Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Three Francis Bacon works stolen in Madrid recovered by Spanish police

Paintings were seized following a tip-off from the Art Loss Register

Centre Pompidou will pop up in Shanghai’s West Bund cultural corridor

Paris museum will organise 20 exhibitions in new satellite space as part of renewable five-year deal

Major Modern Russian collection heads to Fondation Louis Vuitton

After Shchukin show, private Paris museum cements Franco-Russian relationship with exhibition of blue-chip works bought by Morozov brothers

Depression and radicalisation: images reveal plight of displaced male refugees

Edward Jonkler’s photographs, on view in London, show men held in limbo at centres in Europe and the Middle East

Catherine Opie turns her lens on David Hockney, Gillian Wearing and Isaac Julien

Debut show at Thomas Dane Gallery includes new works from US photographer’s Portraits and Landscapes series

Louvre’s Poussin masterpieces damaged after torrential rain hits Paris

Water seeped in to areas of the museum including the Islamic Art rooms and 17th-century French painting galleries

Design dealers are back in the Fiac fold

The established Modern and contemporary Parisian fair revives a section last seen in 2009

Work begins at The Factory—the Manchester arts hub designed by Rem Koolhaas’s OMA

Cube-shaped building will provide permanent home for Manchester International Festival

David Hockney gallery opens in Bradford ahead of artist’s 80th birthday

New space will include early sketchbooks, recent iPad images and family photography albums

Three to See: Les Rencontres d'Arles photography festival

From 66 Iranian photographers to Joel Meyerowitz’s slick city scenes

Cass Sculpture Foundation to commission public art for Battersea Power Station district

Southbank Centre chief Jude Kelly is advising on new riverside residential and commercial development

Qatar blockade tests cultural relations

Museums hope to overcome embargo imposed by Gulf neighbours as deadline extended

Three to see: Manchester International Festival

From Joy Division-inspired works of art to Samson Young’s mythic tales of Chinese travellers

Lens on the Middle East: British Museum acquires photographs by artists documenting refugee crisis and Syrian civil war

Works were purchased with the help of the Art Fund as part of an ongoing collecting initiative

Modigliani’s nudes to be laid bare in Tate Modern show

Ten paintings of female models are included along with portraits of Picasso, Cocteau and Rivera

Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay to become one of the world’s largest public art parks

Ambitious 20-year, $50m redevelopment plan includes a raft of art projects, from large-scale sculptures to performance

Ei Arakawa sculpture vandalised at Sculpture Projects Münster

Stolen LED panel to be replaced by Japanese artist but work will be different

Will the real Modigliani please stand up?

Modigliani Project aims to throw new light on a market bedevilled by fakes and squabbles

Moca Taipei announces major LGBTQ show as Taiwan set to legalise gay marriage

New exhibition will feature work by artists such as Samson Young and Yan Xing

Fontana’s rarely-seen Fine di Dio series comes to light at Art Basel

Research led by Tornabuoni Art reveals new art historical facts, including why the title proved problematic

Elmgreen & Dragset reveal details of the Istanbul Biennial

Artist duo commissioning 30 works for exhibition focusing on idea of home

Fondation Beyeler builds on 20 years of success

Architect Peter Zumthor adds three new wings to expand museum founded by Basel gallerist

Interview: Wim Delvoye digests the Tinguely Museum

Belgian artist’s shit-making machines join Jean Tinguely’s kinetic works

Bern museum to open Harald Szeemann archive during next year's Art Basel

Fascinating insights expected from his personal correspondence with famous artists

Power of pride: artists champion LGBT causes at Art Basel

Transgender empowerment among causes tackled at this year's fair

S.M.A.K. in Ghent welcomes refugees

The elusive Swiss artist Christoph Büchel is part of the project

Blockade of Qatar threatens cultural institutions

Moving works of art difficult and museum building projects may suffer