Artists

Giant Portuguese cock takes flight for Beijing and Shanghai

Ten-metre-high illuminated sculpture was originally created for Rio de Janeiro

Tapestry of Sabra and Shatila massacres could hang next to Picasso’s Guernica

Palestinian art collector has commissioned a wall hanging based on Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi’s drawing, which is now in the Tate

John Baldessari reunites Jackson Pollock with his teacher Thomas Hart Benton

“Art comes out of art; I’m interested in artists who influenced me, and how one artist interests another artist,” he says

Lawnews

Lawsuit over Cady Noland’s Log Cabin dismissed

But the question remains if the work can still be considered authentic, after the artist allegedly disavowed it

Wim Delvoye to create public sculpture of French astronomer François Arago in Paris

Belgian artist was chosen over 12 others whose maquettes will be auctioned at Artcurial

Artist turns Whitney work upside down after election

Annette Lemieux asked the museum’s curators to reverse her work Left Right Left Right

The end of the world is coming to Manhattan

Robert Cenedella, the “Art Bastard”, brings his vision of the apocalypse to a gallery window just a week before the US election

Ed Ruscha: ‘All artists want to open the gates to heaven’

US artist recalls Dutch road trip, the basis of his latest works on show in London—and says retirement is not an option

Calling all women artists: the Brooklyn Museum wants to take your picture

Kim Schoenstadt takes her idea for a group portrait on the road from Los Angeles to New York

Booksnews

‘We’re a part of American art too’: Black artists speak on their roles in art history

A new book surveys four generations of abstract art in the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection

Warsaw Gallery Weekend: who are the new kids on the bloc?

Annual event presents the best local talent while a new parallel fair looks beyond Poland’s borders

New York museum and galleries celebrate Richard Pousette-Dart centenary

On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the late artist’s foundation has also undertaken the conservation of his hospital triptych Presence, Healing Circles

Taryn Simon looks at how we all mourn at the Park Avenue Armory

US Immigration is an unwitting curator in the multidisciplinary artist’s project on the global practice of grieving

Interview: David Adjaye and Theaster Gates on working in Washington, DC

The London-based architect and the Chicago-based artist spoke with us ahead of their joint talk at the Hirshhorn Museum

Günther Uecker gets first solo show in London in more than 50 years

Zero Group artist has created six new nail paintings about human violence for exhibition at Dominique Lévy gallery

US artist builds wall near Mexican border to confront ‘everything that Donald Trump represents’

Louis Hock tackles fear, racism and hatred of immigrants with temporary barrier at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Shirin Neshat dreams big for first solo show in Africa

The Iranian-born artist is premiering two new videos at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg this week

Artist Betsy Davis ends her life under California’s doctor-assisted dying law

Before she died, the 41-year-old multimedia and performance artist diagnosed with ALS invited friends and family to a weekend goodbye party

America™: Alfredo Jaar’s controversial 1987 billboard work lights up London’s Piccadilly Circus

Donald Trump’s immigration policies make Logo for America more urgent than ever, the Chilean-born artist says

Bortolami creates US-wide mini-Marfas

Artists given non-traditional spaces and free rein to put on shows

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

Fairsnews

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