Joana Vasconcelos has sent a cockerel sculpture to Beijing for Chinese New Year. She's only the latest artist to have a thing for chickens
Art News Daily : 6 January
Kirklees Council’s proposal to sell off Francis Bacon's 'Figure Study II' is just a taste of things to come
Jonas Burgert's paintings are dark as hell, and absolutely compelling. His major exhibition in Bologna promises to be a highlight this year
Britain’s oldest manufacturing company, whose origins date back to 1420, is to close this May. What will happen to its historic home?
Art News Daily : 5 January
Facebook recently censored a photograph of Giambologna's Fountain of Neptune in Bologna. But did its software notice the sculpture's naughty side?
A ‘bodegón' thought to be by Velázquez, a Tiepolo head study, and a stag-antler chair are just some of the highlights headed to auction this month
Antwerp's Old Master treasures are on tour, while the Barbican is staging a sprawling but ambitious science fiction exhibition
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
Art News Daily : 4 January
The two artists make a rewarding double act at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery
Hercules Segers heads for the USA, Giacometti goes to Doha, David Hockney turns 80 in style, and more
Art News Daily : 3 January
The radicalism of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City is often overlooked, but Letchworth is an utopian success
It's been a long wait indeed, but the gallery's refurbishment is nearing completion, and there's a good line-up of temporary exhibitions, too
The arty words of the year, a Warhol wrangle in Belgrade, and Anish Kapoor gets his hands on the 'pinkest pink'
The celebrated art critic and novelist has died at the age of 90
From British modern art, to antique rugs and Old Master drawings, there's something for everyone on the art fair circuit this month
American art at the British Museum; Chris Ofili's first tapestry; Shakespeare's Malvolio transformed, and more
One of the most interesting – and challenging – shows next year will be the Serpentine’s double-look at John Latham
From the highly anticipated Pacific Standard Time to New York's famous art fairs, there's plenty to see across the USA in 2017
A number of UK shows are celebrating black British art, and large-scale exhibitions of Merce Cunningham and Lygia Pape are planned in the US
It's been a memorable year in the art world for all sorts of reasons...