Contemporary art
Saatchi Gallery exhibits London’s graduate artists deprived of degree shows
The exhibition forms part of the education programme at the collector’s gallery which has now ‘transitioned into a charity’
Berlin Art Week: shows in disused airports and nightclubs defy gloomy predictions
From Berghain's lockdown exhibition to the Brücke Museum's Vivian Suter display, here's what to see in the reigning contemporary art hub this week
What songs do contemporary artists listen to while they work? Tune in to our Spotify playlist to find out
From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson reveal their favourite tracks
Cancelled: should good artists pay for bad behaviour?
Plus, Tavares Strachan on Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. Sponsored by Christie's
Prozac nation: Russian photographer’s images of depression win 2020 Wellcome Photo Prize
Arseniy Neskhodimov’s photographs raise awareness of mental health in the age of coronavirus
Remembering the beautiful melancholy of Matthew Wong
The astronomical increase in the value of works by the Canadian artist, who died by suicide last year, is driven by morose opportunism
Shanghai Pride announces suspension of operations shortly after opening exhibition
Move comes amidst increased official scrutiny of civil society in China
CoroNation: Ai Weiwei releases lockdown documentary about Wuhan
Film aims to show “surveillance, ideological brainwashing, and brute determination used to control every aspect of society” by China’s leaders
Alison Jacques 'removes all trace' of late photographer Saul Fletcher—and calls on art world to follow lead
Respected London gallerist says “it's not ok to continue to promote his work” in wake of Fletcher’s killing of the curator Rebeccah Blum prior to his own suicide
Choco Pies for peace: artist Mina Cheon and Asia Society Triennial invite the public to share a virtual treat
Belarus protest work—painted with a police baton—sells for three million rubles
Contemporary artists in the country are reacting to the crisis after allegations of election fraud and police brutality
Berghain—Berlin’s exclusive nightclub—to transform into huge art venue during pandemic
“Studio Berlin” offers a way to circumvent the toughest door policy in the world and see works by Olafur Eliasson, Wolfgang Tillmans and Anne Imhof
Native American artist Brent Learned collaborates on first official music video for Redbone's 1970s pop-rock hit
The "Come and Get Your Love" short film is the first release in a new Sony Legacy project that will tap contemporary artists to create videos for classic tunes
Superblue experiential art centre to launch in Miami this December
New commercial venture aims to capitalise on the rise of immersive artworks by selling tickets rather than objects
So we’re bringing down statues—but what kind of monuments would we like to see instead?
Perhaps the time has come to remove the plinth and stop celebrating individual heroes
Four billboards outside Hull, England: art project commemorates sex workers who have died
Collective of former sex workers and the artist duo Henry/Bragg are behind the installation
German curator kidnapped in central Baghdad
Hella Mewis, who works to promote young Iraqi artists, was abducted yesterday by unidentified men in the centre of the city
Marc Quinn's Black Lives Matter sculpture removed by Bristol council
Statue that replaced toppled monument to slave trader Edward Colston has polarised opinion
Marc Quinn sculpture of Black Lives Matter activist replaces statue to slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol
Installed overnight, the work depicts local resident Jen Reid who was photographed on the site when the monument was toppled last month
As Andrzej Duda narrowly wins Poland’s presidential election, protest posters installed in Warsaw become stark reminder of authoritarian rule
Spanish art group Democracia have taken over LED screens in the city’s metro
Sex, Soho, cocksure snappers and cigarette money: the making of London’s 1960s art world
A new book by Lisa Tickner, called London's New Scene, focuses on a cast of glamorous characters and gritty drama, with much that resonates today
If we want more artists like Khadija Saye, we need to give young BAME people the help they need
Would-be artists from ethnic minorities have it harder than most—which is why a new programme will continue Saye’s inspiring work, says the artist Nicola Green
Signed, sealed, delivered: new monument honours couriers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic
Unveiled in a business centre in Moscow, the statue by contemporary artist Alexey Garikovich was commissioned by top Russian e-commerce and foodtech companies
Forty protestors detained for defending Russian activist facing prison for posting art with LGBTQ message
Russia's arts community rallying behind Yulia Tsvetkova whose trial starts in July
See what a bustling Canaletto scene would look like emptied of people
José Manuel Ballester, the Spanish artist behind a series of reimagined Old Master paintings shared widely online during the coronavirus pandemic, has created a new work to help raise funds for Italy’s Pinacoteca de Brera
Alexander Calder, master of time and space: erudite biography captures artist's full ambition
Second volume of a wide-ranging biography gives us the fun-loving, sophisticated man, as his work developed from delicate mobiles to firmly grounded ‘stabiles’
Culture crackdown ahead of Putin's referendum
Artist Pyotr Verzilov was sentenced to 15 days in prison for "petty hooliganism" in latest clampdown on the arts in Russia
Kentucky philanthropist launches ambitious arts hub and 'incubator' in the Appalachian mountains
Entrepreneur and contemporary art collector Brook Smith plans to turn former coal-mining region into a "cultural destination"
Investigative artists Forensic Architecture uncover new evidence in 2011 police killing of Mark Duggan
Independent Office for Police Conduct says it is now assessing whether to reopen the official investigation into the shooting that triggered the London riots
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s greatest hits
The artist duo made some of the most important and popular works of the 20th and early 21st century—here are their most memorable