From Ruth Asawa's delicate structures to a revelatory show of Picasso's paper works

We look at the year ahead for galleries, art fairs and auctions, and seek out the big shows in the UK, Europe and the US

Most of the works, created with felt tip pen on newsprint, have been lost, but two have been specially restored for London show

Collectors, enthusiasts and friends loan works that channel subculture of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

From Elizabeth Peyton's historically contextualised portraits to a jarring installation on queer existence

As Notre Dame burned, protestors called the shots and a gold toilet vanished, it was certainly a year to remember

From Bomberg's love of the Renaissance to Bruce Conner's sexy music video

We look back at some of the best shows this year

From the UK's hottest graduates to forgotten Indian masterpieces

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani will share the UK’s most prestigious art prize

From Feliciano Centurión's blankets to a recreation of Valie Export's show at the 1980 Venice Biennale

The third edition of Anozero in Coimbra includes works by Steve McQueen, Anna Boghiguian, and the Portuguese duo João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva

Museum plans to send 300 portraits a year on tour around the country during £35.5m redevelopment

From Lucian Freud's stunning self-portraits at the Royal Academy of Arts to King Tut's treasures at the Saatchi Gallery

The artist’s altercation with a cab driver produced one of many revealing paintings being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts

From Christian Marclay to Taryn Simon, we look at how artists are increasingly using vinyl to document and augment their work­—and as a medium in itself

As an exhibition opens at the Sir John Soane's Museum, the curator David Bindman takes us from Covent Garden and Grosvenor Square to “Guzzledown”

Over all the art-world chatter? From Hogarth’s pug called Trump to a pup picture fit for a French king, we embrace puppy love in the tent

The restauranteur tells us about his unusual Bridget Riley work and displaying his art on his new boat

Traditional medium is back in fashion amid looming Brexit

The museum will continue to name its main building after local community activist Natalie Bell

Stanley Whitney, Elizabeth Peyton and Joy Labinjo are among the first works to attract buyers at this year's fair

We look at which contemporary artists hold the record for the most shows in the capital over the past 20 years

Biennial in northern Norway takes the “intertidal zone” as its theme, with artists rustling up cod fish dinners and recording the sounds of the sea

Artists in the running for the £40,000 award include Carrie Mae Weems, Dineo Seshee Bopape and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz

The installation by Czech artist Kateřina Šedá is part of the Lofoten International Art Festival in Norway

As the largest edition of the biennial expands into an abandoned factory, we also roundup new festivals sprouting up around the world

Exhibition of the late French designer had 594,000 visitors overall but was on for seven months

E-Werk Luckenwalde will be powered with locally sourced biomass, with excess energy sold back to the grid

Exhibition first opens at Norway’s new Munch Museum, where Emin’s giant bronze The Mother will be permanently installed outside