People Hayward Director Ralph Rugoff Chosen as Artistic Director of the 2019 Venice Biennale Rugoff is the first UK-based curator ever to secure the coveted position. By Javier Pes, Dec 15, 2017
Art World Tim Marlow’s ‘Great Art’ Series Is Heading to British TV—But da Vinci Doesn’t Make the First Cut Films on famous artists that have been adapted from cinema releases will be fronted by the Royal Academy’s artistic director. By Javier Pes, Dec 15, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Turner Prize Nominee Michael Dean Will Bring It All Back Home to Newcastle The in-demand young artist will create a major work for the Baltic gallery, which is also showing Lubaina Himid, winner of this year's Turner Prize. By Javier Pes, Dec 14, 2017
Art World Clashes in Spain as Religious Art in Catalan Museum Heads Back to Aragon Works from the historic Monastery of Sijena are at the center of a longstanding dispute between the neighboring regions. By Javier Pes, Dec 11, 2017
Art World Lubaina Himid Wins the 2017 Turner Prize as Age Limit Is Lifted Though wildly accomplished, the Zanzibar-born artist has only recently found gallery representation. By Caroline Elbaor & Javier Pes, Dec 5, 2017
Art World Ai Weiwei Harnesses His Celebrity to Show Global Scale of Refugee Crisis The Chinese artist says at UK premiere that after visiting more than 20 countries for his documentary, he expects the problem to get worse. By Javier Pes, Dec 5, 2017
Art World Can Museum Curators Ever Moonlight as Art Advisors Without Corrupting Themselves? In the wake of Beatrix Ruf's resignation from the Stedelijk, curators are re-examining the common practice of offering pro bono advice to collectors. By Julia Halperin & Javier Pes, Dec 4, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Mark Bradford’s Next Move After the Venice Biennale? A Splashy New Commission for Baltimore The artist is creating a spectacular "waterfall" for the Baltimore Museum of Art, which will host a version of his Venice Biennale presentation next fall. By Javier Pes, Dec 1, 2017
Art World Hauser & Wirth Snaps Up Eduardo Chillida Estate as It Plans to Reopen the Artist’s Basque Country Museum With a little help from the gallery, Chillida’s children plan to reopen the award-winning Chillida-Leku. By Javier Pes, Nov 30, 2017
Art & Exhibitions The Hirshhorn and Beyeler Join Forces to Stage a Georg Baselitz Survey—Naked Man and All The Swiss-US retrospective will include early painting that shocked 1960s Germany, plus “exuberant and explosive” late works. By Javier Pes, Nov 24, 2017
Art World Bruce Gilden’s Unflinching Portraits of British ‘Underdogs’ Go Unseen in Middle England The Magnum photographer's in-your-face images are too close to home for galleries to exhibit. By Javier Pes, Nov 24, 2017
Art World A Monumental Sculpture by One of Obama’s Favorite Artists Returns to the Royal Academy—With Ideological Baggage George Frederic Watts’s great equestrian statue "Physical Energy" is now shorn of association with imperialist Cecil Rhodes, who the artist supported. By Javier Pes, Nov 21, 2017
Politics What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing UK Museums? Brexit and Budget Cuts, New Report Says The report tallies government spending on UK museums for the first time. By Javier Pes, Nov 17, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Linder Sterling Summons the Ghosts of Chatsworth House for Her Next Show The British stately home’s first artist-in-residence is organizing a spiritualist-inspired show for Nottingham Contemporary. By Javier Pes, Nov 14, 2017
Art World The Louvre Abu Dhabi Puts a $1 Billion Spotlight on Globalization—But Makes Some Glaring Historical Omissions Architect Jean Nouvel says Gehry’s Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Foster's Zayed National Museum “need to be built” too on Saadiyat Island. By Javier Pes, Nov 8, 2017