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Gareth Harris

London

Editor-at-Large and Chief Contributing Editor at The Art Newspaper

Chief contributing editor, The Art Newspaper. Financial Times contributor. London Uni PhD. Author of ‘Censored Art Today’ (Lund Humphries). Views my own.

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  • 4 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris |Melissa Gronlund

    A young Armenian painter named Vosdanig Manuk Adoian emigrated to the US in 1920, fleeing from the Armenian genocide. After four years living with relatives in Massachusetts, he moved to New York and changed his name to Arshile Gorky in honour of the celebrated Russian poet Maxim Gorky. This new analysis examines Gorky’s artistic evolution against the backdrop of New York as a Modernist mecca, straddling Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.

  • 1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris

    The Louvre in Paris is due to return 258 objects from the bequest of the German-born arts patron and socialite Adèle de Rothschild after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum. The items will be returned to the Fondation des Artistes culture organisation. The mix-up was uncovered in 2019 following a cross-inventory of works in the Louvre collections tallying with Rothschild’s bequest.

  • 1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris

    Organisers behind the inaugural edition of Bukhara Biennial, which launches this September (5 September-20 November) across the ancient city in Uzbekistan, have revealed details about the event's programme and artist line-up. The biennial is set to feature more than 70 Uzbek artists and participants, along with Antony Gormley of the UK and the French artist Eva Jospin.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Gareth Harris

    1 hour agoPeople With High Emotional Intelligence Use 5 Short Phrases to Become Exceptional LeadersWhile these words and phrases may seem like common sense, they are rarely practiced. Ask any seasoned CEO or people-first leader what separates the good from the great, and they’ll tell you that it’s not just strategy or IQ.

  • 1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris

    The Scottish curator Helen Nisbet has been appointed director of Glasgow International, Scotland’s biennial contemporary art festival. She will take up the post ahead of the 11th edition next year (5-21 June 2026). Nisbet was previously artistic director of the Art Night contemporary art festival in Dundee and the chief executive of Cromwell Place gallery hub in London. She also served as a jury member for the 2023 Turner Prize.

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Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris @garethharr
8 May 25

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope Leo XIV—why does this matter to the worlds of art and heritage? https://t.co/0TBZ0fy55R

Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris @garethharr
7 May 25

What would abolishing the UK government's department for culture mean for the arts? https://t.co/I9hv7TrvuK

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Gareth Harris @garethharr
6 May 25

RT @Channel4News: The Popemobile will be turned into a health clinic for children in Gaza. One of Pope Francis’s final wishes was for the…