Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Blocked show on Genghis Khan finally opens in France

The exhibition in Nantes was postponed after interventions by Beijing authorities

Climate activists spray-paint Paris's Louvre pyramid

A member of the Dernière Rénovation group scaled the famous glass monument over the weekend

Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Biennale announces programme for 2024

After Rain exhibition, featuring 92 artists, is organised by curator Ute Meta Bauer

Artes Mundi hits the road: Welsh contemporary art prize exhibition opens with a focus on the Middle East

Artists such as Mounira Al Solh give the country-wide exhibition additional relevance

Four artists withdraw from 2024 Istanbul Biennial as curator row deepens

The participants invited this year call for "transparent forms of communication"—the biennial foundation says dialogue channels are still open

Grayson Perry and Cornelia Parker donate works to Freedom from Torture charity auctions

Ai Weiwei’s taxi window crank sculptures will also go on the block at the Sotheby's live sale

Arte Povera comes to Paris: major exhibition to open at Bourse de Commerce next year

The show curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev will include loans from the Castello di Rivoli

Artist Tarik Kiswanson, who spotlights the plight of Palestinian refugees, has won France’s top art prize

Recent works by the artist are on show at the Centre Pompidou along with works by the three other Prix Duchamp nominees

Guerlain and Korean artist Lee Ufan award inaugural art and environment prize

The French artist Djabril Boukhenaïssi was announced as the winner at Paris + par Art Basel

'More Americans than at Frieze': sophomore edition of Art Basel's Paris+ fair opens to packed aisles and punchy sales

Major deals suggest a shift in power between Paris and London, though some attendees noted an aesthetic conservatism in the French fair's offerings

Kabir Jhala. With additional reporting by Gareth Harris

What would Mark Rothko make of the world today? His son discusses his legacy and market at launch of major Fondation Louis Vuitton exhibition

Christopher Rothko has co-curated the vast Paris show, which includes more than 115 works from international collections

Park Seo-Bo, one of South Korea's leading artists, has died aged 91

The father of the Dansaekhwa movement was known for monochrome works with roots in Buddhist philosophy

The ugly bug ball: insect-themed art takes over Frieze

While Paris hotels are reportedly crawling with bed bugs, the only critters we saw at Frieze London and Frieze Masters were in the exhibits

Art world figures snub UK prime minister's party for Frieze anniversary

Artist Ryan Gander, Sarah McCrory, the director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Contemporary Art and Chisenhale Gallery director Zoé Whitley all decided not to attend

Nigerian artists are at the fore at the 1-54 fair and beyond

Famous and emerging artists from the country feature at both the contemporary African art fair, with a record number of exhibitors this year, and at Frieze Masters

Serpentine Galleries will bring Barbara Kruger and Judy Chicago to London in 2024

Los Angeles artist Lauren Halsey will also unveil a new work at the Kensington Gardens space

Almost 2,000 items missing from collection of Wales’s national museums

Coins, crockery and tools are among the objects unaccounted for but museum says "some losses are inevitable"

Artists Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton to have studios on site at the Louvre

The 18-month residencies mark the 230th anniversary of the Parisian museum

Retain and explain guidance on contentious UK heritage is published—at last

Government strategy underscores controversial monuments should stay in place, a move criticised by some culture professionals

Istanbul Biennial's governing body draws up new selection guidelines following curator row

İKSV will bar advisory board members from taking up curatorial posts although the 2024 edition will go ahead as planned

Archaeologists discover 24,000 year-old Palaeolithic art site in eastern Spain

Researchers have now revealed details about the trove of ancient paintings and engravings found in 2021

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The publisher that promised ‘art for all’: a potted history of Phaidon as it celebrates its centenary

The vice-president Deborah Aaronson tells us how the company got some help from Albert Einstein and why eBooks are not necessarily the future of art publishing

Postponed Philip Guston survey finally opens at Tate Modern

The delay allowed the show's curators to travel and conduct further research about the Ku Klux Klan works, organisers say

Lynda Benglis presents sculptures and jewellery in Paris catwalk show

The US artist, known for her 1970s dildo image, teamed up with Loewe for the event attended by the likes of Anna Wintour and Kris Jenner

Artist recreates historical war painting using a crowd of Ukrainian soldiers

Emeric Lhuisset presents a contemporary version of a 19th-century work by Ilya Repin that frames it in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine