Contemporary art
Podcast episode 18: What's the future for ivory antiques?
We explore what new ivory regulations will mean for the art world and meet the 2017 Election Artist Cornelia Parker
Kettle's Yard—where Modern art meets pot plants and pebbles—reopens after two-year facelift
House-museum in Cambridge now has “world-class” conditions for future exhibitions, says its director
From the archive | Soft power and contemporary art: Vatican Museums director on fulfilling Pope Francis's vision
Barbara Jatta speaks to us one year after her landmark appointment
Is Frieze Los Angeles bound?
Rumour mill goes into overdrive as reports circulate of new event in January 2019 as fair's directors discuss options with West Coast dealers
David Zwirner on opening his 'second wave' Hong Kong gallery
New York dealer credits first generation of overseas galleries with creating audience for Western art, but will not show Asian artists 'right off the bat'
Después de Fidel: dissident art in Cuba flourishes after Castro’s death
Artist-run spaces and an unofficial biennial resist government pressure
From Van Gogh to Richter—what happens when bidders fail to pay up at auction?
Flaky winning bids are knocking the gloss off record-breaking sales
Douglas Coupland says Virtual Reality could replace ‘overrated’ books in post-millennial age
Generation X author and artist was among 100 cultural leaders to convene at the Verbier Art Summit on digital art
Global auction sales up 25% to $11.2bn in 2017
Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report
Tate cuts ties with Anthony d’Offay amid sexual harassment claims
The retired dealer will no longer be involved with the Artist Rooms initiative
David Zwirner to expand again with another New York gallery opening in 2020
Five storey Renzo Piano-designed space will become mega-dealer’s new global headquarters
Damien Hirst to spotify Houghton Hall
Colour Space will show some brand-new works by Damien Hirst
Beyond Leonardo: the artists who led the auctions in 2017
We survey the top five results in key markets, from Old Masters to Post-war and contemporary
Madeleine Grynsztejn: 'A great art work and a great museum do the same thing—they raise consciousness'
The director of the MCA Chicago, which turned 50 this year, talks about how museums build citizenship—and soft power
High-tech art in Houston: data-driven installations look at issues like Hurricane Harvey and mass incarceration
The works were commissioned and presented as part of the art and music festival Day for Night
Native American artists garner recognition—at last
US and Canadian institutions are rethinking their approach to contemporary indigenous art
In pictures: Ron Mueck's biggest-ever installation
Mass, an arrangement of 100 fibreglass and resin skulls, is a highlight of the National Gallery of Victoria's inaugural triennial
Carsten Höller to build slide for Bonn Bundeskunsthalle
Installation will form part of an exhibition on playgrounds
Anthea Hamilton becomes first black woman to be awarded Tate Britain commission
The London-born artist follows Cerith Wyn Evans and Pablo Bronstein taking up the Duveen Galleries commission
Battle of the Brazilian Basquiat shows
Sao Paolo museum drops show after Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre decides to organise its own
Artists get down to work at the fair
Stands are transformed into studios as live works lay bare artists’ practice
On the money in Miami: Five works under $5,000
Our pick of more affordable fair finds
ICA Miami finds first home in Design District
Free-admission private museum says it will “remove all barriers from experiencing contemporary art”
Rubell museum move to Allapattah delayed
Miami foundation to open new space in December 2019
Cai Guo-Qiang’s pyrotechnic mushroom cloud successfully erupts over Chicago
Multi-coloured explosive commission marks the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear reaction
In the wake of Documenta 14, Athens's contemporary art museum awaits 2018 rebirth
After years in limbo, EMST has received government approval to open fully in former brewery
Cai Guo-Qiang’s mushroom cloud to rise over Chicago this weekend
The multi-coloured pyrotechnic piece marks the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear reaction
How to read a Twombly
New book asks if late US artist’s work should be read literally or literarily
Marrakech bids to become hub for contemporary African art as museum plans relaunch alongside 1:54 fair
Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden will hold “international opening” in February