Gareth Harris

Gareth Harris is the Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper

Jenny Holzer creates Walt Whitman poetry piece for New York Aids memorial

The long-awaited monument stands in the West Village near St Vincent’s hospital—but is not yet open to the public

Team led by US artist Leo Villareal wins design competition to light up London’s Thames

The ambitious Illuminated River initiative will be interactive and eco-friendly <br>

Show of Syrian artists to inaugurate Rem Koolhaas’s first UAE building

Multi-purpose space, called Concrete, is at the heart of burgeoning Alserkal Avenue art district<br> <br>

Francis Alÿs to create new work inspired by his frontline experiences in Mosul

Belgian artist’s wartime commission will go on show in the Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale<br> <br>

Three to see: London

Contemplate Elton John’s radical eye and pet Rauschenberg’s goat before sailing upstream into Rachel Maclean’s bubble-gum universe

Louvre’s global role expands under Jean-Luc Martinez

Director is determined to see the French museum’s expertise and collections shared around the world—and safeguarded at home

Paris museum agrees to strict terms to secure Post-Impressionist trove

Nashville-based couple's decision to send their 600-strong collection abroad raises eyebrows at home

Testing times for Turkey’s international art market

Attendance and sales at Contemporary Istanbul were promising, but political uncertainty deterred some foreign dealers and collectors

Takin' it to the streets

Inside the over-the-top parade that launched the new Faena District

Fairsnews

Argentina’s art scene comes to the fore in Miami

Conditions are ripe for the country’s rich but isolated cultural landscape to have its moment in the sun

Major Picasso-Giacometti exhibition bound for Qatar

The show, running at the Musée National Picasso in Paris, will fill the Fire Station artist-in-residence space in Doha

Fairsnews

La Biennale des Antiquaires gets a new director—and a new name

Prestigious fair, now held annually, will be known as Biennale Paris under new chief Mathias Ary Jan

Billionaire Victor Pinchuk unveils shortlist for $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize

Works by 21 international artists will go on show at the Venice Biennale next year

Tate Modern launches ten-day live art exhibition in the Tanks

Fog sculptures and multisensory "occasions" are on the programme next spring

Jeff Koons unveils plans for a memorial to the victims of the Paris terror attacks

But funding still needs to be found for Bouquet of Tulips, which is modelled on the Statue of Liberty

The next Berlin? Kuala Lumpur launches gallery weekend

Dealers and museums join forces to put the Malaysian capital on the art map

Prada Foundation moves into photography with new gallery in Milan’s oldest shopping arcade

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is where fashion brand opened its first store in 1913

New fine art and antiques fair to launch in Paris next November

Move draws criticism from organisers of Biennale des Antiquaires who are not keen on a competing fair

Tate St Ives announces Anne Barlow as new artistic director

Director of New York’s Art in General gallery will join the museum next spring when it opens after an 18-month closure<br>

Louvre Abu Dhabi announces Jenny Holzer and Giuseppe Penone commissions as institution edges closer to opening date

Huge installations will be dotted around the museum dome which will be flooded with light <br>

Top social-media jobs in the art world come with six-figure salary

Brush up on your Instagram skills and you could be earning over $100,000

Three to see: Paris

From Mexican Modernism to iPhones made of stone, via a Picasso and Giacometti duet

‘Afghan girl with green eyes' Sharbat Gula deported from Pakistan

Subject of famous National Geographic cover convicted of having fake ID papers<br> <br>

Poetry to honour victims on anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks

Institut du Monde Arabe will host a night of readings this weekend

Ewan McGregor, Douglas Gordon and Guggenheim director call for Edinburgh’s Inverleith House to be saved

More than 200 international artists, curators and culture figures protest closure of leading gallery<br> <br>

Reportnews

Tate makes up for lost time with the help of Elton John

Singer and other collectors are helping photography come in from the cold

Shortlist announced to light up river Thames and 17 London bridges

Illuminated River design teams include artists such as Glenn Ligon, Angela Bulloch, Philippe Parreno and Leo Villareal<br>

Protestors storm stand at Contemporary Istanbul over sculpture depicting last Sultan

Censorship row at Turkish art fair as work by Ali Elmaci inflames local religious group<br> <br>

Chile’s first state-run contemporary art museum opens at former airport

National Centre for Contemporary Art Chile includes spaces for exhibitions, archives and conservation<br>

Louvre may safeguard artefacts from war-torn areas

French president François Hollande made proposal at opening of Louvre-Lens show on Mesopotamia