London museum embraces proposals for the works on this year’s plinth as opportunity to engage the public

Incoming director picks the art that impressed her the most in 2016

What's next for culture after a seismic year?

Contemplate Elton John’s radical eye and pet Rauschenberg’s goat before sailing upstream into Rachel Maclean’s bubble-gum universe

The video artist, who is representing Scotland at next year’s Venice Biennale, discusses her satirical take on identity and online narcissism

Jeff Koons has donated more than $50,000 in cash and through his work to support the US presidential candidate

Belgian painter sees echoes of today’s populist movements in his compatriot’s grotesque folkloric imagery

Six stand out booths, by galleries founded since 2004, reflect the section's enduring dynamism

It may be hard to swallow, but the 1990s are history—art history—and it’s a decade ripe for reappraisal

As the UK’s divided Labour Party meets for its annual conference, a politics and arts event aims for social engagement

Frances Morris explains the strategy behind the split in the collection displays, and the raw nature of the galleries that will house the Tate’s now genuinely international collection

Arguably the museum that most immediately suffered from Tate Modern’s success was its sister institution upriver

From El Anatsui's splashy tapestry, to Cildo Meireles's tower of radios, to Kader Attia's couscous citadel

Conceived in a pub in 1978, the Neca listing has widened interest in contemporary art far beyond Cork Street

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Doris Salcedo tell us about their projects for the Turbine Hall

Tate Modern’s signature post-industrial space has prompted some of the most memorable works of recent years. Here are some highlights

As Tate Modern open its new extension, a £260m brick-clad ziggurat designed by Herzog & de Meuron, we consider the museum’s seismic effect on the art scene in London and internationally

The father of psychoanalysis may have fallen from favour in his own field, but today’s artists remain fascinated by his work, 160 years after his birth. Two academics and an artist explain why

The relationship between public institutions and private dealers has historically taken many forms, and is anything but simple

Fifty years after its opening, the pioneers of Minimalism recall the groundbreaking exhibition Primary Structures

The artists in Tefaf’s Show Your Wound exhibition, inspired by Joseph Beuys, are responding to the German artist’s work in new and surprising ways

Artangel’s co-directors look back on 25 years of ambitious commissions

Horrified by the slaughter of the First World War, the Dadaists espoused irrationality to ridicule the logic that had led to war. But Dada’s influence has stretched far past 1918

With the ground-breaking Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset hitting the mainstream later this year, a growing number of artists and museums are incorporating this and other new technologies into their work

Who was hot and who was not this year, featuring Anish Kapoor, Rachel Rose and Chris Ofili

Why political works continued to dominate this year