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.
Recent Episodes
Iran war and culture in the Gulf, the Whitney Biennial, Rembrandt discovery
6 Mar 2026
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Venice Biennale details revealed, Beatriz González, Tracey Emin
27 Feb 2026
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National Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm Hammershøi
20 Feb 2026
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The US struggles with history, Stephen Friedman Gallery closes, Tudor Heart pendant acquired by the British Museum
13 Feb 2026
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Art Basel Qatar, Dürer portrait debate, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch
6 Feb 2026
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Venice Biennale: South African pavilion scandal, Marian Goodman remembered, Paul Cezanne in Basel
30 Jan 2026
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Smithsonian’s African LGBTQ+ exhibition, art and the Iran crisis, Louise Nevelson at the Pompidou Metz
23 Jan 2026
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Hawai’i at the British Museum, a Venice palazzo for sale, Joseph Beuys’s Bathtub
16 Jan 2026
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The Year Ahead 2026: the big shows and the key openings
9 Jan 2026
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2025: our review of the year
19 Dec 2025
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Frank Gehry remembered, Serpentine and FLAG Art Foundation prize, Joan Semmel
12 Dec 2025
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Art Basel Miami Beach, Louvre crisis deepens, Helene Schjerfbeck
5 Dec 2025
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The US Venice Biennale saga, Queer Islamic art in Oslo, Duane Linklater in Ottawa
28 Nov 2025
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The $236m Klimt, Cop 30 and the art world, Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid
21 Nov 2025
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Studio Museum in Harlem, Grand Egyptian Museum, Stanley Spencer
14 Nov 2025
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MFA Boston returns enslaved artist’s work to his heirs, Wifredo Lam, Ghirlandaio’s Adoration of the Magi
7 Nov 2025
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Gauguin “fake” is real, Mrinalini Mukherjee and her circle, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s head piece
31 Oct 2025
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Louvre heist: the fallout, RoseLee Goldberg on the Performa Biennial, Wayne McGregor on his new installation
23 Oct 2025
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Frieze in London, Hypha Studios and Renoir’s drawing for The Great Bathers
16 Oct 2025
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Nigerian Modernism, Tehran’s art scene after the war, Wayne Thiebaud’s Cakes
9 Oct 2025
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Who made ancient Egyptian art? Plus, Michaelina Wautier, Robert Rauschenberg’s Bed
2 Oct 2025
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Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn
25 Sep 2025
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Kerry James Marshall, National Gallery expansion, Picasso’s Three Dancers
18 Sep 2025
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David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker
11 Sep 2025
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Smithsonian under fire from Trump, Frieze Seoul, Dara Birnbaum and Quantum
4 Sep 2025
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Arthur Jafa and Mark Leckey, Cecilia Alemani on SITE Santa Fe, Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg
26 Jun 2025
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Art Basel, human remains in Dutch museums, Eva Hesse
19 Jun 2025
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Rachel Jones, Liverpool Biennial, UK Aids Memorial Quilt at Tate Modern
12 Jun 2025
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London Gallery Weekend, Brazil’s National Museum, Jane Austen at the Morgan
5 Jun 2025
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Museum openings: V&A East Storehouse and the Met’s Rockefeller Wing, plus Rachel Whiteread at Goodwood Art Foundation
29 May 2025
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