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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 39m

Opening 15 October, Ibraaz in Fitzrovia will spotlight global majority artists and “necessary conversations” about culture, identity and power.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 2h

Frieze is expanding to the Gulf with an Abu Dhabi fair launching in November 2026—its first in the Middle East and eighth global edition.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 3h

Bonhams Los Angeles will auction 30 Bob Ross paintings to benefit US public television after major funding cuts under President Trump’s administration.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 4h

Two new films—Alice Diop’s Fragments for Venus and Bingham Bryant’s Doomed and Famous—turn the act of looking at art into cinema’s central subject.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 20h

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Crowns (Peso Neto) (1981), from his first solo show, will headline Sotheby’s November sale in New York, estimated at up to $40m.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 21h

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered an 11,000-year-old carved face at Karahan Tepe, offering new insight into early human expression and symbolism.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 22h

NEW EPISODE | The Week in Art Podcast: Nigerian Modernism, Tehran’s art scene after the war, Wayne Thiebaud’s ‘Cake’

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 22h

As political pressure mounts, artists like Amy Sherald are pulling shows in protest—raising urgent questions about the future of political, truth-telling art.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 23h

Artist Peter Doig and gallerist Parinaz Mogadassi are reviving McGlynn’s, a much-loved King’s Cross pub, preserving one of London’s few remaining community landmarks.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 1d

NEW EPISODE: A brush with... Suzanne Jackson

Suzanne Jackson talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 1d

Belgium’s art world is in uproar after the Flemish government announced plans to dissolve Antwerp’s Museum of Contemporary Art and move its collection to Ghent.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 1d

Gallerist Pilar Ordovas teams up with former Sotheby’s experts Jean Fritts and Pierre Mollfulleda for a show linking African and Oceanic art with Modern masters.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 1d

Louisa Buck spotlights Bristol’s Spike Island as a model for environmental action—arguing that sustainability isn’t just ethical, it’s financially smart.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 1d

Art Basel has revealed 87 participating galleries for its first fair in Qatar—more than 50% above initial expectations, organisers say.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago’s cultural commissioner Clinée Hedspeth has resigned amid allegations of bullying and mismanagement within the city’s arts department.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 2d

William Kentridge’s acclaimed opera Waiting for the Sibyl makes its New York debut in Brooklyn, blending animation, collage and South African harmonies.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 2d

A new documentary, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, captures the Gaza war through the eyes—and WhatsApp calls—of Palestinian photographer Fatima Hassouna.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 2d

Photographer Shahidul Alam has been detained by Israeli forces while aboard an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 3d

To mark the centenary of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth, curator Michelle White selects five essential books that capture the artist’s humour, experimentation and influence.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 3d

As Tate launches a £150m endowment and Baltic receives a major gift from Sting, debate grows over whether endowment funds can secure museums’ futures.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 3d

Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany, a former minister of antiquities, has been nominated to become Unesco’s next director-general—the first from the Arab world.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 3d

Steve McQueen’s granddaughter has filed a lawsuit claiming ownership of a $68m Jackson Pollock painting, alleging a failed property exchange decades ago.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 3d

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has closed amid the ongoing US government shutdown, while Smithsonian museums remain open—for now.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 4d

Japan’s Aichi Triennale returns with a politically charged edition confronting war, memory and environmental collapse—under the direction of Hoor Al Qasimi.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 4d

Over 1,500 Italian arts workers have signed an open letter urging their government to condemn the Gaza assault and recognise the state of Palestine.

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