This is one of the things I thought about while reporting my latest Apollo piece: the art scene in Paris is now dominated by these billionaire-funded blockbuster exhibitions. Paris's incredible public museums simply can't compete with that kind of funding. lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

How will Paris cope without the Pompidou Centre? As the museum prepares to close for five years from 2025, Catherine Bennett reports on the growing disquiet about its general direction and the hole it will leave in the city’s arts scene.

Looking at Trump’s face in the audience, this feels like a villain origin story. He would spend the rest of his life seeking revenge for that night

🇮🇱 to Lebanese people: When we’re done, you can come back safely to your homes Their homes:

Wrote about a new show of 'pop art nun' Corita Kent for Apollo Magazine. For all of its preamble about her political activism, the show was almost empty of the revolution promised in the show's title. apollo-magazine.com/corita-kent-po…

A show of photographs and Pop art-inspired prints by the Catholic nun Corita Kent displays the artist’s fun side but plays down her political fervour, writes Catherine Bennett

A few weeks before Christmas, I wrote this piece for Art Basel about Notre-Dame's reopening - and some of the secrets inside its walls. artbasel.com/stories/notre-…

Obviously I had to post this week's episode of ARTE Europe Weekly on X... It's all about how X is rapidly becoming a den of conspiracy theories and far right content and how Elon Musk is meddling in EU affairs. So what can Europe do to stop him? youtube.com/watch?v=UG5Wt_…

Uzbekistan's main draw is, of course, the history of the Silk Road. But the Uzbek government's hunger for visitors risks damaging the heritage that is bringing travellers there in the first place. Read my latest for BBC Travel. bbc.com/travel/article…

What's coming up in the art world internationally? I wrote about some of this year's must-see spring shows for Artsy - obviously it was very hard to whittle it down! artsy.net/article/artsy-…

Paris Noir is huge (and in some ways, too ambitious) - but the show's strength is introducing the public to artists they may never have seen before. What a treat to discover Harold Cousins, Iba N'Diaye, Luce Turnier. My review in Apollo Magazine. apollo-magazine.com/paris-noir-pom…

In ‘Paris Noir’, the Pompidou presents African, Caribbean and American artists who could be free in the French capital in ways denied to them at home

I reviewed the Pinault Collection’s monographic show at Punta della Dogana for Apollo Magazine and loved it: his economy of gesture or his grotesque sculptures and fairytale creatures. Schütte can do it all, it seems. If you’re in Venice, go! apollo-magazine.com/thomas-schutte…

Venice's first kunsthalle-style art centre has opened in a historic building in the heart of the city. I went to SMAC's opening in May for Travel + Leisure. travelandleisure.com/historic-venic…

I spoke to collector Nicoletta Fiorucci in her magnificent palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal about what collecting means to her, why she champions young artists, and what she hopes to do with her foundation's new art space in Venice. artsy.net/article/artsy-…

Walk through the Marais with me in this guide I wrote for Art Basel. I used to live in this neighbourhood, and loved revisiting old haunts and discovering new favourites! artbasel.com/stories/airbnb…