Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Lights designed by Le Corbusier withdrawn from Paris auction at last minute

Artcurial auctioneers left surprised as sale of 100 light sconces from Firminy World Heritage site is halted

Hard Brexit could damage UK’s world-class museums

Leading directors concerned about uncertain status of colleagues who are EU nationals

Former Louvre director Pierre Rosenberg to donate Old Masters collection to French town

New centre in Les Andelys will house holdings, which include numerous works by Nicolas Poussin

Aros Triennial unveils swathe of new commissions along five kilometres of Danish coastline

Works in the inaugural exhibition include an “anger room” and a safe haven for bees

Andres Serrano’s contentious Piss Christ to be shown for the first time in Trump’s America

The US artist’s Torture series is also included in the Texas show—alongside a large-scale portrait of the President

Final show in Vienna for Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary as organisation relocates to Prague

Exhibition inspired by oceans opening this week will be the last for “some time”

Conceptual artist Bernar Venet gets a bigger stage in the UK with three shows this summer

Gargantuan steel sculptures by French artist fill the grounds of Cliveden country house

Musée Dapper, Paris museum specialising in African art, to shut up shop

High costs and low footfall put end to non-profit institution

Turner Prize to take a trip to Margate’s Turner Contemporary in 2019

Gallery has attracted more than 2.3 million visitors since it opened helping to regenerate English seaside town

The art Donald Trump saw during his state visit to Saudi Arabia

Exhibitions organised especially for the US President include works by Ahmed Mater, Maha Malluh and Abdullah Al-Othman

Anti-colonial Australian works among new acquisitions made by Tate and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Joint programme will see pieces by artists such as Helen Johnson and Richard Bell shared between London and Sydney

First major contemporary art institution in Bangladesh takes shape

Srihatta-Samdani Art Centre and Sculpture Park includes artist residency spaces and a gallery for international and regional art

Chilean architects win competition to design Qatar’s huge Art Mill gallery

Elemental will convert the waterfront flour mill into an 80,000 sq. m space for exhibitions and storage

Activism is top of Venice Biennale’s agenda

Mark Bradford is among artists using the event to spread humanitarian message

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Size matters: the large and very small art of Alighiero Boetti

Fondazione Cini’s Minimum/Maximum exhibition reconsiders the Arte Povera maverick

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Collaterals and extras: the Venice Biennale’s other shows

Don't miss the ambitious events outside the national pavilions and the main exhibition open across Venice

Artists strike a chord as music fills the Venice Biennale

Audio installations and sound sculptures take centre-stage at the 57th International Art Exhibition

State of the nations: our pick of the Venice Biennale pavilions

Highlights from the Giardini and Arsenale as the art world's biggest event gets underway

Russian billionaire’s V-A-C Foundation opens space in Venice

New gallery in historic palazzo will host exhibitions and residencies—and be free to visit

Vatican gives Venice Biennale a miss this year

The Holy See participated in the 2013 and 2015 editions of the biennial

National anthems, national myths, national crises: pick of the Venice Biennale pavilions

Official pavilions in the Giardini and the Arsenale that are already talking points, plus national presentations across Venice that are part of the collateral programme

Memories from the director’s chair: five curators look back on their Venice Biennale shows

Selecting dozens of artists, dealing with a quirky organisation and navigating an idiosyncratic city—all under the gaze of a rapt art world—make curating the greatest art show on earth a test. Here, the five most recent artistic directors recall their experiences

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Protest art pervades Frieze: works confront Aids, poverty—and, yes, Trump

As New Yorkers protest against President Trump during his first visit to the city since he was elected, politically engaged art is more prevalent than ever at the fair. Here is our pick of the most topical works

Works not to miss at Frieze New York

From Cornelia Parker's ode to Jimi Hendrix to Donald Judd's minimalist furniture

Elmgreen & Dragset determined Istanbul Biennial will go ahead

Show of international support for country's artists as Turkish president's power grows

Vito Acconci, Body Art trailblazer, poet and architect, has died, aged 77

“Once someone said conceptual art I thought, maybe I can do that, I have ideas, there’s a place for me,” the artist said in an interview