Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Private fortunes drive Beirut’s museum boom

Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano and David Adjaye get involved as donors step in to fill the funding gap

Centre Pompidou president promises pop-ups in Korea and China

Exhibitions on the Beat Generation, Beirut and Arte Povera also in the pipeline

Lawnews

Tuymans and photographer reach amicable agreement in copyright case

The legal case raised copyright concerns about an artist’s right to use news pictures

Lyons is all about the big issues of modern life

Immigration, consumerism and the downside of the digital revolution are among the topical themes of the 13th biennial

Artists to work with Zurich’s workforce for Manifesta 2016

Christian Jankowski’s plans for the roving European biennial include a floating water venue, projects with local tradesmen and sumptuous Swiss dishes

Orhan Pamuk’s novel-inspired museum to get London edition

Works housed at the Museum of Innocence will go on show at Somerset House next year

Video art coming to a UK museum near you

The Art Fund teams up with London's Thomas Dane Gallery to help cash-strapped public collections buy new media works

Institut du Monde Arabe brings Scheherazade’s 1,001 nights to northern France

The Tourcoing outpost of the Parisian museum for Arabian culture due to move to historic building in city centre

Gasworks re-opens in south London in face of stratospheric rent hikes across the capital

Artist residency space secured the building freehold and embarked on an ambitious redevelopment programme

London hospital commissions art to be part of cure

New cancer centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ will feature works by artists including Daniel Silver and Angela Bulloch

Court ruling over vandalised Versailles sculpture angers Anish Kapoor

The artist will reconfigure Dirty Corner but judge says that anti-Semitic slogans painted on the work must be removed immediately

Great art takeaway opens in Paris

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Christian Boltanski and Wolfgang Tillmans among those happy to see works picked up for free in interactive exhibition

Designnews

London antiques dealer adds contemporary design to its roster

Mallett is organising a selling exhibition at its Mayfair headquarters, Ely House

Four reasons high-end design is back in style in London

After several stagnant years, the market for design is reviving

How art went Pop in Iran

Tate Modern show uncovers Parviz Tanavoli's folk art-inspired works that raised eyebrows in 1960s Tehran

Parisian tribal art event opens up to major Asian art dealers

Twenty newcomers have joined Parcours des Mondes to create a parallel fair

Dan Flavin light piece to be installed deep inside a Puerto Rican cave

Dia Art Foundation heads overseas with a major—and potentially controversial—new work by Allora and Calzadilla

Iranian artist could see sentence extended after shaking lawyer’s hand

Atena Farghadani’s gesture has led to new charges including “indecent conduct”

Anish Kapoor condemns racist attack on Versailles sculpture

<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">French culture minister voices support for artist determined to fight bigotry</span><br>

Artist to lead France's most prestigious art school after summer of discontent

Culture minister's appointment of Jean-Marc Bustamante follows controversial removal of leading curator ‎at Ecole des Beaux-Arts

Second edition of Singapore Art Fair is scrapped

But discussions are underway about re-launching the event in 2016

Collective behind Rain Room to create public art piece on the Thames

Random International are working on a large-scale outdoor installation at Nine Elms

Greek museums on brink of closure

Latest bailout deal will mean more austerity