dancing shoes at the V&A
Art news daily : 24 October
Two exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich demonstrate the gulf between royal and popular culture in the build-up to and aftermath of the 1917 revolution
The fair's second autumn edition in New York builds on last year's success – and includes some extraordinary exhibits
Art news daily : 23 October
The news that Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' is to be auctioned at Christie's has caused quite a stir. Why is his work so important to people?
To devote an entire show and a book exclusively to artists’ images of death – and nothing else – seems profoundly odd
The creator of the Moomins thought deeply about friendship in her Alice illustrations
A new art gallery in Bishop Auckland celebrates the mining art of northern England
Art news daily: 20 October
An apparently innocuous painting is terrifying the good folk of the Midlands
The new film 'Loving Vincent' has its mawkish moments, but its oil-painted imagery sets it apart
Art news daily: 19 October
The last major Tintin work by Hergé goes under the hammer this weekend. Can it beat Asterix's astronomical prices?
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are a formidable artistic partnership, whose work takes a piercing look at life in the Soviet Union
Will a grant of €400 million euros bring the phenomenal Prussian royal collections to wider attention?
Art news daily: 18 October
The sensitive juxtaposition of old and new could revive some of the site’s more neglected artefacts
Art news daily: 17 October
The art that floats Shaun Ryder's boat, Donald Trump’s ‘Renoir’, Tracey Emin's laundry, and Britney Spears’ new hobby
Soth's photographs in 'Sleeping by the Mississippi' are beautiful and intriguing, but the stories behind them bring them to life
The painter amassed a huge variety of bold and fascinating artworks over the years – many of which are soon to be sold at Sotheby's
