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KAWS: the former graffiti artist turned global pop art star shows off his collector’s eye

KAWS, the pseudonym of the American artist Brian Donnelly, is best known for his distorted cartoon characters and embracing of popular culture, even being compared to Andy Warhol. Now, a lesser-known side is revealed as works from his vast art collection go on show in New York

‘Everybody’s capable of time travel’: Virgil Ortiz on marrying craft traditions with science-fiction

The Cochiti Pueblo artist, who has an exhibition at the Lowe Art Museum in Miami, discusses educating people about the little-known 1680 Pueblo Revolt—and his love of Star Wars

‘Everything had a huge impression on me’: Rachel Feinstein on her latest exhibition, inspired by her childhood in Miami

The artist’s solo show at The Bass in Miami Beach includes new commissions reflecting her nostalgia for the city in the 1970s and 80s

‘I’ve always dreamt of bringing a studio into the museum’: Miami-born José Parlá makes art in dialogue with the public

The artist talks working in a replica of his studio inside Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the choice to make art in desperate conditions

'It's a process of following your curiosity': Firelei Báez on her exhibitions in Los Angeles and Vancouver

The artist discusses her concurrent shows at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles and the Vancouver Art Gallery

Sophie Calle on oversharing, exploring death and the rules that govern her boundary-pushing practice

Calle is famous for her examination of people’s personal lives—and her own—in an almost voyeuristic way. But, despite the title of her latest show, 'Overshare', she says her work exposes less than many people do on social media

‘The new idea is like falling in love’: Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg on the creative process

After 20 years of working together, the duo talk about their influences, themes and characters, music and the fickleness of art-making

Rule-based artist Mark Manders is ready to let loose at Art Basel Paris

The Dutch artist’s famously restrained work will feature at the fair and major European dealer and institutional shows opening in October

Mire Lee: ‘I’ve started playing with potential technical failures’

With her complex, performative installation now filling Tate Modern’s vast Turbine Hall, the South Korean artist discusses how she aims to bring theatricality to sculpture

Nairy Baghramian: ‘Dissent is part of society, it is a healthy freedom’

The Iranian-born, Berlin-based artist discusses the beauty that lies in “in-between spaces”, and the relationship between art and democracy

Chila Kumari Singh Burman: ‘I’ve always rebelled against being told what to do’

The self-described “Punjabi Scouser” artist’s colourful neon works raise a smile, but with themes of feminism, racism and colonialism there is a serious intent to her art

Narcissister’s new show expands on her subversive brand of magic

The artist’s project at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn is her first large-scale performance commission since 2012

Anya Gallaccio: the artist casting trees in bronze, planting an orchard, and letting her art rot

Dissolution, uncertainty and paradox are the stock in trade of the British artist, whose latest works include trees as a metaphor for those living with HIV/Aids and casting chalk caves with a 3D printer

Edra Soto: ‘This kind of architecture lives in the background’

The Puerto Rico-born, Chicago-based artist’s new Public Art Fund project brings the domestic architecture of her childhood home to Central Park

‘Art saved my life in many, many ways’: vanessa german on channelling magic in her new Chicago exhibition

The artist’s show at the University of Chicago was informed by her experience teaching a class on historically marginalised forms of learning

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June Clark: the Toronto-based US artist exploring the American flag and its many meanings

The New York-born artist, who has lived in Canada for more than half a century, explains how she bypassed sexism in the 1970s to teach herself photography, and why she will always be connected to the US

Martha Jungwirth: the Austrian painter looking to Goya and the horrors of Australian bushfires

The octogenarian artist has quietly persevered with her often non-figurative painting—which she insists is not abstract—inspired by everything from domestic appliances to the terrors of Europe’s African colonisation

Yooyun Yang: "I am drawn to moments where familiarity and novelty collide"

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Woo Hannah: "Fabric is good for expressing weird but beautiful things"

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siren eun young jung: "I believe in art that is able to visualise those erased by society"

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The Rice Brewing Sisters Club: "We use what we call 'auntie wisdoms'"

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Minouk Lim: "I focus on the ritualistic aspect of making"

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Eusung Lee: "The allure of sculpture lies in the embodiment of presence"

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Sojung Jun: "I find it intriguing to deal with history or time"

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Jesse Chun: "Language is an incredibly intricate and powerful thing"

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Mika Rottenberg: ‘Giant things are often triggered by tiny reactions’

The “silly but serious” artist’s experiences at the world’s largest particle accelerator at Cern have helped to shape her expansive retrospective at Museum Tinguely

'Half of my collection is about cats': Sylvie Fleury reveals her love of feline art

The Geneva-based artist known for her pop culture references cannot get enough of glitzy 1970s American cars and 1980s fashion

‘I’m just reflecting the times. I’m not an activist’: artist Monira Al Qadiri on her complicated relationship with fossil fuel, a recurring theme of her work

The Kuwaiti-born artist, now living in Germany, has an exhibition at Kunsthaus Baselland during Art Basel that includes large-scale works referencing oil production and consumption

Carsten Höller: ‘We have been very successful in eliminating the unpredictable'

The artist is working with an MIT scientist to help Fondation Beyeler visitors learn the art of flying—in their dreams, at least

Alvaro Barrington: the artist bringing carnival and the Caribbean to Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries

With his new London commission, the Venezuela-born painter is exploring the UK’s impact around the globe with a sweeping installation partly inspired by his grandmother’s plastic sofa coverings