Artists

Chinese artist Zhang Dali on censorship and finding freedom in the provinces

The artist known for his controversial graffiti, paintings and sculptures has his first retrospective in Wuhan

London hospital commissions art to be part of cure

New cancer centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ will feature works by artists including Daniel Silver and Angela Bulloch

Court ruling over vandalised Versailles sculpture angers Anish Kapoor

The artist will reconfigure Dirty Corner but judge says that anti-Semitic slogans painted on the work must be removed immediately

Ai and Kapoor complete walk for refugees

Blankets carried by participants, as symbol of concern, will go to charity

Prizesnews

Shortlist announced for UK's biggest contemporary art prize

Seven international artists are in the running for the £40,000 Cardiff-based Artes Mundi award

Dan Flavin light piece to be installed deep inside a Puerto Rican cave

Dia Art Foundation heads overseas with a major—and potentially controversial—new work by Allora and Calzadilla

Olafur Eliasson launches successful appeal to kickstart Little Sun's next big project

Solar-powered mobile phone charger is designed to fill gap in African market

Luciano Benetton’s collection presents a united view of the world’s cultures

But Venice exhibition is also full of political unrest and upheaval

Leading artists donated works in last-minute bid to help save Kids Company charity

Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin pledged support to charity, which numbered Damien Hirst among long-standing donors

Lawnews

Büchel’s Venice mosque to stay shut

Court won’t hear case until Biennale ends

Dashed hopes of the Arab Spring: Ibrahim El-Salahi creates new work inspired by protests

Drawings by the Sudanese artist will be shown in full for the first time in Istanbul this month charting an arc from hope to violence

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Emerging from Ai Weiwei’s shadow: China’s new art

As the Royal Academy hosts a major show of China’s best-known artist, the curators of a forthcoming exhibition of new commissions by Chinese artists argue that the latest art from the country is increasingly global in form and outlook<br>

Baselitz puts German culture minister in the firing line

Art trade up in arms over implications of draft bill that aims to protect the import and export of cultural property

Olafur Eliasson waterfall for Copenhagen swimming pool

A proposal to build an art pool in the Danish capital would allow visitors to “get in touch” with underwater works

Murakami reveals surprise debt to Anselm Kiefer

Superstar artist provides exclusive insight into vast and eclectic collection before his Yokohama show—just don’t call him the Japanese Andy Warhol

William Kentridge plans epic frieze for River Tiber

South African artist will incorporate pollution in 550m-long work

Delays are water under the bridge as Olafur Eliasson unveils new project in Copenhagen

Ship-themed pedestrian crossing finally complete two years after originally planned

Congolese artist who died of malaria to have solo show at London art fair

Kiripi Katembo’s images of Kinshasa, including several that have never been seen before, will come to 1:54 in October