
Gareth Harris
Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Houellebecq lights up Paris with photography show—and a smoking room
Controversial author caters for fellow smokers at Palais de Tokyo show
Soweto uprising remembered in work created at Art Basel
South African artist Robin Rhode used his handprints to create a mural to mark 40th anniversary of the deadly protest
Andres Serrano’s scenes of cruel and unusual punishment
Volunteers in France and former political prisoners from Northern Ireland pose for US photographer's Torture images
The networks that buy the Tate’s art
The acquisition of works for the museum’s collection is supported by a wealth of global patrons
Anthony d'Offay on why it’s good to give
The dealer-turned-philanthropist tells us about his decision to offer his collection to Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland
Manifesta 11 works hard, plays hard
Artist-cum-curator Christian Jankowski makes the most of the Swiss work ethic in Zurich
Need a biennial curator? Call an artist
Manifesta’s curator Christian Jankowski is among a growing number of artists organising biennials
Three to see at Manifesta in Zurich
Our pick of works from the roving European biennial
With sanctions in the rear-view mirror, European museums look to Iranian art
V&A plans show on Iranian heritage and history while Berlin seals deal with Tehran museum
And now for something completely different: artists take over former BBC TV headquarters
Residencies will be held in the East Tower of the West London site, once home to children’s programmes
Centre Pompidou’s chief US fundraiser awarded France’s top honour for boosting acquisitions of American art
The Beaubourg gallery also appoints a new curator tasked with discovering young Chinese artists
Sun king Olafur Eliasson takes over the Palace of Versailles
Artist follows Anish Kapoor and Jeff Koons in transforming the royal chateau near Paris
Indian artist heads up new biennial in northwest China
Bose Krishnamachari has invited 80 international artists including Anish Kapoor and Santiago Sierra to take part
Kunstkammer museum to open in Adelaide, filled with classic porcelain, clocks, textiles and paintings
The late collector David Roche amassed more than 3,000 objects, now on view to the public in Australia
Hayward Gallery moves into a temporary home across the Thames as its Southbank base is overhauled
Jeremy Deller and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster will show new works in off-site video art exhibition
Art makeover for Parisian trains and tram stops
Joana Vasconcelos will create a new work for the T3 tram line, while SNCF has unveiled a new Versailles-themed fleet of trains
Artists speak out as the battle rages over Brexit
Tacita Dean creates work inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest while Michael Craig-Martin and Wolfgang Tillmans design posters
Artists’ Film Biennial at ICA London brings new and rarely seen works to the big screen
Second edition focuses on developments and trends, with input from artists, curators and industry heavyweights
Xavier Bray appointed new director of the Wallace Collection
The specialist in Spanish art organised the acclaimed Goya portraits show at London’s National Gallery last year
Looted Safavid bowl returned to National Museum of Afghanistan
Kabul director calls for restitution of other treasures taken during 1990s civil war
Louvre and Cairo museum strike antiquities co-operation deal
Joint exhibitions and sharing of conservation expertise planned
When Glenn met Vincent: Arles exhibition compares ‘obsessive’ artists
Bice Curiger, the artistic director of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh, explains how a contemporary painter stacks up against a Modern master
Greenpeace protest shuts down British Museum for four hours
The institution was closed for safety reasons after demonstrators scaled the front pillars
Adel Abdessemed’s new bird sculpture nests in a Peckham car park
Bold Tendencies in south London unveils small-scale commission by the Algerian artist known for his provocative pieces
Palestinian Museum opens—with no exhibition or collection
The inaugural show is postponed, but a satellite exhibition will go ahead this month in Beirut
‘One of Picasso’s greatest Cubist portraits’ up for auction at Sotheby’s
Femme Assise has been in private hands for the past 43 years
Zaha Hadid’s designs to be celebrated in Venice show
Exhibition during Architecture Biennale will focus on the late architect’s innovations—and why drawing was key to her practice
Paddle8 and Auctionata merge to create ‘dominant’ online auction platform
The internet auction houses have united to target the middle market and Millennial collectors
Ugo Rondinone’s seven stone towers rise in the Las Vegas desert
Land art piece will remain on view for two years