Dr Penelope Curtis is a renowned scholar but also has a track record—as an exhibited artist

The works selected reflect Tate's increasingly global outlook and support of young artists

Among other advice, he suggests to buy what you like and that the affordable stuff is tucked round the back

Perry is about to show his most ambitious work, a huge tapestry depicting images of consumer excess and retribution

Constructed for a theatrical setting, this event makes space and time its materials

Christo and Jeanne-Claude on escaping from communism, how they met and what it takes to become an artist

If he gets planning permission, Antony Gormley will transform Trafalgar Square into a space for the ordinary man and woman

The sisters had access to the late film-maker’s huge archive and focused on a film about the Holocaust which never got made

The supercharged shopping trip was worth £125,000 this year

Historical trends of male art selling for more are being challenged

This precaution was taken due to the safety of stock being compromised by influx of football fans

Meanwhile, the art world gets back to bare essentials as Hodgkin has an unusual request for the director of the ICA while Tate director’s wife is defrocked

We can reveal that the Creed’s commission for the Duveen Galleries, to be unveiled next month, is likely to startle visitors

Meanwhile, Mark McGowan gets a helping hand on his commute while Richard Wentworth loses his marbles

On the eve of a major show at Tate Britain, we talk to the artist about his life and work in the Caribbean

“In a public space people should feel better after looking at the art”

This year the budget was £150,000, spent on just four pieces

Grayson Perry defrocked

Meanwhile, Grayson Perry displays his (disco) balls

Prices start at $6 for a face towel

After 25 years, the Irish artist is still going strong, subjecting his paintings to “tough love” and steering away from nostalgia

The Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund's budget of £150,000 saw 28 works enter the collection

The new building's first show is of work by Dieter Roth and Martin Kippenberger

The Tate Triennial might be a critical damp squib, but the veteran artist Cerith Wyn Evans made sure the opening went with a bang

Sex, art and turmoil, revealing very little

Tino Sehgal refuses to document his work, rejects written contracts, and only takes cash

Also featuring parenting tips from Emin and Tate's spiritually uplifting cabaret