Artists

Democrats lobby for US artists’ economic rights with two bills

But it remains unclear what chance either proposal has of passing into law while Republicans control both houses of Congress

Lawnews

Artist wins case against neighbours he secretly photographed

Appellate Court upholds First Amendment rights but encourages stricter privacy laws in future

Africa is the new China, so it must be time for a dedicated art fund

Its founders want to raise $40m and plan to support the continent’s museums

Next stop Reykjavík for MoMA’s Bjork show?

The city’s mayor has seen the exhibition and wants to bring it to the Icelandic capital

Artnews

Basquiat's footnotes, made into an exhibition

The Brooklyn Museum offers a slice of Jean-Michel Basquiat's pre-history

Artnews

Paul Chan: not much to see, but something to think about

The Hugo Boss Prize winner's exhibition at the Guggenheim is spare but smart

Almost one third of solo shows in US museums go to artists represented by five galleries

Survey reveals prevalence of Pace, Gagosian, David Zwirner, Marian Goodman and Hauser & Wirth in exhibition programming

Unexpected chemistry between Moore and Bacon on show at the Ashmolean

This show compares the two artists, revealing that the painter even asked the sculptor for lessons

All aboard: from the Biennale to Basel

Artists weigh in on exhibiting at both events in quick succession

Featuresarchive

Music to the ears of the post-war avant garde: exhibitions mark the 100th anniversary of composer John Cage's birth

The celebrations of his life show how much he influenced—and was influenced by—some of the greats of American 20th-century art

Art Baselarchive

Claudia Waldner causes a stir with ball at Art Basel 2011

The artist held nothing back as calamity was narrowly avoided

Newsarchive

Ai Weiwei assaulted

He was prevented from testifying in defence of activist Tan Zuoren

Art Baselarchive

Our road to Basel 1970: Interview with Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Christo and Jeanne-Claude on escaping from communism, how they met and what it takes to become an artist

Art Baselarchive

My road to Art Basel 2009: Interview with Alicja Kwade

Alicja Kwade on fleeing Poland, working for other artists and winning prizes

From the archive | A 2009 studio visit with the king of the one-liner Frank Stella in the fallout from the global financial crash

The artist reveals that his cavernous upstate New York studio includes a Formula 1 racing car that had "drifted in", and is packed with art following the recent cancellation of two exhibitions in Europe: "It's not good"

Art Baselarchive

Road trip masterminded by Cedric Christie makes stop at Basel

Each of the twelve motorists have been assigned a vehicle restored by Christie, their route incorporating a series of art fairs

Buying frenzy at Deitch/Paper store

Only 15 were let in at a time, but that did not seem to prevent pandemonium

Booksarchive

Books: Sutherland and Bacon, a story of friends disuniting

Graham Sutherland and Francis Bacon compared and contrasted

Art in the media: The people’s painting—only what we deserve

Komar and Melamid reveal what we like, Tory politician Jeffrey Archer speculates in Warhols, fictional Bacon somewhat censored, and Britain’s own intellectual, Jonathan Miller, on reflection

Fake Fautrier: can you trust an artist’s heir?

In deciding that the certificate of the artist’s heir is no longer sufficient to prove a work’s authenticity, French courts will require auctioneers to be more thorough in future

Books: A catalogue raisonné for Mark Rothko

Only Gorky and Pollock of his peers has so far been catalogued

Obituary for Annette Giacometti

Both Giacometti's spouse and favourite subject, Annette's championing of his talent persisted after his passing

Booksarchive

Books: Dangerous (artistic) liaisons examined

A poet married to a painter reviews a survey of creative partnerships including Ernst and Carrington, Pollock and Krasner, Rodin and Claudel, and more