Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Central Saint Martins creates temporary art school at Tate Modern

Tate Exchange initiative aims to highlight threats to art education

Reportnews

The top worldwide biennials and events this year

From the Venice Biennale to Sculpture Projects Münster, 2017 promises to be a heavyweight year

Kader Attia focuses on the politics and poetry of water during two-day event in Dakar

Initiative is part of the Sharjah Biennial’s ambitious off-site programme<br>

French government places export bar on €15m Leonardo da Vinci drawing

State has 30 months to buy newly discovered work hailed as a “national treasure”<br> <br>

Polish government acquires masterpieces by Leonardo and Rembrandt—but at what price?

The state has secured more than 80,000 works belonging to the Czartoryski dynasty

Liz Glynn brings turn-of-the-century grandeur to Central Park with her open-air ballroom

The Los Angeles-based sculptor is also in the spotlight next month with a show of Rodin-inspired works at Paula Cooper Gallery

New York-based collector Ronald Lauder joins Getty board of trustees

The billionaire businessman is experienced in museum management, philanthropy and international affairs

Patti Smith and Vanessa Bell in joint photography show at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Exhibition will include Bell’s images of the Bloomsbury set and Smith’s shots of the group’s country retreat<br>

Chattering classes cause an almighty row at the Musée d’Orsay

National storm in France as warden orders pupils from disadvantaged school to be quiet in the galleries

New edition of Paris Tableau to open in Brussels next year

Old Masters fair ended in Paris last year but will launch in Belgium instead with 20 international galleries

Jennifer Scott first woman to be appointed Dulwich Picture Gallery director

Scott will take the reins at the south London venue in its 200th anniversary year<br>

Tasmanian collector David Walsh unveils his vision for an Aboriginal art park on Hobart’s waterfront

The culture complex at Macquarie Point will include a history centre, fire and light installations, and a contemporary art gallery

Tattoo parlour for senior citizens among works revealed for Sculpture Projects Münster 2017

Project by US artist Michael Smith will be joined by “virtually invisible footbridge” and sculpture of destroyed city buildings <br>

Shezad Dawood’s ten-part film Leviathan to launch in Venice in May

Following the models of HBO and Netflix, episodes will be streamed at international venues and released as a feature film in 2020

Jenny Holzer creates Walt Whitman poetry piece for New York Aids memorial

The long-awaited monument stands in the West Village near St Vincent’s hospital—but is not yet open to the public

Team led by US artist Leo Villareal wins design competition to light up London’s Thames

The ambitious Illuminated River initiative will be interactive and eco-friendly <br>

Show of Syrian artists to inaugurate Rem Koolhaas’s first UAE building

Multi-purpose space, called Concrete, is at the heart of burgeoning Alserkal Avenue art district<br> <br>

Francis Alÿs to create new work inspired by his frontline experiences in Mosul

Belgian artist’s wartime commission will go on show in the Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale<br> <br>

Three to see: London

Contemplate Elton John’s radical eye and pet Rauschenberg’s goat before sailing upstream into Rachel Maclean’s bubble-gum universe

Louvre’s global role expands under Jean-Luc Martinez

Director is determined to see the French museum’s expertise and collections shared around the world—and safeguarded at home

Paris museum agrees to strict terms to secure Post-Impressionist trove

Nashville-based couple's decision to send their 600-strong collection abroad raises eyebrows at home

Testing times for Turkey’s international art market

Attendance and sales at Contemporary Istanbul were promising, but political uncertainty deterred some foreign dealers and collectors

Takin' it to the streets

Inside the over-the-top parade that launched the new Faena District

Fairsnews

Argentina’s art scene comes to the fore in Miami

Conditions are ripe for the country’s rich but isolated cultural landscape to have its moment in the sun

Major Picasso-Giacometti exhibition bound for Qatar

The show, running at the Musée National Picasso in Paris, will fill the Fire Station artist-in-residence space in Doha

Fairsnews

La Biennale des Antiquaires gets a new director—and a new name

Prestigious fair, now held annually, will be known as Biennale Paris under new chief Mathias Ary Jan

Billionaire Victor Pinchuk unveils shortlist for $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize

Works by 21 international artists will go on show at the Venice Biennale next year

Tate Modern launches ten-day live art exhibition in the Tanks

Fog sculptures and multisensory "occasions" are on the programme next spring

Jeff Koons unveils plans for a memorial to the victims of the Paris terror attacks

But funding still needs to be found for Bouquet of Tulips, which is modelled on the Statue of Liberty

The next Berlin? Kuala Lumpur launches gallery weekend

Dealers and museums join forces to put the Malaysian capital on the art map