Artists

Strange but true: Beuys’s works in felt and fat were built to last

Conservators have got to grips with seminal artist’s use of non-traditional materials

Richard Prince’s retail therapy in Beirut

The US artist creates site-specific works for the fashion chain founded by Tony Salamé

Robin Page: Pioneering British Fluxus artist and art-world rebel

Page found it hard to settle and survive, and most of his creative life was spent in a state of penury worthy of La Bohème

Six sculptures for site near London’s new US embassy

British artists to produce works for development south of the Thames

Mind the art: Transport for London unveils new commissions for the tube

Liam Gillick and Zineb Sedira have made works for the Victoria Line

Separatists in eastern Ukraine blow up art installation

Pascale Marthine Tayou’s 40m-tall piece was dedicated to the women of Donetsk

Lawnews

Danh Vo to appeal court order to make ‘large and impressive’ new work for collector

Danish-Vietnamese artist says his “artistic integrity has been violated” by Rotterdam judge’s ruling in Bert Kreuk case

Joana Vasconcelos creates new work for selling show at Phillips London

Auction house is contributing towards the artist’s production costs

Facing the realities of virtual reality

Immersive video is inspiring artists—but getting to grips with the technology can be tricky

Swiss collector’s Chinese art to go on show in Bern

Two museum exhibitions will feature works that Uli Sigg has acquired since 2005

The story beyond the booths' walls at Art Basel

From a painting once owned by Ernst Beyeler to an American soldier’s wartime memento, older works at the fair often have a rich history to reveal

The artist who had to wait for the world to catch up

Carmen Herrera, now 100, is the subject of an inspiring new documentary

Digital romance blooms between art and technology

Computer animation, 3D printing and aerospace software are fast becoming tools of the trade for artists

Designnews

Top French design dealer to open London space

Patrick Seguin is showing a recreation of a Jean Prouvé house at Design Miami/Basel

Artnews

Calder’s great-grandson creates desert exhibition

The musician is organising an exhibition that melds sculpture, performance and sound in Marfa, Texas

Artnews

Avignon museum plans stellar reopening show

Works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer and Nan Goldin, among others, will go on show in the refurbished Lambert Collection

Swiss ski slopes are alive with the sound of art

Second show held in the Swiss ski resort of Gstaad is due to open early next year

African-American artists respond to racial injustice in the US

Works dealing with race relations are hard to miss at this year's fair

German dealer looks to the next generation

Bernheimer Contemporary is launching an exhibition space opposite Museum Island in Berlin

Africa is a state of mind that defies definition

Eurocentric views of the continent’s contemporary art overlook its diversity in an increasinly migratory art world

Collectors are calling the shots at Art Basel and beyond

Roles in flux as patrons establish private museums and foundations or work directly with artists

Sculptures made at Art Basel with Swiss machine precision

Swiss artist Raphael Hefti borrowed state-of-the-art milling machine to carve works