Contemporary art
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
<p> Dramatic column for Francis Crick medical research centre stands opposite international train station </p>
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
Syrian photographer: 'We refuse to die as a number in the international media'
Issa Touma vows to return to Aleppo amid the fighting
Aloha Kusama, artist’s polka dot sculpture heads to Hawaii
The bright pink installation heralds the first Honolulu Biennial, which launches next year
Computer love: exhibition celebrates Manchester’s tech lineage
City once home to computing pioneer Alan Turing was centre for cutting-edge technologies
American Airlines and seven others sued over damage to Lucio Fontana sculpture
Concetto Spaziale was being shipped from France to the Armory Show in New York last year
Ai Weiwei wraps Berlin landmark in lifejackets in memory of drowned refugees
Mayor of Lesbos donated 14,000 vests to the Chinese artist and activist who created installation outside city’s Konzerthaus
Middle market shines through during week of uncertainty at London auctions
Cautious estimates at Bonhams and Christie’s produce solid results in cooling market
London auctions signal the end of boom years for post-war and contemporary art
Phillips and Sotheby’s sales come in short of estimates—but those in the trade call it a healthy correction
Art—coming soon to a cinema near you
Short films by major artists will be screened unannounced before regular features in the UK
Goya, Magritte and Cai Guo-Qiang feature in Arab art show
Qatar Museums presents key works from collection in Bank of Santander’s Madrid space
Private collection of Warhols pops up in Oxford
Beuys prints among more than 100 works drawn from Andrew and Christine Hall’s “extraordinary pack of cards”
Bridget Riley’s art helps put spin into Louisiana’s Op art show
Survey of eye- and mind-boggling works opens in Danish museum
Greek island donates 14,000 refugee lifejackets to Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist and activist to create work to draw attention to people smuggling
The bee’s knees: UK’s Expo pavilion to come to Kew Gardens
Wolfgang Buttress’s installation on the honey-makers was on show in Milan
David Attenborough opens £1.5m gallery for socially-engaged art
BBC naturalist inaugurated Lucy and Jorge Orta's show on environmental change at Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester
Ellsworth Kelly’s last projects are also firsts: photography show and $23m building
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