Steve McQueen: the Oscar-winner who still sees himself first and foremost as an artist
In his new commission for Dia Beacon, the British artist and director has focused on the trauma of African enslavement and the creation of a Black Atlantic culture with a screenless composition of light, colour and sound
Venice Biennale 2024: our pick of collateral shows
Alongside the main event, there's a plethora of exhibitions vying for visitors' attention. We've selected some of our favourites, ranging from Shahzia Sikander fairytale gothic palace to Andrzej Wróblewski's poignant depictions of war
Venice Biennale 2024: the must-see pavilions around town
Take a tour of a women's prison on Giudecca or a picturesque church in Cannaregio with our pick of pavilions beyond the Giardini and Arsenale
John Akomfrah: ‘What are the histories, the questions, the narratives?’
The British artist and film-maker's Biennale exhibition will build on his past investigations of race, memory and identity
Mark Bradford makes a surprise speech at Adriano Pedrosa's artist dinner
The artist, who represented the US in 2017, spoke about the artistic director's “generosity and quiet power to change things”
Powerhouse south London art organisation Gasworks celebrates 30 years
The exhibition space, international residency and workshop has given early platforms to now major names like Tania Bruguera, Sonia Boyce and Subodh Gupta
How an art centre in a former power station is harnessing the word ‘no’ to help save the planet
Germany’s E-Werk Luckenwalde, which seeks to be environmentally friendly in all aspects of its work, is hosting a festival that highlights the wide-ranging potential of restraint
Radical reboot of Black presence in art explored in three London shows
The white, Western canon is being reassessed at the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy and the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Among the seemingly endless round of biennials, eco-minded Klima Biennale in Vienna offers something genuinely new
Austrian capital is working with a local and international artists to provide some fresh perspectives on confronting the world’s environmental crises
Nari Ward: the artist using found objects to tell the stories of Harlem and beyond
Ahead of a new show in Milan, the New York-based artist explains how he came to use materials such as bottles and baseball bats after becoming frustrated with drawing, and why he uses ceremonial methods in his work
Subversive stitch: textile shows across UK unravel histories and weave new tales
From Lubaina Himid's colonial cotton at the Holburne Museum to a group survey at the Barbican, the once maligned medium is in the spotlight
The latest exhibition at England's Baltic sets a whole new bar for showing art in a climate crisis
Stepping Softly on the Earth embodies the themes of sustainability and interconnectedness both in its theme and how it has been put together
Martin Creed's full-throttle London pub performance reminds us that music is central to the maximalist maestro's career
Martin Creed and His Band blasted away the January blues, playing to a packed room this month
At last, institutions join forces to take environmental action
Major events in London and Tokyo signal a much-needed shift in the conversation around museums and growth, and a move towards significant practical action
The shape of water—artist Alia Farid on the impact of extractive industries in Iraq and Kuwait
The Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist and Artes Mundi nominee explores the Arab diaspora in Puerto Rico in Chisenhale Gallery show
New displays at Imperial War Museum come at a crucial time for world peace
The London museum's thematic approach to conflict references current conflicts as well as historic ones
Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble plant zero-waste conifer trees in London's King's Cross
The 36 living trees were chosen for their irregular appearance that makes them harder to sell
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
Tate Britain invites you to eat the patriarchy—literally
For the museum's landmark survey of British feminist art, Bobby Baker has reconstructed her 1976 edible work of a life-sized family made from cake and biscuits
At London's Barbican, the female body's link to nature isn’t just lyrical—it's hardcore political
And a new show opens at the city's William Morris Gallery with a focus on radical landscapes
Marina Abramović passes the baton on to a new generation of performers
A group of London shows, performances and events organised around the pioneering artist sees her extend her legacy
Zak Ové: ‘I learned that the important thing is never to be shut down’
The artist’s rocket sculpture explores Black influences on the Western world
Tate, Fitzwilliam and Arts Council scoop up works at Frieze
Plus, the winners of prominent young and emerging artist prizes have been revealed
‘In some of the bubbles there was a face or the body of a woman trapped inside’: Valeria Napoleone on finding a connection with an artist's practice
The Italian collector, who helps fund the acquisition of women artists’ work by UK museums, likes to take her time when choosing what to buy
'Like an art world bike hire scheme': how a packaging rental service plans to slash industry emissions
The initiative was created by the UK-based company Roxbox, which has developed a range of reusable shipping crates to tackle waste
El Anatsui: the sculptor on making art from waste, and waking up the artist in all of us
The Ghanaian artist, whose new work is about to be unveiled in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, explains the layered meanings behind his use of recycled bottle tops in his signature glittering, fabric-like hangings
The Bloomsbury Group, re-examined through their garments
A new book and UK exhibition by Charlie Porter explores the sartorial choices of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and the rest of the Charleston set
Reopening the flood gates: series of films and exhibitions in UK mark 70 years since deadly storm surge in North Sea
The threat posed by rising sea levels to coastlines is explored across commissions and shows in east London, Southend and Cornwall
Lactating breasts and farting bottoms: unruly bodies run rampant in exhibitions across London
Our leaky, creaky, capricious corporeal vessels are the subject of shows at Somerset House, Goldsmith's CCA and the Design Museum
Jetting away with it: the challenge of parting the super-rich from their private planes
A lack of legislation to deter private flying is hampering efforts to convince the art world's elite to kick the habit