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

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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

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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

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Manifesta 11 works hard, plays hard

Artist-cum-curator Christian Jankowski makes the most of the Swiss work ethic in Zurich

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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

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