Works by Philip Guston on show with Hauser & Wirth at Art Basel Qatar Courtesy of Art Basel
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.
The first Art Basel Qatar art fair is now open in Qatar’s capital, Doha, and The Art Newspaper’s art market editor, Kabir Jhala, joins Ben Luke to discuss its impact, as well as reflecting on the wider artistic outlook in Qatar and the Middle East.
The author of a new catalogue raisonné of the work of Albrecht Dürer argues that a painting of the artist’s father in the National Gallery in London, long thought to be a copy after Dürer’s original, is in fact an autograph work. Our special correspondent in London, Martin Bailey, tells us about the arguments for and against its authenticity.
After Albrecht Dürer, The Painter’s Father (1497) National Gallery, London
And this episode’s Work of the Week is actually a pair of works. That is because there is a compelling double header opening at the Albertinum in Dresden this weekend: the exhibition Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch: The Big Questions of Life. The show’s co-curator Andreas Dehmer discusses Selbstbildnis mit Hand am Kinn (Self-Portrait with Hand on Chin, 1906) by Modersohn-Becker and Vampir (Vampire, 1895) by Munch with our digital editor, Alexander Morrison.
Left: Paula Modersohn-Becker’s Selbstbildnis mit Hand am Kinn (1906/07) and right: Edvard Munch’s Vampir (1895) Modersohn-Becker: © Landesmuseum Hannover/ARTOTHEK; Munch: © Munchmuseet, Oslo
From the reimagined Frick Collection to Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’
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