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Rethinking Turner Through Slavery and the Archive
Rethinking Turner Through Slavery and the Archive

Art historian Sam Smiles revisits J. M. W. Turner and the meanings attached to The Slave Ship. The book asks how paintings, archives, and colonial histories shape what we think we see.
At the Met, Krasner and Pollock are seen through the studio
At the Met, Krasner and Pollock are seen through the studio

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous, an exhibition focused on Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. It places their work alongside their shared life, in…
A new museum opens in Arona, born from a family gift
A new museum opens in Arona, born from a family gift

A modern and contemporary art museum has opened in Arona, in Piedmont, thanks to a donation from Fanny Usellini, the daughter of painter Gianfilippo Usellini. The museum turns a private legacy into a…
Anne Vallayer-Coster revisited through looking and making
Anne Vallayer-Coster revisited through looking and making

Kelsey Brosnan’s new book offers a feminist re-evaluation of Anne Vallayer-Coster, the 18th-century French painter. It places her career in the Académie Royale, her patrons and her range of subjects…
British Museum to extend Bayeux Tapestry hours
British Museum to extend Bayeux Tapestry hours

After visitors reported waits of up to two hours, the British Museum plans to extend opening hours for its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. It is also adding measures to make the visit easier to navigate…
Mala Iqbal Paints the City’s Strangers and Shared Space
Mala Iqbal Paints the City’s Strangers and Shared Space

In new paintings shown in Hyperallergic on October 2, 2026, Mala Iqbal turns New York interiors, subway cars, and window fronts into places where people share space without fully meeting. The works…
Gallery picks: Santiago de Paoli and Santiago Mostyn
Gallery picks: Santiago de Paoli and Santiago Mostyn

This week’s gallery round-up brings together Santiago de Paoli’s monumental paintings at Jocelyn Wolff and Abraham & Wolff, and Santiago Mostyn’s installation at Andréhn-Schiptjenko. One turns to…
Richard Dadd beyond the Bedlam story
Richard Dadd beyond the Bedlam story

A new Royal Academy catalogue and Jennifer Higgie’s reissued novel revisit Richard Dadd through his practice, references and circumstances rather than through madness alone. The exhibition in London…
Kader Attia at the Louvre: a work on colonial memory
Kader Attia at the Louvre: a work on colonial memory

At the Louvre, Kader Attia presents a work recalling the mass crimes committed under Marshal Bugeaud, governor-general of Algeria from 1841 to 1847. Installed in the museum’s chapel in Paris, the…
Renoir in London, Kanal in Brussels, Ronald Moody in Twickenham
Renoir in London, Kanal in Brussels, Ronald Moody in Twickenham

This week, The Art Newspaper looks at three stories linking painting, museums and sculpture: a Renoir show at the National Gallery, the political debate around Kanal Brussels, and an exhibition on…
At Pavillon populaire, photography’s first experiments
At Pavillon populaire, photography’s first experiments

In Montpellier, the Pavillon populaire is showing Premières fois / Premières photos until 1 November. The exhibition traces two centuries of photographic innovation through pioneering images and…
At IFPDA, works on paper move out of the museum margins
At IFPDA, works on paper move out of the museum margins

In October, IFPDA’s Prints & Drawings Month turns a simple question into a curatorial debate: where should works on paper be shown? On October 19, Drawn Together: Collections in Conversation brings…