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Turner Prize 2026: What to See and Who Might Win
As the Turner Prize opens in Middlesbrough, we look at what its four shortlisted artists are asking viewers to see – and set the early odds on who might take home the £25,000 prize

Help! I Hate My... Work Crush
Art world Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises a gallery artist liaison struggling to balance her professional relationship and personal feelings for an artist she works with.

British Library Announces New CEO
The recently departed head of the UK Space Agency has been announced as the British Library’s new chief executive, as the institution emerges from a turbulent period and announces a new partnership with Netflix

After the Turner Prize, What Happens Next?
As this year’s Turner Prize arrives at Middlesbrough's MIMA, two of its four shortlisted artists are also on view at Thaddaeus Ropac in London. Their simultaneous exposure offers a test of what a nomination now does for an artist’s career and market

The Collector: Selim Bouafsoun on Art and North Africa
The Tunisian-born, Dubai-based collector Selim Bouafsoun talks access, patronage and the dangers of runaway prices – and explains why supporting artists means investing in the ecosystem around them
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Why Are Spain’s Galleries Still Paying 21% in VAT?
As Madrid’s contemporary art fair ESTAMPA opens tomorrow, Spanish galleries say they are being left at a growing competitive disadvantage. After strikes, protests and years of lobbying, frustration is growing

A New Hope for George Lucas’s $1 Billion Museum
Far more than a home for Star Wars, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s new Los Angeles museum brings fine art, comics, illustration, photography and cinema together under the banner of ‘narrative art’

Powerhouse Parramatta Opens as Governance Questions Linger
The $915 million museum will open in November with a major festival and five inaugural exhibitions, as investigations into governance and procurement continue

The Artist Pension Trust Promised Security. What Went Wrong?
Around 200 London artists handed their work to a scheme that offered financial support later in life. Twenty years on, the trust has paid out nothing. Nearly 50 affected artists – including a Turner Prize winner and eight nominees – are fighting to recover their work
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What the AfD’s Victory Means for Culture in Eastern Germany
After winning 43.8% of the vote, the far-right party wants public funding to promote German identity. Cultural institutions warn its plans could subordinate artistic freedom to political ideology

Sotheby’s Private Sales Are Becoming More Public
As private sales take a growing share of the art market, Sotheby’s is making them more visible, more theatrical and more closely tied to the luxury experience economy

Help! I Hate My... Nemesis
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises an industry regular on disarming an omnipresent rival through flawless civility
