Cristina Ruiz
Thaddaeus Ropac lands Joseph Beuys estate
Deal revealed as major show of German artist opens at gallerist's London space, which includes huge Stag Monuments installation
Kehinde Wiley—the artist behind Obama's presidential portrait—signs with Hollywood talent agency
Brillstein Entertainment Partners will licence the US artist's paintings and "identify directing opportunities"
Piero Manzoni Foundation criticised for destruction of works
Foundation denies allegations that it manipulates the authentication process to inflate the value of its holdings
How big is the Picasso 'brand' in China?
Sotheby’s tests the waters with first oil painting at auction in Hong Kong
British art teacher wins $1m prize
In accepting the award, Andria Zafirakou asked for more support for the “power of the arts” in schools, particularly in poor communities
Getting to know the real Tintoretto
A string of exhibitions celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth will help to bring him back into favour
Case dismissed: France's highest court rules in favour of Guggenheim foundation
The judgment ends a lengthy legal battle between the heirs of Peggy Guggenheim and the US organisation
Elon Musks's Telsa Roadster: Is it art? Or is it ‘garbage in space’?
The entrepreneur has begun implementing his plan to colonise Mars and make us a “multi-planetary species”
Soft power and contemporary art: Vatican Museums director on fulfilling Pope Francis's vision
Barbara Jatta speaks to us one year after her landmark appointment
The Vatican to host major Andy Warhol exhibition
Show will 'explore the artist's spiritual side' with Last Supper series and skull silkscreens
Insiders’ tips: what not to miss at Art Basel in Miami Beach
We asked curators, directors and collectors to tell us about the works that stopped them in their tracks
Collector Jorge Pérez accuses Miami-Dade County of slashing museum’s funding as 'punishment' for Cuban art show
Funds promised to Pérez Art Museum Miami were allocated to American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora instead
Was a 'double-bind guarantee' behind the $450m Leonardo sale?
Rumour mill has gone into overdrive over record-breaking auction
Business as usual for museums funded by Sackler opioid money?
Beneficiaries of the family’s largesse deflect or ignore questions about the donors’ role in the drugs epidemic sweeping the US
Podcast episode eight: how hackers are attacking the art world
Galleries are losing huge sums to cybercrime, what makes them vulnerable? Plus: the dubious restoration along the Camino di Santiago.
Galleries hit by cyber crime wave
Hackers are using an email scam to intercept payments between galleries, collectors and others
Marina Abramovic abandons plans for New York institute
Performance artist unable to raise $31m required for Koolhaas design
Encore! Tate’s New Performance plan
Artists like Marvin Gaye Chetwynd have prompted a rethink in the Tate’s approach to live art
The market boom for Basquiat
A year after his death, MoMA turned down an offer of the artist’s work. Today, the appetite for his paintings has never been greater
Podcast episode two: Zeitz Mocaa and London autumn preview
The lowdown on the new Thomas Heatherwick-designed museum in Cape Town. Plus: London's most enticing shows this autumn
Inside Zeitz Mocaa: our guide to Cape Town’s new mega-museum
From spectacular architecture to an army of curators, what you need to know about Africa’s landmark contemporary art institution
Iñárritu's VR project brings terrifying experiences of migrants and refugees to life
Oscar-winning director, whose work opens at Milan's Fondazione Prada this week, says it's reductive to call it anti-Trump
The road to the Venice Biennale is paved with good intentions
Curator Christine Macel’s worthy aims of saving the planet and helping refugees has seriously backfired
Kenya works a miracle to bring its exhibition to the Venice Biennale
Pavilion organisers put on a show despite receiving no government money
Damien Hirst turns film-maker for Venice show
Artist's new documentary tells story of his underwater exhibition at Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana
Nitsch performance using slaughtered bull to go ahead in Tasmania
A petition launched by an animal rights group to block the work has attracted 20,000 signatures
Peggy Guggenheim's great-grandchildren say New York exhibition violates her legacy
Row follows long-running legal dispute between the Guggenheim Foundation and the collector's descendants
Storm erupts over Nitsch’s bull slaughter at Tasmanian museum
Campaigners demand axing of performance by Actionist at MONA's Dark Mofo festival
Kentridge opens Johannesburg space for artists to learn by failing
The independent Centre for the Less Good Idea aims to stay small and be creative
Damien Hirst launches shipwreck spectacle in Venice
British artist's monumental sculptures fill François Pinault’s museums