Contemporary art
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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Full of prim euphemism: Brian Dillon on Dave Hickey’s 25 Women
The book’s finest points are overshadowed by dispiriting foolishness
From pill-popping birds to awkward mannequins: Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong
Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor picks six works from her section dedicated to large-scale projects
Francis Alÿs films children’s games in refugee camps in northern Iraq
Belgian-born, Mexico City-based artist was on research trip to the region with the Ruya Foundation
Women make their mark on Art Dubai
Tenth edition sees female artists make up almost half of those represented
'You don't need a gallery to show ideas': Orit Gat on Seth Siegelaub at the Stedelijk
An exhibition in Amsterdam devoted to the dealer's work explores his curatorial ideas
How to be a performance artist like Marina Abramovic
Athens project trains Greek artists and the public in the “Abramovic Method”
Cool doesn’t cut it: Andrew Lambirth on painting today
The presentation of painting all too often undermines the nature of true invention
Imran Qureshi’s miniatures take over London’s Barbican—and a park in Bradford
The Pakistani artist will paint an Indian garden in Lister Park, drawing on the experiences of the British Indian army 100 years ago
Gerhard Richter slams proposed closure of Germany's Museum Morsbroich
Plans to shut institution and sell its seminal Modern and contemporary works are "alarming" artist says
Arco names Argentina as next year’s guest country
Madrid fair cements ties with Latin America
Conrad Shawcross’s monumental sculpture arrives on time in St Pancras, London
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Artist residency programme takes to the high seas
Seven artists will live and work on board commercial cargo ships, criss-crossing the globe along maritime routes
Bad enough to be good: Kenneth Goldsmith on Fischli and Weiss's Guggenheim retrospective
The exhibition proves that exactly wrong can be exactly right
Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar faces down Donald Trump over immigration
Monument on US-Mexico border incorporates parts of fence separating the two countries
Bruce Munro’s light installation to illuminate Ayers Rock
British artist wants to recapture joyful moment of camping near the Australian landmark with his fiancée