Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Iranian art proves a hit with collectors at new London gallery

Sophia Contemporary Gallery, which specialises in contemporary art from the Middle Eastern region, launched this week

Will Elton John donate classic photography works to Tate?

More than 150 modernist images drawn from the musician’s collection will go on show later this year

Lucian Freud’s life and work to be the focus of new Dublin research centre

Fifty works from private collections go on show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Picasso’s dealer Paul Rosenberg celebrated in show based on granddaughter’s book

French journalist Anne Sinclair to loan works for exhibition named after Paris gallery at 21 rue La Boétie

Bede’s World medieval museum could re-open after funding meltdown

Local charity in talks to take over heritage site dedicated to the venerable religious scholar

French dealer Emmanuel Perrotin to open space in Seoul

“Office showroom” will display works by Laurent Grasso and Kaws

Opposition grows to transfer of historic photo collection to V&A

Museum pledges to improve access to Royal Photographic Collection in controversial deal to move it from Bradford

Phyllida Barlow to represent Britain at Venice Biennale

Artist is best known for her large-scale sculptural projects made from plywood, tape, cement and other inexpensive materials

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Can Photo San Francisco succeed where Paris Photo Los Angeles failed?

New photography fair to test the market in California next year

Imran Qureshi’s miniatures take over London’s Barbican—and a park in Bradford

The Pakistani artist will paint an Indian garden in Lister Park, drawing on the experiences of the British Indian army 100 years ago

Gerhard Richter slams proposed closure of Germany's Museum Morsbroich

Plans to shut institution and sell its seminal Modern and contemporary works are "alarming" artist says

Artist residency programme takes to the high seas

Seven artists will live and work on board commercial cargo ships, criss-crossing the globe along maritime routes

Art360 initiative lets artists take the long view

Three-year archive programme will focus on Modern British and contemporary artists, starting with three women

Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar faces down Donald Trump over immigration

Monument on US-Mexico border incorporates parts of fence separating the two countries

Umberto Eco, explorer of beauty, dies aged 84

Italian writer and philosopher, best known for the thriller The Name of the Rose, also wrote about aesthetics

Gillian Wearing asks for a peek through people’s windows

The UK artist will unveil her new film project, including submissions from the public, at the House festival in Brighton

Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery remains shut contrary to reports

Gallery’s director says contemporary art space awaiting official permission to reopen

Aloha Kusama, artist’s polka dot sculpture heads to Hawaii

The bright pink installation heralds the first Honolulu Biennial, which launches next year

Turkey’s answer to Burning Man takes shape in remote Cappadocia region

Cappadox contemporary art festival to include site-specific works by 15 artists, focusing on tourism in the country’s centre

Grand Palais revamp could leave Paris’s biggest shows without a roof

What will happen to key culture events held at the site, including Monumenta artist commission and Fiac fair?

Scratch videos, film and sound works to explode across Sheffield this spring

Art festival takes place in electricity substations, defunct pubs and a former funeral parlour

Turner’s house to be restored—but only if crowdfunding cash comes in

Artist designed and built the 203-year-old villa in Twickenham as a retreat from London art world

Art—coming soon to a cinema near you

Short films by major artists will be screened unannounced before regular features in the UK

Rotterdam museum to rent out public space to wealthy collectors

Visitors to the new open storage facility can tour private collections—and there could even be a freeport

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Destination Bangladesh: art world decamps to third Dhaka Art Summit

Four-day event is billed as “the world’s largest non-commercial platform for South Asian art”

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Historic agreement puts V&A in pole position for photography

Move draws criticism as Bradford's National Media Museum transfers 400,000 photographic items to London

Saudi court overturns death sentence for Ashraf Fayadh

Poet and artist now faces 800 lashes and eight years in prison

Trove of antiquities found in secret Swiss store—and they are linked to a disgraced British art dealer

Objects widely thought to be connected to Robin Symes will be unveiled in Rome this week