Laurie Rojas

Tania Bruguera detained in Cuba again

Artist and activist was in her home country to deliver aid

Cuban artists react to Fidel Castro’s death

Anti-Castro artist and human rights activist El Sexto believed to have been abducted amid crackdown

Berlin's KW Contemporary Art Institute gets a revamp

New director says the space will reopen in January after refurbishment and an organisational rethink

Candida Höfer travels down Mexico way

German photographer captures country's rich architectural heritage

Prizesnews

‘Enigmatic’ French artist Pierre Huyghe wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for sculpture

One of the key representatives of “relational aesthetics”, the artist will receive the award in Dallas in April

What not to miss during Berlin Art Week

From Anne Imhof’s circus-like opera to a marathon of artist’s films to Andreas Greiner’s giant chicken skeleton

Art Berlin Contemporary slashes exhibitor numbers

Ninth edition of reluctant fair keeps the focus on solo artist projects

Slow start for Brussels Gallery Weekend

Event attracted few international collectors but included many standout shows

Berlin cements its lead as Europe’s digital art capital

DIS-curated biennial and the inaugural show of Julia Stoschek’s satellite play to city’s strengths

Germany rebuilds historic Cuban ties with flurry of art exhibitions

Fidel Castro visited former-GDR city of Rostock where latest show opened this week

Five to see during Berlin Gallery Weekend

Make tracks to the German capital for the bank holiday art extravaganza

Revamped Kunstmuseum Basel to reveal lesser-known Jackson Pollock

Following the opening of its new building this weekend, the Swiss museum will show the abstract artist’s figurative work

Berlin’s ‘cheapest new acquisitions’ are actually old favourites

Restorers at Alte Nationalgalerie put right “decades of neglect” to reveal new depths of Caspar David Friedrich’s famous duo

Blain Southern celebrates five years in Berlin

To mark the anniversary, the gallery is showing all the artists it has worked with in Germany

Fairsnews

Zona Maco: contemporary collecting gathers pace in Mexico

But buyers shy away from experimental works and unfamiliar names, making it hard to develop a market for young and emerging artists

Prado acquires Fra Angelico works from Spanish duke in €18m ‘gentleman’s agreement’

The deal includes the 15th-century Virgin of the Pomegranate and a small panel by the artist

Miami reconnects with Cuba

As relations improve across the Florida Straits, a string of exhibitions makes the most of the cultural ties between Miami and Havana.

Tania Bruguera, the Cuban artist who won’t be silenced

Invited to London by Frieze, the activist-artist explains why she is determined to return to Havana—if she’s allowed

What to see during Berlin Art Week

The normally slow-paced city kicks into art overdrive this week with around 100 exhibitions and projects

Georg Baselitz leads fight against German cultural minister's radical proposals

Monika Grütters faced by "storm of protest" as other artists vow to withdraw works on loan to German museums if export restrictions become law

Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport

While artist is named first to take up residency established by New York City mayor’s office of immigrant affairs

Berlin’s summer of performance and film art starts this weekend

From the Foreign Affairs festival to commercial gallery shows, time-based art can be found all over the German city

Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game

Increasing pressure to grow is pushing mid-tier galleries to find new ways to remain competitive

Berlinische Galerie reopens after refurbishment

German capital’s 1960s urban renewal is explored in new shows

Lawnews

Art collection of bankrupt German art consultancy to go under hammer

Sale of more than 2,000 works from Helge Achenbach's company expected to fetch between €3m and €4.5m

Cuban artist to stage new political project in Havana following arrest

Tania Bruguera, who has had her passport confiscated after planning a free-speech performance in Revolution Square, is due to host a 100-hour reading of the book The Origins of Totalitarianism ahead of the city's biennial

Artists protest in support of Bruguera

International art world shows solidarity with Cuban artist—but her compatriots are less keen

Berlin Gallery Weekend: our pick of the top 5 shows

Dealers hope the sex appeal of brand Berlin will pay off as this year's edition opens today<br>