Contemporary art
New territory for Glenn Ligon with first solo show in Italy
US artist tries new techniques and tackles immigration in Naples exhibition
Art fest: Gallery Weekend Berlin takes over the city
Commercial and non-commercial enterprises combine as the most important event in the German art calendar gets underway
MCA Chicago launches Dunya Contemporary Art Prize and names first winner, Sophia Al-Maria
The $100,000 award recognises mid-career artists from the Middle East and its diaspora
Carsten Höller puts plant life to the test—with slides—at Palazzo Strozzi
The Belgian-born artist has devised experiment with Italian scientist Stefano Mancuso
How did they do that? Young gallery opens vast new Mayfair space
Despite soaring rents in the area, Unit London will open in former Citibank building on Hanover Square in June
Ukrainian artists tackle country’s political turmoil head on in Budapest show
Exhibition at Ludwig Museum aims to uncover work that remains "a blind-spot in the European cultural arena"
Kehinde Wiley—the artist behind Obama's presidential portrait—signs with Hollywood talent agency
Brillstein Entertainment Partners will licence the US artist's paintings and "identify directing opportunities"
What Samson Young did next—the artist will unveil a new sound piece for the Guggenheim New York
The work will feature “impossible” instruments created after intense research carried out at Edinburgh University
Indian galleries raise their game at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Presence of more dealers at the fair signals a comeback in the country’s art market
Spotlight on… Art Central in Hong Kong
What to see at Art Basel in Hong Kong's satellite fair
Secretive Myanmar to host touring Hong Kong contemporary show
The exhibition organised by Para Site will 'challenge preconceived notions about the region'
Great Apes: when Planet of the Apes meets a White Cube opening
A new play in London based on Will Self’s 1997 novel is a viciously literate satire that imagines an art world populated entirely by chimpanzees
Object Stories from Art Dubai Contemporary
From Peter Young's Mandala-inspired works to Aissa Deebi's views of war-torn Gaza
Podcast episode 24: Mural-gazing with the Dalai Lama, plus Michael Rakowitz
We speak to Thomas Laird about his new book on the murals of Tibet and to Michael Rakowitz about his fourth plinth commission unveiled next week
From $300 to $1.1m: What can you buy at Art Dubai?
From works on paper by emerging artists to an Anish Kapoor sculpture, the fair caters to all pocketbooks
Drawings week hits Paris
The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US
Picasso painting of Marie-Thérèse gives Phillips the edge in London’s contemporary sales
A record sale at Christie’s and a solid result at Sotheby’s show the market is in full recovery
New Russian law recognises contemporary art at last
Ultra-rich collectors who run their own museums will benefit from the change
Artists in Istanbul undertake epic performance
Needed: You—Performistanbul puts on Turkey’s longest ever-live event
Ai Weiwei: 'I'm impressed Qatar wants my show about refugees'
The dissident Chinese artist on why he's tackling the global refugee crisis in his first exhibition in the Gulf
New York's March fairs aim to seize market moment
Your essential guide to the Armory Show, Volta, Independent, Nada and beyond
Private View: our pick of March gallery shows
New shows at commercial galleries, from emerging names to rediscovered talents
Family feud forgotten as Thyssen-Bornemisza plans contemporary shows
Madrid museum's collector-trustees, Carmen Cervera and Francesca von Habsburg, turn conflict into collaboration
Santiago Sierra work censored at Arco fair to be shown at Catalan museum
Media mogul Tatxo Benet says that censorship is damaging for artists—and the viewing public
Bravado, bats and giant bugs as Marvin Gaye Chetwynd takes over Sadie Coles
The artist enjoys “being cheeky with art history”
Time Out London’s art critic scores with new football magazine Oof
Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Rose Wylie talk football in the launch issue
Controversial new director plans to turn Rome museum into art ‘asylum’
Critics objected to selection of Giorgio de Finis for role at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma without an open recruitment process
First glimpse of Damien Hirst's new series of 'Bonnard-inspired' paintings
Pointillist works are due to go on show at Gagosian gallery in Los Angeles next month
India Art Fair returns to its roots
New director Jagdip Jagpal pledges to maintain at least 70% Indian galleries at fiercely individual Delhi fair, where quality is rising but still patchy