Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Umberto Eco, explorer of beauty, dies aged 84

Italian writer and philosopher, best known for the thriller The Name of the Rose, also wrote about aesthetics

Gillian Wearing asks for a peek through people’s windows

The UK artist will unveil her new film project, including submissions from the public, at the House festival in Brighton

Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery remains shut contrary to reports

Gallery’s director says contemporary art space awaiting official permission to reopen

Aloha Kusama, artist’s polka dot sculpture heads to Hawaii

The bright pink installation heralds the first Honolulu Biennial, which launches next year

Turkey’s answer to Burning Man takes shape in remote Cappadocia region

Cappadox contemporary art festival to include site-specific works by 15 artists, focusing on tourism in the country’s centre

Grand Palais revamp could leave Paris’s biggest shows without a roof

What will happen to key culture events held at the site, including Monumenta artist commission and Fiac fair?

Scratch videos, film and sound works to explode across Sheffield this spring

Art festival takes place in electricity substations, defunct pubs and a former funeral parlour

Turner’s house to be restored—but only if crowdfunding cash comes in

Artist designed and built the 203-year-old villa in Twickenham as a retreat from London art world

Art—coming soon to a cinema near you

Short films by major artists will be screened unannounced before regular features in the UK

Rotterdam museum to rent out public space to wealthy collectors

Visitors to the new open storage facility can tour private collections—and there could even be a freeport

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Destination Bangladesh: art world decamps to third Dhaka Art Summit

Four-day event is billed as “the world’s largest non-commercial platform for South Asian art”

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Historic agreement puts V&A in pole position for photography

Move draws criticism as Bradford's National Media Museum transfers 400,000 photographic items to London

Saudi court overturns death sentence for Ashraf Fayadh

Poet and artist now faces 800 lashes and eight years in prison

Trove of antiquities found in secret Swiss store—and they are linked to a disgraced British art dealer

Objects widely thought to be connected to Robin Symes will be unveiled in Rome this week

Artistic freedom comes under attack

Pressure to self-censor grows in the West as authorities clamp down across the Middle East

Reina Sofía to mark 80th anniversary of Picasso’s Guernica

Show in 2017 will shed new light on the great anti-war mural

Contemporary art space springs up on the Caribbean isle of Martinique

Inaugural exhibition dedicated to Hervé Télémaque is organised by Centre Pompidou curators

Is Norway gearing up for a new biennial?

Oslo Pilot is testing the water for a permanent contemporary art festival, with citywide exhibitions and events

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Lebanese authorities backtrack over high-profile curator's passport renewal

Christine Tohmé says her application was suspended because of ties to culture sector

Christine Macel named director of the 2017 Venice Biennale

The chief curator at the Centre Pompidou will organise the 57th International Art Exhibition next year 

V&A curators unveil 3D-printed portrait of Chelsea Manning in Davos

Model was created using DNA of the transgender whistleblower

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Elmgreen & Dragset create a fictional art fair in Beijing

The Well Fair sees artist duo create a “reversed power relationship”

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Palestinian Museum to open in May

Inaugural show will focus on the objects that individual Palestinians would never part with

Watts couple’s revamped ‘his and hers’ studios to open in Compton

Visitors can watch conservators at work in the renovated space

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Dubai turns to photography in bid to become UAE’s premier arts hub

Dubai Photo Exhibition to launch in March with works from 23 countries

Art world hero: artists and curators pay tribute to David Bowie

British musician, artist and actor inspired a generation of artists including Tracey Emin and Dexter Dalwood

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Louvre-Lens director Xavier Dectot steps down after five years, and heads for Edinburgh

Medieval expert will head the department of art and design at the National Museum of Scotland

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Art among the cacti: recurring exhibition to launch in the Southern Californian desert

Site-specific works will be dotted around Coachella Valley for the new Desert X show

Designers needed for travelling pavilion dedicated to Charlie Hebdo

Project on free speech launches on the first anniversary of terrorist attacks at Paris satirical magazine

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Three Tunisian artists freed on appeal, but two others remain in prison

Human Rights Watch organisation is concerned about the plight of Adnen Meddeb and Amine Mabrouk, who were charged under anti-drugs legislation