Contemporary art
Poacher turned gamekeeper? Stefan Simchowitz opens Los Angeles gallery
“I support so many artists and I’d like to provide exhibition opportunities for them,” says the controversial dealer and art advisor
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The Tel Aviv-based artist Guy Yanai has been painting scenes from movies during the pandemic, and has chosen five of his favourites here
Belarus culture figures face severe repression for criticising 'Europe's last dictator', amnesty report reveals
Artists among those being arrested and tortured for speaking up against President Aleksandr Lukashenko
Jeff Koons and Centre Pompidou lose appeal in Naf Naf copyright case—now other French museums could be in the firing line
The American artist’s sculpture can now no longer be shown in France
After more than two decades together, artist duo Broomberg and Chanarin commit 'creative suicide'
A "posthumous retrospective" in Barcelona will divide their joint estate
Sobey Art Awards open to Canadian artists of all ages for the first time
The country’s biggest art prize gets bigger, expanding its pool of candidates and increasing its total cash offerings
'To all Russian political prisoners': Pussy Riot release new video amid crackdown on pro-Navalny protests
Group faced prison sentence after filming a “punk prayer” against President Putin in 2012 at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Pussy Riot members and street artist among thousands detained at Russia's pro-Navalny protests
As demonstrations swept the country last weekend, Tima Radya as well as Masha Alekhina, Victoria Narakhsa, and Lucy Shteyn were held by police
Amid child sexual abuse accusations, Paris authorities turn off Claude Lévêque light sculptures
The French artist is under police investigation over claims that he abused minors under the age of 15
Fragile yet forceful glass works by Ai Weiwei, Fred Wilson, Fiona Banner and others travel from Venice to Florida
An exhibition of contemporary glass art opens at the Boca Raton Museum of Art
Hundreds of artists’ studios in Moscow to be bulldozed amid government’s huge renovation plan
Evicted artists say authorities are leaving them out in the cold by failing to provide alternative workshops
QAnon: the Italian artists who may have inspired America's most dangerous conspiracy theory
An anonymous left-wing art group known in the 1990s as Luther Blissett are wondering what they have unwittingly helped create
Culture injection: Coronavirus vaccination centres in Germany are giving patients a dose of art
As exhibitions are cancelled due to the pandemic, local artists are finding creative ways to show their art—and distract patients
‘Britain’s most important political artist’ Peter Kennard joins London gallery
Richard Saltoun exhibition will include artist’s earliest works incorporating newspaper images
Darya Apakhonchich is first artist labelled 'foreign agent' by new repressive law in Russia
Individuals who receive funding from abroad are subject to strict audits since 30 December
Kamel Mennour gallery's representation of Claude Lévêque suspended after allegations of abuse of minors
According to French media reports, a police investigation has been launched into violations dating back to the 1970s
Lithium mining and a Donald Judd horror film: nominees for Prix Marcel Duchamp—France's most prestigious contemporary art award—announced
The four artists will have their work exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris for the prize, worth €35,000
Will new EU lighting rules pull the plug on neon art?
Artists producing neon works may fall foul of stricter EU lighting regulations that come into force this year
Storming of US Capitol: art world condemns police hypocrisy in pro-Trump riot
Artists Dread Scott and Glenn Ligon among cultural figures pointing out stark contrast in how law enforcement handled the mob compared with Black Lives Matter protestors
Bourse de Commerce: opening of Pinault's long-awaited Paris museum is—pandemic permitting—finally around the corner
Two decades since the billionaire started planning a home for his collection in the French capital, the spectacular space is due to open on 23 January
Our guide to the top biennials and triennials coming up in 2021
Previews of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, Prospect.5 and the 11th Liverpool Biennial—plus, lots of dates for your diary
Auckland Art Gallery’s biggest ever exhibition recounts 70 years of Maori art
Mega survey of more than 300 works forms “part of a bigger revisiting of Indigenous knowledge”
The bucolic plague? Artist traces origins of 14th-century pandemic to remote vineyard in southern Russia
New artist residency on the Sea of Azov hosts exhibition on the history of pandemics
Barbara Kruger’s 'Your Body is a Battleground' poster appears in Poland as protests flare up over abortion ban
Graphic work was last shown in the country nearly 30 years ago when women’s rights were also under attack
Censored work showing faces of 4,000 French police officers goes on show in Berlin
Work was pulled after the intervention of France's interior minister amid protests against a new bill that would have criminalised the publication of images of law enforcement
Consulates provide new safe haven for political art in China
Artists tackling contentious issues have found an unlikely home in the form of foreign diplomatic services such as the Goethe-Institut and consular residences
The Big Review: Howardena Pindell at The Shed in New York
This survey of the 77-year-old artist's work lulls the viewer with colourful abstraction before tackling its real subject: racial violence
Lucian Freud the anti-hero: book relaying artist's philandering and impetuous behaviour is heavy on incident, light on insight
Second and last instalment of this two-part biography on the painter’s life fails to satisfy—but it does supply valuable first-hand records
Stedelijk expands collection of socially critical art by acquiring works by Russian activists Yulia Tsvetkova and Anna Tereshkina
Both artists have been detained by Russian authorities