Artists
Exhibition on Greek island of Samos offers new perspectives on the refugee crisis
Works transcend media representations of the humanitarian disaster, says curator Katerina Gregos
Teresa Margolles builds monument to 100 people who died in the streets of Los Angeles
Imposing concrete shelter in Echo Park incorporates debris and residue gathered at homicide scenes
Travel ban lifted on leading Iranian artist
Parviz Tanavoli gets his passport back, and leaves for Vancouver after officials drop charges against him
Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde works are not harmful after all
Author retracts report claiming works shown at Tate Modern were a risk
Floating Piers: how Italy learnt to love Christo
The artist’s golden walkways on Lake Iseo drew more than 1.2 million visitors in 16 days
How to keep an artist’s name alive
Galleries at Art Basel bring historic works that are fresh to the market as artists’ estates get proactive
Jonas Mekas: the film-maker’s film-maker
Art Basel honours the Lithuanian-American artist who survived Hitler’s labour camps
Andres Serrano’s scenes of cruel and unusual punishment
Volunteers in France and former political prisoners from Northern Ireland pose for US photographer's Torture images
Need a biennial curator? Call an artist
Manifesta’s curator Christian Jankowski is among a growing number of artists organising biennials
Gilbert & George to convert East End house into non-profit gallery
Contemporary art foundation would host two exhibitions a year and is expected to bring 200 visitors a week
Vladimir Nemukhin, Russian abstract painter, died aged 90
The Nonconformist artist also accommodated the Soviet regime
Simon Starling takes to the stage for his latest project
A new play and exhibition has eclectic sources of inspiration, from Yeats to Japanese Noh theatre
Member of Ai Weiwei’s studio questioned by police during evacuation of Idomeni camp
Lu Hengzhong has been filming at the refugee camp in Greece for past 12 weeks
JR makes Louvre pyramid disappear
French artist’s work is a criticism of our selfie culture
New catalogue raisonné sheds light on Francis Bacon’s art and controversial life
Five-volume publication reveals artist’s unseen works—and his sadomasochistic side
China’s rising young stars shine in a man’s world
It takes more than talent for vastly outnumbered female artists to come to the fore
Ugo Rondinone’s seven stone towers rise in the Las Vegas desert
Land art piece will remain on view for two years
Don’t bank on it: New York artist’s memorial to financial failures comes to Wall Street
Michael Mandiberg has recorded the logos of more than 500 banks that closed during the recession for his installation FDIC Insured
The rent is too damn high: artists tackle New York’s gentrification problem
William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton team up again for a month-long programme of talks and performances that address the city’s housing issues
Portrait of the artist as a young woman: inside the mind of Eva Hesse
Diaries and film describe how the minimalist lauded by LeWitt was plagued by self-doubt and anxiety
Ai Weiwei's first feature-length film to focus on refugees
Chinese artist documents humanitarian crisis from Lesbos to Lebanon
Wim Delvoye unveils plans for museum in historic Iranian city
Belgian artist restores palatial buildings in Kashan and creates works with Isfahan metalworkers
Mark Bradford to represent the US at the 57th Venice Biennale
Pavilion’s curator calls Bradford ‘the leading American abstract painter of his generation’
Museums and galleries turn to the work of Gordon Parks
In the ten years since the artist’s death, interest in his work has steadily grown
USC Seven artists get their ‘graduate’ shows in Los Angeles
New alternative space PSSST will organise exhibitions of students who dropped out of the Roski School of Art and Design MFA programme in protest last year
Sol LeWitt’s art collection reveals friendships and artistic resonances
The Drawing Center displays a selection of the 4,000 works amassed by the ‘natural-born collector’
Betty Tompkins, famous for her Fuck Paintings, now represented by PPOW
The New York gallery is known for its shows of artists that explore the female body and sexuality