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The global art market braces for stormy weather

An uncertain political and economic outlook around the world means that art sales are down – but not quite out

1 Jul 2024

Gold Icon On the road with Ed Ruscha

The artist laureate of Los Angeles also draws on the everyday junk of Southern California to embellish the myth of a city nestled between the ocean and the desert

1 Jul 2024

Indigenous Himalayan art is reaching new heights

Though its market is comparatively young, demand for the traditional arts of the Himalayas is steadily climbing

Lust for life – the art of Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland

Pleasure is a point of principle at Studio Voltaire’s exhibition of works by the two artists

1 Jul 2024

The dealers who are turning art fairs into more domestic affairs

Jeffrey Deitch’s pleasingly homely booth at Art Basel this year reflects the tastes of a new generation of buyers – but is the loss of connoisseurship a price worth paying?

1 Jul 2024

Bührle Collection’s provenance research found inadequate by highly critical report

Plus: Eike Schmidt loses bid to become mayor of Florence; and US Supreme Court reverses a ruling that protected Sackler family from civil lawsuits

28 Jun 2024

Kendall Jenner is let loose in the Louvre

Was the reality star consciously emulating the Italian mannerists when she embarked on a night-time tour of France’s most hallowed museum sans footwear?

28 Jun 2024

Horse in Majesty – At the Heart of a Civilisation

The Palace of Versailles, which is hosting Olympic equestrian events this summer, canters through five centuries of equine art

28 Jun 2024

Dalí: Disruption and Devotion

Surrealism’s most famous exponent had a profound respect for the Old Masters, according to this exhibition at the MFA Boston

28 Jun 2024

Barbie: The Exhibition

More than six decades of fantastic life in plastic, from dream houses to the dolls themselves, go on display at the Design Museum in London

28 Jun 2024

A World of Care: Turner and the Environment

Turner’s depictions of the effects of industrialisation are relevant to the climate crisis today, argues a show at the artist’s house in London

28 Jun 2024

The afterlives of the wives of Henry VIII

Being married to the monarch was a hazardous business, but all six queens have lived on in popular memory and the artistic imagination

28 Jun 2024

The British artists who took a restless approach to still life

Still-life painting in Britain really took off in the 20th century when artists adopted a more experimental approach

28 Jun 2024

Four things to see: Data

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of the conceptual artist On Kawara, we look at four artworks that derive their power and meaning from data

28 Jun 2024

Chardin’s strawberries are ripe for reappraisal this summer

The artist’s ability to stop time is on full display in a painting that was recently acquired by the Louvre and is now touring France

27 Jun 2024

The weird reflections of Jean Cocteau

An exhibition in Venice underscores the artist’s restless imagination and shapeshifting tendencies

26 Jun 2024

When fashion resists interpretation

Peter Hujar and Paul Thek offer a lesson in the art of appreciation at Loewe’s menswear show in Paris

25 Jun 2024

Birmingham’s Barber Institute is getting more cutting-edge

Midway through a major refurbishment, the Institute is still managing to thrive at a challenging time for UK museums

23 Jun 2024

Diamonds, dinosaurs and drawings – just some of the fun at London’s summer fairs

There really is something for every kind of collector at Treasure House Fair and London Art Week this summer

22 Jun 2024

Do any political parties have a vision for the arts?

Power is set to change hands next month in Downing Street, but whether that will be enough to fix Britain’s funding of the arts is another matter

22 Jun 2024

The week in art news – Just Stop Oil protestors spray powder on Stonehenge

Plus: Matthew Teitelbaum, director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is stepping down; and the art dealer Barbara Gladstone has died

21 Jun 2024

Donald Sutherland’s brush with Gauguin

Obituaries of the actor are rightly lauding his work in M*A*S*H, Don’t Look Now and JFK, but fail to mark his indelible performance as one of the leading post-Impressionists

21 Jun 2024

Francis Alÿs: Ricochets

The Mexico-based artist’s ongoing series focusing on children’s games from around the globe goes on show at the Barbican

21 Jun 2024

Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection

The Morgan is celebrating its 100th birthday with an exhibition centred around its newly acquired collection of Dutch works on paper

21 Jun 2024