VALIE EXPORT, Feminist Artist and Filmmaker, 1940–2026

The artist will receive £30,000 and recognition for their significant contribution to photography in Europe

Aydin Mahdizadeh Tehrani, the general director of visual arts at the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, made a statement confirming the nation's intentions

Artists and cultural organisations based in Somalia say the country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion was developed without meaningful local involvement and does not reflect the country’s cultural sector

More than 50 artists in the main exhibition and participants from national pavilions have declined consideration for this year’s ‘Visitor Lion’ prizes amid widening disputes over the inclusion of Israel and Russia

A federal report finds widespread deferred maintenance across the US museum sector, with institutions citing rising repair costs, accessibility barriers and limited public funding for infrastructure.

Artists and cultural workers shutter national pavilions as political tensions over Gaza and Ukraine engulf the world’s leading art exhibition

Kader Attia will curate the seventh edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which will open in December 2027

The painter, sculptor and printmaker Georg Baselitz has died, aged 88

In June, the British billionaire Joe Lewis will sell a collection encompassing works by the likes of Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse and Lucian Freud

The international jury for the 61st Venice Biennale has resigned ahead of the exhibition’s opening on 9 May

Newly filed documents reveal further details about the finances of the gallery, which closed in February