Remembering Desmond Morris, the Surrealist painter and zoologist who explored the artistic abilities of apes
Morris’s eight decades at the easel left him among the last of the original Surrealists
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Written by Tiffany Sarvis “So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But […]
At Mexico City’s Laboratorio Arte Alameda, restoration shapes artistic practice
A site-specific project emerges from the conservation of the museum’s 16th-century building
Comment | Art Basel’s Zero 10 grows up and outgrows the digital community that led to its inception
The digital art showcase’s third edition, at Art Basel’s hometown fair, offered much-needed historical context while prompting a fundamental question: who is this for?
Canadian Museum for Human Rights show on Palestinian displacement offers nuanced, empathetic perspective amid uproar
Met with opposition and outrage from the moment it was announced, the show gathers historical objects and images, poetry, contemporary art and video interviews
Vatican begins restoration of Raphael Loggias, featuring celebrated fresco cycle by Renaissance master
More than 20 experts are expected to work on the decorative cycle over five years
Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern, the Brexit effect, a Renaissance tarot deck—podcast
In this week’s episode, Ben Luke learns about Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern in London, speaks to Alexander Herman of the Institute of Art and Law on the impact of […]
Outrageous and outsized musical tribute to Claes Oldenburg takes the stage in Los Angeles
In “Enormous Things: The Musical”, the beloved Pop artist confronts a creative block while Jeff Koons taunts him mercilessly and Calder, Kusama and Michelangelo offer advice
The Box in Plymouth, ‘a welcoming space’ which ‘reaches beyond its walls’, wins UK Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize
The museum has been praised for the ambitious way it has shared its collections and for its social outreach
Manifesta 2026 asks what should happen to Germany’s unused churches
From a tea garden to a basketball court to art installations, the 16th edition of the nomadic biennial transforms disused churches in Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Bochum
