The Week in Art

The Art Newspaper

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Week in Art

Episodes (370)

Friday National Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm Hammershøi
Fri Feb 13th The US struggles with history, Stephen Friedman Gallery closes, Tudor Heart pendant acquired by the British Museum
Fri Feb 6th Art Basel Qatar, Dürer portrait debate, Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch

The Week in Art

Feb 20, 2026
1½ hours
88 MB

After opening a major building project in May last year and announcing the details of another in September, which is due to open in the early 2030s, the National Gallery in London has revealed, quite unexpectedly, that it has to make serious cuts, including to its staff, in the face of a deficit that could rise to £8.2m in the coming year. Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper’s special correspondent in London, tells us more. In The Hague in the Netherlands, the Mauritshuis has just opened a new exhibition called BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama. Since The Goldf...

The Week in Art

National Gallery’s deficit bombshell, Simon Schama on birds and art, Vilhelm Hammershøi

The Art Newspaper

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