British artist was motivated after local council installed metal bars on benches to prevent homeless people from sleeping on them

More than 7,000 visitors attended over the closing weekend in London, with overall figures expected to reach more than 215,000

Italian designer’s estate withdrew agreement to loan works and denied permission to publish texts after disagreement over the exhibition’s layout and content

Movie follows JR's travels through France, as he photographs everyday people and pastes their giant portraits onto buildings

Major survey of his sculptures opens at the Baltimore Museum of Art in April before travelling to the Metropolitan Museum

Generation X author and artist was among 100 cultural leaders to convene at the Verbier Art Summit on digital art

Tate rejected artist's project detailing “most inclusive history of art in post-war Britain”

Ropac gallery exhibition to include artist’s famous reconstructions of Andy Warhol’s Flowers

Historic embroidery to leave France for first time since the 11th century

Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report

Japanese billionaire has sent his prized 1982 skull painting on “world tour” after buying work at Sotheby’s last year

How have artists responded to the US president’s first 12 months in office?

With VR going mainstream, legal questions about copyright and authorship are coming to the fore

Five storey Renzo Piano-designed space will become mega-dealer’s new global headquarters

Order could pave way for Russian billionaire to launch High Court case against Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier and Sotheby’s

Shepard Fairey, Peter Kennard and Emily Young among those who back singer after she was branded an anti-semitic bigot in a full-page advert in the Washington Post

Key players highlight exhibitions and events that you should not miss this year—from Manifesta to Magali Reus

She was the first living woman to have a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Louvre Abu Dhabi to Leonardo, Documenta to Trump, we look back at the year with our journalists Louisa Buck, Gareth Harris and Anny Shaw

The Los Angeles artist is creating a new series of large-scale paintings for the show

Howard and John Copeland to take over Newport Street gallery in February

According to a new report, works by female artists are rated lower by wealthy men, contributing to a 50% pay gap at auction

Street artist and film director staged performance that was filmed for BBC Two documentary which will air this weekend

The Art Newspaper team assesses the art world's fortunes in a turbulent year

The London-born artist follows Cerith Wyn Evans and Pablo Bronstein taking up the Duveen Galleries commission

Art Basel panel calls for united response to political “apocalypse”

We asked curators, directors and collectors to tell us about the works that stopped them in their tracks

A string of shows across the US, starting in Miami, examines the impact of technology on identity and raises the question: what does it mean to be human?

Show will include several of artist's immersive works that use biometric technology

Artist duo's new piece at ICA Miami responds to US policies towards the island