Anny Shaw

Anny Shaw is a contributing art market editor at The Art Newspaper and author of Resist: Rebellion, Dissent & Protest in Art

Susan Philipsz: Eavesdropping on the Eisler files

The Turner Prize-winning Scottish artist finds inspiration in the FBI files of the communist composer who spent the 1940s in Hollywood and the Cold War in East Berlin

British art dealer Leslie Waddington dies at 81

A loyal champion of British painters, he helped bring post-war American art to London

Peckham rejects plan to turn car park into artists’ studios

Dismay that council’s decision will stop Bold Tendencies building on its success in south London

Auction of German dealing dynasty’s collection disappoints

Sotheby’s sale of Konrad Bernheimer’s family property, once looted by the Nazis, failed to meet expectations

Tracey Emin gets first solo show in Greater China

Lehmann Maupin and White Cube will host joint exhibition in March

New African art and design fair in Paris cancelled in wake of terror attacks

Also Known as Africa postponed to 2016 amid heightened security and a bleak economic outlook

Black British artists to be written into art history

Sonia Boyce to cre ate database of works by artists of African and Asian descent held in UK public collections

Ukrainian artist recreates sculptures destroyed by pro-Russian separatists

Saatchi gallery exhibition features 30 artists from the UK and Ukraine shortlisted for new competition

UK dealers donate major contemporary works to Whitworth gallery in Manchester

Ivor Braka and Thomas Dane hope gift will encourage greater support for culture in the regions

Prizesnews

Norwegian artist to create new work two years after paintings removed over associations with Anders Breivik massacre

Murals by Vanessa Baird, who won the Lorck Shive prize last week, will be installed in Oslo government building

Sotheby's offers voluntary redundancies to cut costs

Chief executive Tad Smith hopes to keep “excellent, less-tenured” staff who want to change the worlds of art, jewellery, cars and wine

Lawnews

Monaco appeals court rejects Swiss freeport king’s bid to quash fraud case

Criminal complaint filed by family trust associated with Dmitry Rybolovlev against Yves Bouvier can now go ahead

John Akomfrah’s Venice Biennale hit film to get UK premiere in January

Vertigo Sea will debut at the Arnolfini in Bristol before touring to Margate and Manchester

London dealer partners with South African gallery in Chelsea

John Martin and Everard Read galleries opened Circa London this week

Collection built by Dukes of Portland to go on show in new Nottingham gallery

First exhibition will include a rarely seen sketch by Michelangelo and miniature portraits selected by Peter Blake

Experts question the authenticity of a group of works by Jackson Pollock

Tests suggests pigment used in some of the paintings not commercially available before artist’s death in 1956

Council rejects bold plan to create 800 artists’ studios in south London

Art project that transformed Peckham car park faces uncertain future

Sadie Coles opens double-height 'fish tank' gallery in Mayfair

Venue is the London dealer’s third in the UK capital

Emdash Award relaunches to focus exclusively on performance

Austrian collector previously supported Frieze Projects with her prize

Turner Prize-nominated collective, Assemble, plans to help convert Peckham car park into artists’ studios

Proposal is one of three being considered by Southwark Council in south London next week

Iron Lady’s handbags go under the hammer

Christie’s to sell Margaret Thatcher’s belongings after V&A turns them down

Women and Italians first: the surprise results of the London auctions

Market turns on its head as buyers show less interest in the usual contemporary, blue-chip names

Theaster Gates brings new life to bombed-out Bristol church

Performances from poetry readings to gospel singing will run 24/7 for the Chicago-artist’s first public art project in the UK

Gilbert and George unveil their ten commandments

New banner works began as a performance, while artists plan to record 3,500 “fuckosophies” on vinyl

European artists free to paint the town red (and yellow and orange)

European Union climbs down over plans to ban cadmium paint pigment

London mayor calls for new artists’ studios and cultural spaces

Plea comes as Boris Johnson publishes guidance for councils, planners and developers on protecting arts venues

Sotheby’s holds first online-only auction in partnership with Artsy

Most works, by emerging and established artists, are valued at less than $50,000

First museum exhibition in Greece for Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz

Show comes as publication date for his catalogue raisonné is announced for next autumn