Biennials & festivals

Richard Parry appointed new director of Glasgow International

He takes the reins of the contemporary art festival's eighth edition next year, replacing Sarah McCrory

Terra Foundation reveals ambitious plans for Art Design Chicago in 2018

The year-long multi-venue festival will celebrate the city’s art and design legacy with 25 exhibitions

No smoke without fire: Documenta 14 unveils first work in Kassel

A smoking chimney billows for the start of the quinquennial event

Triennale di Milano: art effects empathy as forced migration anchors show

The Restless Earth explores the divisive subject currently preoccupying global media

Dispatches from our Man at the Antarctic Biennale: setting sail

Our correspondent, Adrian Dannatt, shares his diary from the expedition to the White Continent

Politicscomment

What happens when the identity politics of the Left meet up with the racial isolation of the Right

The controversy over Dana Schutz's Open Casket is like a scene depicted in another of her paintings: a fight in an elevator with worn cables

Film-maker Jonas Mekas to show photographs from his time as a WWII refugee at Documenta 14

Images the Lithuanian-American artist took at displaced persons camps in Germany reflect the current refugee crisis in Europe

The 2017 Sharjah Biennial roots for crops, earth, water and cooking

Curator Christine Tohmé also takes it to Dakar, Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut

Greek artists get a share of the spotlight at Documenta 14 in Kassel

The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens will send part of its collection to Germany for the international exhibition

Seaside town to be turned into art school for Folkestone Triennial

Bob and Roberta Smith commission among 20 announced for UK event

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable: Details emerge about Damien Hirst’s secretive Venice show

Finished just in time for the Venice Biennale, this project has been 10 years in the making

78th Whitney Biennial expands definition of American art

Their largest edition yet spans the globe looking at what makes American art

Münster Sculpture Projects 2017 unveils artist line-up

Thomas Schütte and Jeremy Deller among artists from 19 countries to take part in the once-a-decade event

Saudi women artists make their mark at 21,39 festival in Jeddah

New works draw attention to destruction of Islamic heritage and female car crash victims

Asian artists flock together as biennials offer bigger stage

Artist-curators are playing a key role in increasing collaborations

Istanbul art fair and biennial join forces in bid to boost tourism in Turkey

Chairman of Contemporary Istanbul is lobbying the government for changes to tax on art

Kader Attia focuses on the politics and poetry of water during two-day event in Dakar

Initiative is part of the Sharjah Biennial’s ambitious off-site programme<br>

Fairsnews

Young artist and architect picked for Antarctic voyage

The interdisciplinary biennial is due to set sail in March 2017

Whitney Biennial artist list announced

The 63 participants are grouped into a show focusing on art in a turbulent world

Art the antidote to political poison at Shanghai Biennale

Crashed spaceships and Theory Opera performances help provocative show deal with the uncertainties of a Trump world

Work censored as art world descends on Shanghai

As Shanghai Biennale, two art fairs and scores of exhibitions open, Sun Xun's video work shut down<br>

Singapore Biennale reflects on the ties between Asian countries

Atlas of Mirrors features works by 63 artists and collectives, from a loudspeaker made out of woks to a jackfruit timber dwelling

New York culture festival celebrates Antigone, an ancient heroine as relevant as ever

A new work by Carrie Mae Weems kicks off the Onassis Foundation’s four-day event