Contemporary art

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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”

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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

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

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

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

Lawnews

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”

Artnews

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