The Week in Art
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The Week in Art

by The Art Newspaper

From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world's big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1
New Museum extension opens, NextGen collectors, a Wardian Case in Oxford
59:04 Mar 20, 2026
2
Iran war: art communities and heritage in Iran, moderate recovery in the art market, Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Sydney Biennale
53:25 Mar 13, 2026
3
Iran war and culture in the Gulf, the Whitney Biennial, Rembrandt discovery
55:16 Mar 6, 2026
4
Venice Biennale details revealed, Beatriz González, Tracey Emin
1:08:56 Feb 27, 2026
5
National Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm Hammershøi
1:02:25 Feb 20, 2026
6
The US struggles with history, Stephen Friedman Gallery closes, Tudor Heart pendant acquired by the British Museum
52:27 Feb 13, 2026
7
Art Basel Qatar, Dürer portrait debate, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch
56:25 Feb 6, 2026
8
Venice Biennale: South African pavilion scandal, Marian Goodman remembered, Paul Cezanne in Basel
57:19 Jan 30, 2026
9
Smithsonian’s African LGBTQ+ exhibition, art and the Iran crisis, Louise Nevelson at the Pompidou Metz
1:07:08 Jan 23, 2026
10
Hawai’i at the British Museum, a Venice palazzo for sale, Joseph Beuys’s Bathtub
1:08:58 Jan 16, 2026
11
The Year Ahead 2026: the big shows and the key openings
1:12:33 Jan 9, 2026
12
2025: our review of the year
1:20:52 Dec 19, 2025
13
Frank Gehry remembered, Serpentine and FLAG Art Foundation prize, Joan Semmel
56:51 Dec 12, 2025
14
Art Basel Miami Beach, Louvre crisis deepens, Helene Schjerfbeck
53:26 Dec 5, 2025
15
The US Venice Biennale saga, Queer Islamic art in Oslo, Duane Linklater in Ottawa
56:28 Nov 28, 2025
16
The $236m Klimt, Cop 30 and the art world, Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid
48:43 Nov 21, 2025
17
Studio Museum in Harlem, Grand Egyptian Museum, Stanley Spencer
1:08:25 Nov 14, 2025
18
MFA Boston returns enslaved artist’s work to his heirs, Wifredo Lam, Ghirlandaio’s Adoration of the Magi
1:09:59 Nov 7, 2025
19
Gauguin “fake” is real, Mrinalini Mukherjee and her circle, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s head piece
58:52 Oct 31, 2025
20
Louvre heist: the fallout, RoseLee Goldberg on the Performa Biennial, Wayne McGregor on his new installation
1:15:05 Oct 23, 2025
21
Frieze in London, Hypha Studios and Renoir’s drawing for The Great Bathers
55:03 Oct 16, 2025
22
Nigerian Modernism, Tehran’s art scene after the war, Wayne Thiebaud’s Cakes
1:05:48 Oct 9, 2025
23
Who made ancient Egyptian art? Plus, Michaelina Wautier, Robert Rauschenberg’s Bed
1:13:54 Oct 2, 2025
24
Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn
1:08:45 Sep 25, 2025
25
Kerry James Marshall, National Gallery expansion, Picasso’s Three Dancers
1:26:43 Sep 18, 2025
26
David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker
1:04:39 Sep 11, 2025
27
Smithsonian under fire from Trump, Frieze Seoul, Dara Birnbaum and Quantum
59:03 Sep 4, 2025
28
Arthur Jafa and Mark Leckey, Cecilia Alemani on SITE Santa Fe, Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg
1:08:37 Jun 26, 2025
29
Art Basel, human remains in Dutch museums, Eva Hesse
55:05 Jun 19, 2025
30
Rachel Jones, Liverpool Biennial, UK Aids Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern
1:01:12 Jun 12, 2025
31
London Gallery Weekend, Brazil’s National Museum, Jane Austen at the Morgan
58:58 Jun 5, 2025
32
Museum openings: V&A East Storehouse and the Met’s Rockefeller Wing, plus Rachel Whiteread at Goodwood Art Foundation
1:22:04 May 29, 2025
33
Jean Tinguely’s 100th anniversary, Fenix Museum, Ben Shahn
1:04:52 May 22, 2025
34
Koyo Kouoh remembered, Queen Elizabeth II memorial, Jasper Johns by Robert Storr
59:12 May 15, 2025
35
London: National Gallery refurb and rehang, Tate Modern is 25. Plus, Inge Mahn
1:19:41 May 8, 2025
36
Frank Auerbach’s Berlin homecoming, human remains and museums, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s ‘Republic’
1:13:21 May 1, 2025
37
Pope Francis and art, JMW Turner’s 250th birthday, John Singer Sargent’s Madame X
1:01:54 Apr 24, 2025
38
Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader, teamLab in Abu Dhabi, Vermeer’s final painting?
52:20 Apr 17, 2025
39
Trump’s assault on museums and libraries, the art market’s 12% fall, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett
58:38 Apr 10, 2025
40
Museum visitor figures—highs and lows, William Morris mania, Marguerite Matisse, the unsung hero of her father’s art
1:00:51 Apr 3, 2025
41
The Frick: Annabelle Selldorf interview and our review. Plus, Taiso Yoshitoshi
1:00:55 Mar 28, 2025
42
Jack Whitten at MoMA, New York, Paris Noir at the Pompidou, Arpita Singh at the Serpentine
1:09:01 Mar 21, 2025
43
The big art slowdown, Dutch funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow
54:23 Mar 14, 2025
44
Censorship and Australia’s Venice Biennale pavilion, a controversial AI auction, and Elizabeth Catlett in Washington
1:08:37 Mar 7, 2025
45
Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine and art—three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern
1:10:38 Feb 28, 2025
46
Gee’s Bend quiltmakers, “Degenerate” Art in Paris, and Mel Bochner remembered
1:03:31 Feb 21, 2025
47
Anselm Kiefer, Hoor al Qasimi on Sharjah, a Picasso Blue Period mystery
1:14:45 Feb 14, 2025
48
Trump tariffs and Zona Maco in Mexico, India Art Fair, and American photography at the Rijksmuseum
56:56 Feb 7, 2025
49
Peter Hujar, Gregg Bordowitz and Rotimi Fani-Kayode: art and the Aids struggle
1:14:51 Jan 31, 2025
50
Artists in Gaza respond to the ceasefire, Cimabue at the Louvre, a Baroque printmaking family
1:00:08 Jan 24, 2025
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