Artists
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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
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
Cuban artist offers free wifi to Havana locals, with backing from Google
Kcho’s sculpture studio has been equipped with laptops, cell phones and virtual-reality goggles and is open to the public from 7am to midnight
Francis Alÿs films children’s games in refugee camps in northern Iraq
Belgian-born, Mexico City-based artist was on research trip to the region with the Ruya Foundation
Damien Hirst, suffragette, spins with a twist
Artist has made a work to support the Women’s Equality Party
Wild at art: private art foundation dedicated to adventurer and watercolourist Tony Foster opens in Silicon Valley
The artist’s patron, the renewable energy investor Jane Woodward, has wholly backed the project
Artist faces battle to spend final days in forest Edvard Munch loved to paint
Bang goes the neighbourhood? Criticism grows to Bjarne Melgaard’s A House to Die In
Iranian art proves a hit with collectors at new London gallery
Sophia Contemporary Gallery, which specialises in contemporary art from the Middle Eastern region, launched this week
Lucian Freud’s life and work to be the focus of new Dublin research centre
Fifty works from private collections go on show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Which star architect will be first to use blackest of black material?
Maker of spray-on version of Vantablack working with “global architects” as well as Anish Kapoor <br>