Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Italy to ramp up security at famous culture sites after Brussels attacks

Culture ministry has pledged €300m to safeguard museums and monuments including the Colosseum, Uffizi and Pompeii

East Londoners to help artist Aaron Angell build capital’s first public gas-fired kiln

Ceramicist says project will give local young adults and artists new insights into ceramics practice

What will Shanghai look like in 100 years? New culture initiative to predict the future

Hans Ulrich Obrist and Yongwoo Lee have invited artists, architects, hackers, bloggers and activists to participate in inaugural Shanghai Project

M+ gets own pavilion on West Kowloon

First dedicated exhibition space to open this summer

Tatsuo Miyajima transforms Hong Kong's tallest tower into a metaphor for life

Japanese artist's large-scale light installation was commissioned by Art Basel

Fairsnews

My Hong Kong: art world insiders reveal their hot spots

What to see—and where to wind down—during a hectic week

Museums seek help as censorship grows in Turkey

Research group to publish guide for artists and museums facing legal action

Asian collectors unveil plans to build major museums

Spaces in Bangladesh and Indonesia will strengthen cultural infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia

Dubai digest: news from the Gulf

Our editor-at-large Gareth Harris reports live on events in the UAE

Women make their mark on Art Dubai

Tenth edition sees female artists make up almost half of those represented

Can a biennial really prosper in Pakistan?

The Lahore Biennale is due to launch next year amid security issues and a meagre art scene

The heart of Islam on view in Washington, DC

As US presidential candidates debate Muslim immigration, Saudi artist Ahmed Mater depicts the ultra-conservative country’s urban redevelopment in Smithsonian show

Iranian art proves a hit with collectors at new London gallery

Sophia Contemporary Gallery, which specialises in contemporary art from the Middle Eastern region, launched this week

Will Elton John donate classic photography works to Tate?

More than 150 modernist images drawn from the musician’s collection will go on show later this year

Lucian Freud’s life and work to be the focus of new Dublin research centre

Fifty works from private collections go on show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Picasso’s dealer Paul Rosenberg celebrated in show based on granddaughter’s book

French journalist Anne Sinclair to loan works for exhibition named after Paris gallery at 21 rue La Boétie

Bede’s World medieval museum could re-open after funding meltdown

Local charity in talks to take over heritage site dedicated to the venerable religious scholar

French dealer Emmanuel Perrotin to open space in Seoul

“Office showroom” will display works by Laurent Grasso and Kaws

Opposition grows to transfer of historic photo collection to V&A

Museum pledges to improve access to Royal Photographic Collection in controversial deal to move it from Bradford

Phyllida Barlow to represent Britain at Venice Biennale

Artist is best known for her large-scale sculptural projects made from plywood, tape, cement and other inexpensive materials

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Can Photo San Francisco succeed where Paris Photo Los Angeles failed?

New photography fair to test the market in California next year

Imran Qureshi’s miniatures take over London’s Barbican—and a park in Bradford

The Pakistani artist will paint an Indian garden in Lister Park, drawing on the experiences of the British Indian army 100 years ago

Gerhard Richter slams proposed closure of Germany's Museum Morsbroich

Plans to shut institution and sell its seminal Modern and contemporary works are "alarming" artist says

Artist residency programme takes to the high seas

Seven artists will live and work on board commercial cargo ships, criss-crossing the globe along maritime routes

Art360 initiative lets artists take the long view

Three-year archive programme will focus on Modern British and contemporary artists, starting with three women

Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar faces down Donald Trump over immigration

Monument on US-Mexico border incorporates parts of fence separating the two countries