Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

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

New book lifts lid on Mohammed Afkhami’s Iranian contemporary art collection

Financier says that an exhibition of his holdings in Toronto could travel to Houston

Venture capitalist Jean Pigozzi plans foundation to house huge contemporary African art collection

Works from his 10,000-strong holdings are on show in extensive survey at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris

Major exhibition on the Hajj planned for Abu Dhabi this autumn

Show exploring annual pilgrimage to Mecca due to be held at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

President Erdoğan plans new museum dedicated to Turkey’s failed coup

Propaganda project will focus on the “martyrs and warriors” who fought last summer’s rebellion

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Doyenne of feminist art Carolee Schneemann awarded Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion

Lifetime achievement accolade recognises her work in performance and body art over six decades

Exhibition featuring four female artists to launch Arab cultural institute in New York

Saudi artist Dana Awartani and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian of Iran will show works on paper at the new cultural space in lower Manhattan

Removal of a rare Roman mosaic in southern France enflames local conservation groups

The 2,000-year-old work will be restored in Nimes and go back on display in Uzès, local authorities insist

Facelift for the Henry Moore Foundation on its 40th anniversary

Sculptor’s studio and gardens to get a revamp including new archive and visitor centre

Bruce Nauman's sound piece returns to Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

Veteran conceptual artist will also be subject of Artist Rooms show in Tate’s Switch House extension

Victoria and Albert Museum plans new centre and touring shows for expanded photography collection

London institution’s new holdings include controversial transfer of 270,000 photographs from Bradford

Damien Hirst launches shipwreck spectacle in Venice

British artist's monumental sculptures fill François Pinault’s museums

Richard Parry appointed new director of Glasgow International

He takes the reins of the contemporary art festival's eighth edition next year, replacing Sarah McCrory

Tunisian pavilion to issue travel documents at Venice Biennale

Migration will be the focus of the country’s first Biennale project in more than 50 years

Tate chairman Lord Browne writes impassioned personal account for Queer British Art show

Exhibition opens this week with catalogue foreword by former chief executive of BP who kept his sexuality a secret until 2007

Modernism gives Art Dubai sales a boost

Rediscovered work from the 20th century has new relevance today

Beirut bets big on museums

As Lebanon’s political situation improves, the city develops plans for a museum mile—but will it pay off?

Contemporary art venue springs up at waterside Warsaw site

The temporary structure on the banks of the Vistula River—loaned for free by TBA21—was first erected in Berlin

Another Tate Modern? Former power station to be converted by Herzog & de Meuron into art hub

New York building known as the Batcave has been occupied by graffiti artists and squatters

Studio Swine joins stable of high-tech art organisation Future\Pace

Husband-and-wife design duo will join roster that already includes Random International and teamLab

New professorial position at UK university dedicated to contemporary art and culture of the Middle East

Editor and academic Anthony Downey will establish a postgraduate programme in partnership with organisations in the region

BMW Art Journey shortlist announced

The artists Lin Ke, Julian Charrière and Astha Butail will submit proposals for the Art Basel-backed project

What post-internet art looks like in China

New York’s MoMA PS1 is collaborating with the K11 Art Foundation for a show on the regional differences in the digital world and their effect on art

Collector's Eye: Alan Lau

Art lovers talk about the best and worst works they’ve bought

Globetrotting artist Do Ho Suh brings sights of London to Hong Kong

New video at Lehmann Maupin—filmed from a pushchair—evokes family life on the move

My Hong Kong: a local's guide to the art scene in the city

Insiders reveal what to see in the city—and where to wind down—during a hectic week