Anny Shaw

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

Comfort blankets: White Cube show examines the politics of quilts and tapestries

New works by contemporary artists will hang alongside textiles by Gee's Bend and Amish women

Futile in the face of so much suffering: Anny Shaw on the Istanbul Biennial

The exhibition opened amid political and humanitarian crises

Shepard Fairey creates new portraits for rock and roll show at Sotheby’s

London auction house will also sell photographs of famous musicians from Elvis to Mick Jagger and Madonna

Istanbul Biennial commemorates Armenian genocide

Exhibition opens amid rising political tensions in Turkey

Five hundred years of printmaking comes to New York in November

Print fair offers works by blue-chip artists for a fraction of the price of their paintings

Luciano Benetton’s collection presents a united view of the world’s cultures

But Venice exhibition is also full of political unrest and upheaval

Leading artists donated works in last-minute bid to help save Kids Company charity

Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin pledged support to charity, which numbered Damien Hirst among long-standing donors

Dashed hopes of the Arab Spring: Ibrahim El-Salahi creates new work inspired by protests

Drawings by the Sudanese artist will be shown in full for the first time in Istanbul this month charting an arc from hope to violence

Lawnews

Will artist royalty rights go global?

Some say an international treaty will be fairer for all, others that it will mainly benefit the famous and dead

Murakami organises Japanese ceramics exhibition in Los Angeles

Blum & Poe show features works by three ceramicists who experiment with ancient techniques

Lawnews

Swiss ‘freeport king’s’ assets worth $500m unfrozen by Singapore court

Yves Bouvier denies Russian billionaire’s claim that he overcharged for $1bn-worth of art

Congolese artist who died of malaria to have solo show at London art fair

Kiripi Katembo’s images of Kinshasa, including several that have never been seen before, will come to 1:54 in October

Can artists still afford to work in London?

Frieze talk will look at the ways artists are adapting to rising costs and redevelopment in the capital

Danh Vo and Isabella Bortolozzi part ways amid Bert Kreuk legal case

The artist has instructed a new legal team separately to his former dealer as appeal is lodged in The Hague

Hamptons gallery show remembers overlooked Abstract Expressionist Anna Walinska

As well as becoming a well-known portrait painter, she also founded the Guild Art Gallery in Manhattan

Queen Nefertiti’s burial chamber could lie behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb

British archaeologist discovers evidence of hidden passages in pharaoh’s chamber

London artist’s ‘living sculpture’ studio to close permanently next year

Flat Time House Institute failed to raise £1m to buy John Latham’s home

London dealer puts the fun back into fairs

Steve Lazarides plans to open a temporary fairground—complete with rides, music, street food and, of course, art—next to the O2 arena

Nearly half a million visitors turned out for V&A’s McQueen blockbuster

The “unpredictable, dramatic and spectacular” exhibition drew crowds and celebrities during its extended run in London

British Museum bolsters its collection with first Caribbean art commission

Zak Ové’s sculptures will be unveiled in the Great Court this week, before going on display in the African galleries

Gallery specialising in contemporary African art to open in London

Tyburn Gallery will also feature work by artists from other emerging markets

Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid due to file for bankruptcy

Board members say they will do all they can to save historic company in crisis

Walther Collection brings African photographers to New York

Project space will host three-year series of exhibitions starting in September

Art Basel hires New York's Armory Show head in bid to grow Americas network

Noah Horowitz, who starts new job in August, will run Art Basel Miami Beach

Private museums multiply among ARTnews top 200 collectors

Among who's who of leading collectors, many have established foundations

Rodin sculpture stolen from Beverly Hills mansion returned after 24 years

Art worth more than $1m was looted after Swiss housekeeper sold duplicate key

Italian gallery to open London outpost in October

Tornabuoni Art will inaugurate sixth space with Lucio Fontana solo show

Private collections boost contemporary sales in London

Sotheby’s makes highest total ever, while records are set for YBAs at Christie’s