Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

US presidents and Taiwan back Eisenhower Memorial

Frank Gehry revises controversial design but the family of the soldier and statesman remains unimpressed

Palestinian Museum partnership draws criticism

Not everyone is happy about the Institut du Monde Arabe's decision to co-found a museum in the West Bank

Spanish museum squabble over Old Masters ends

Works will not be transferred from the Prado to new Royal Collections museum

Qatar opens slavery museum

Institution is one of four in a new Doha development, the state’s latest bid to rebrand itself as a culture hub

Fresh face for Frieze Projects

Raphael Gygax, who has acted as a fair adviser, takes the reins in 2016

Art world rallies around artist sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia

Cultural figures take a stance against court ruling condemning Ashraf Fayadh for apostasy

Western curator explores works by Iranian artist in the heart of Tehran

Exhibition co-organised by Germano Celant signals Iran’s soft power offensive

Louvre's director draws up 50-point plan in response to Isil's destruction

Jean-Luc Martinez calls for safe havens for antiquities, European centre to combat smuggling and reconstruction fund

Barcelona boosted by new contemporary art initiative

Fundació Gaspar will host a major exhibition of works by Paul McCarthy in 2016

UK partners with India for major cross-cultural festival in 2017

The British Museum and British Library will contribute to events across the country

Paris Tableau folded into Biennale des Antiquaires

This year’s edition of Old Master fair was the last in its current form

Migration and climate change the focus of Palermo-based Manifesta in 2018

City’s outspoken mayor is backing the biennial, which could transform the island’s identity

Modern art museum group in turmoil after three board members resign

Leading directors oppose Cimam president at centre of censorship row in Barcelona

Arab artists hit the US campaign trail

Culture bus heads to Washington in bid to change attitudes to the Middle East

Over 35s not allowed: Moscow Biennale for Young Art turns to emerging curators

Curator Nadim Samman will choose participating artists through a “transparent” selection procedure

V&A unveils new Japanese display with ancient treasures and a Sony Walkman

Refurbished gallery gives more space to Modern objects but older artefacts still take pride of place

Guggenheim gets digital with first online show

Participants, including Douglas Coupland, invest in a simulated stock market shaped by technological developments

Tehran’s Modern art could travel to the US

Hirshhorn holds preliminary talks but Berlin first in queue to borrow works by artists such as Gauguin, Pollock, Rothko, Picasso and Bacon

Huang Yong Ping to build an archipelago in Paris for 2016 Monumenta commission

The vast installation at the Grand Palais reflects the changing world order

Iranian artists look forward to the day when sanctions are finally lifted

Interest grows in younger generation active in Tehran’s lively art scene and the Iranian diaspora

Theaster Gates brings new life to bombed-out Bristol church

Performances from poetry readings to gospel singing will run 24/7 for the Chicago-artist’s first public art project in the UK

Nottingham Contemporary gets a new director

Sam Thorne takes the reins after joining Tate St Ives only last year

Bath-based museum needs another £61,000 to acquire rare oil sketch by Thomas Lawrence

Painting’s 19-year-old subject lined up as “poster boy” for the Holburne Museum’s centenary

Shop 'til you Pop art: Lebanese retail tycoon opens museum-mall in Beirut

At Tony Salamé’s $100m Aishti Foundation, visitors can see a major show of abstract works or shop in a string of luxury boutiques

Fiac dealers unsettled by Frieze date change

Art world will have to rethink its schedule as London fair moves earlier in the month

Newcomers shake up Paris art fair scene dominated by Fiac

Paris Internationale and Asia Now look to attract art world footfall

Prizesnews

British artist bags $50,000 Calder Prize

Haroon Mirza is honoured for his audio compositions that fuse sound and light