Contemporary art
Artists speak out against racial injustice in the US
Growing number of exhibitions and works address current and historical issues of race and politics
Liverpool Biennial: Isil iconoclasm, a Scouse musical and a laser show in a reservoir
Artists mix fiction and reality in the ninth edition that reimagines the city’s past, present and future
Valeria Napoleone's all-female art collection hits the road
The London-based philanthropist partners with Museums Sheffield to show works by women artists
Floating Piers: how Italy learnt to love Christo
The artist’s golden walkways on Lake Iseo drew more than 1.2 million visitors in 16 days
Paint with the polar bears: Norwegian government launches art foundation and residency on Svalbard
As coal-mining industry faces collapse on the remote Arctic archipelago, attention is shifting towards culture
And now for something completely different: artists take over former BBC TV headquarters
Residencies will be held in the East Tower of the West London site, once home to children’s programmes
Five offbeat art spaces to seek out in Istanbul
From a soundscape in an abandoned car park to Orhan Pamuk’s imaginary museum brought to life
Put a ring on it: Mariko Mori to hang symbol of unity above Brazilian waterfall ahead of Olympic Games
The Japanese artist plans to realise the second of her six global ecological projects in Brazil
Sotheby’s bounces back with steady contemporary art sale
Auction exceeded expectations after disappointing results for Impressionist and Modern art on Monday
Big in Berlin: four trends spotted at Gallery Weekend
Dealers put their best foot forward as the art world descends on the German capital for three days of openings
Ai Weiwei's first feature-length film to focus on refugees
Chinese artist documents humanitarian crisis from Lesbos to Lebanon
Wim Delvoye unveils plans for museum in historic Iranian city
Belgian artist restores palatial buildings in Kashan and creates works with Isfahan metalworkers
William Kentridge unveils 550-metre frieze along Rome's River Tiber
Mural pays tribute to city through more than 80 figures from Roman mythology to the present
Koons’s kitschy kids and Dubuffet’s beard lead New York sales at Phillips
The works are the first major offerings to come up in a crammed week of auctions
Museums and galleries turn to the work of Gordon Parks
In the ten years since the artist’s death, interest in his work has steadily grown
Roger Hiorns hopes to see lots of planes buried around the world
UK artist says jetliners could be interred in the US, South Africa and the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea
Update: Home of Cairo’s leading Townhouse Gallery demolished
Latest setback for non-profit space shut down by Egyptian authorities last year
Baghdad-based Ruya Foundation launches first online database for Iraqi artists
Website will provide a platform for contemporary artists to show—and possibly sell—works
Artist opens subversive supermarket in Shanghai
Xu Zhen has recreated a Chinese mini-mart, but the packages have been emptied of their products
SP-Arte doubles down to beat the recession
The leading Latin American art fair is introducing a section dedicated to Brazilian design
French novelist Michel Houellebecq to undergo medical exam at Manifesta
Provocative writer will also shows works at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris this summer
The Met gets a second chance to get contemporary art right
After 75 years of fumbling, the New York museum can use the Breuer building to play to its strengths and explore art-making across time
British artist Idris Khan wins major public art commission in the Middle East
Monument will be created for the new Memorial Park in Abu Dhabi
What will Shanghai look like in 100 years? New culture initiative to predict the future
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Yongwoo Lee have invited artists, architects, hackers, bloggers and activists to participate in inaugural Shanghai Project
Steinway pairs visual artists and composers in new piano commissions
Mark Bradford and Robert Glasper are the first to create a collaborative work
It's alive: Philippe Parreno lights up Gladstone Gallery
The artist's latest show includes an active bioreactor
Diary: Craig David rocks out, from Russia with Lego, and more gossip from Art Basel in Hong Kong
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