Contemporary art

Giant Portuguese cock takes flight for Beijing and Shanghai

Ten-metre-high illuminated sculpture was originally created for Rio de Janeiro

Tapestry of Sabra and Shatila massacres could hang next to Picasso’s Guernica

Palestinian art collector has commissioned a wall hanging based on Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi’s drawing, which is now in the Tate

The true story behind BMW’s Art Cars

Thomas Girst, the motor manufacturer’s head of cultural engagement, talks about art versus design

Wim Delvoye to create public sculpture of French astronomer François Arago in Paris

Belgian artist was chosen over 12 others whose maquettes will be auctioned at Artcurial

Ames collection helps Sotheby’s bring strong result in contemporary art auction

Young star Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s work fetches more than $1m, ten times previous record

Anicka Yi awarded 2016 Hugo Boss Prize

Jury for prize, given by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, admired how experiments in artist’s work “push the limits of perceptual experience in the ‘visual’ arts”

Home is where the art is: the rise of living room galleries

From council estates to grand Georgian houses, galleries are opening in people’s houses across London

Africa comes to the Home Counties

Zak Ové’s sculptures will travel from London's Somerset House to Berkshire

Adrian Ghenie painting sells for record £6.2m at Christie's

Contemporary art evening auction sails above estimate, with records for seven artists

Spiders sell well at Frieze London

Tomás Saraceno is "well-known in the circle of arachnologists"

Artists give back to Camden Arts Centre with auction

Artists donate works for a Christie’s charity sale to support the centre’s Artists for Artists fund

Solid results at Phillips contemporary sale despite instability in the contemporary market

On the back of strong Asian bidding, auction house announces first contemporary art and design sale in Hong Kong

Burkina Faso via Skype

Late German artist Christoph Schlingensief’s West African village comes to Frieze London

Collectors mix their own drinks at Frieze London

PLUS: Close encounters with God (or Nick Serota), virtual reality entrances curators and Monika Lewinsky visits Gagosian

Fluorescent rabbits, slime mould and bacteria: artists get biological

Bio artists were hard at work in labs long before Philippe Parreno installed a bioreactor in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Young galleries flex their muscles at Frieze London

As gentrification pushes up rents, dealers find new ways of surviving

The Nineties: don't look back in anger

It may be hard to swallow, but the 1990s are history—art history—and it’s a decade ripe for reappraisal

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Rana Begum wins Abraaj prize

The artist was part of the award's first ever all-female shortlist

Race to save Cornelia Parker’s Met sculpture

PsychoBarn offered as gift to US institutions but time running out to avoid New York skip

Guerrilla Girls target super-wealthy collectors

Feminist US collective is in London this week at the Whitechapel Gallery, Tate Modern—and Frieze too

Rachel Rose heads to Hollywood

The artist has signed up to talent agency to manage her film career

Warsaw Gallery Weekend: who are the new kids on the bloc?

Annual event presents the best local talent while a new parallel fair looks beyond Poland’s borders

Greek collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos funds new cultural centre in Athens

Neon foundation has collaborated with the historic Athens Conservatoire to complete renovations that stalled 40 years ago

Slow start for Brussels Gallery Weekend

Event attracted few international collectors but included many standout shows

Günther Uecker gets first solo show in London in more than 50 years

Zero Group artist has created six new nail paintings about human violence for exhibition at Dominique Lévy gallery

Galleries chip in to bring contemporary art to Florence

Dealers make shows of work by Koons, Currin and Gormley possible

Contemporary art fair comes to Warsaw's historic Palace of Culture

New event in Soviet relic casts an eye beyond Polish borders

Contemporary African art to take centre stage at Fondation Louis Vuitton

Three major shows are planned for Paris museum next year, including one featuring collection of Jean Pigozzi

History of indigenous American people takes centre stage at Site Santa Fe Biennial

New York-based artist Pablo Helguera has created a work based on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680