Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Richard Prince’s retail therapy in Beirut

The US artist creates site-specific works for the fashion chain founded by Tony Salamé

French antiques biennial goes annual

Following a rift in membership, dealers vote to double frequency of event

Mind the art: Transport for London unveils new commissions for the tube

Liam Gillick and Zineb Sedira have made works for the Victoria Line

Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to speak at sixth Moscow Biennale

Ten-day event at historic Soviet-era site will include public forums, daily keynote speeches and performances

V&A’s first steps in southern China

London institution introduces contribution to biennial in Shenzhen ahead of 2017 opening of its new gallery in the city

Artangel’s newest commission gives a glimpse into former BBC headquarters

Ben Rivers’s cinematic installation is screened in salvaged film sets, scenery and prop workshops

National Gallery Singapore to open with a little help from the Pompidou

Paris institution will co-organise the inaugural exhibition at the museum next year, expanding its empire in Asia

Swiss collector’s Chinese art to go on show in Bern

Two museum exhibitions will feature works that Uli Sigg has acquired since 2005

Thessaloniki Biennale addresses crisis in the Mediterranean

Curator of the Greek biennial's fifth edition, Katerina Gregos, is not afraid to tackle thorny issues

Designnews

Top French design dealer to open London space

Patrick Seguin is showing a recreation of a Jean Prouvé house at Design Miami/Basel

Artnews

Avignon museum plans stellar reopening show

Works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer and Nan Goldin, among others, will go on show in the refurbished Lambert Collection

Swiss ski slopes are alive with the sound of art

Second show held in the Swiss ski resort of Gstaad is due to open early next year

Swiss artist will make you dance to the music of fireflies and time

Robin Meier’s immersive installation is the Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet’s first commission

Why curators can't get enough of Marcel Broodthaers

The late Belgian poet and conceptual artist is due to get his first US retrospective since 1989 at MoMA next year

Artnews

Salvador Dalí show heads to Shanghai

Surrealism comes to K11 art space in move to promote understanding of intellectual property rights

Cleopatra comes to Singapore

Asian branch of the Pinacothèque de Paris opens with eye on the box office

Lawnews

Iranian artist sentenced to 12 years in prison

Atena Farghadani punished after depicting politicians as animals

Guaranteed to smash records: Manhattan sales set new highs

Almost $2.5bn was spent on art in just six evening auctions last month, as the market is pushed to new levels for trophy works

Solo Calder show is a first for Russia

Artist’s grandson welcomes ‘long overdue’ retrospective at the Pushkin featuring more than 50 works

A Home for interdisciplinary art opens in Manchester

The inaugural exhibition at the new $25m arts complex in northern England focuses on affairs of the heart

Pompidou outposts to pop-up across China?

The new president of the Paris museum was in China last week to discuss joint projects with Chinese officials

In New York auctions $2bn already spent but no one is that surprised

Most works at Christie’s auction on Wednesday were guaranteed to sell including Lucian Freud's reclining nude, which fetched an ample price