Contemporary art

African-American artists respond to racial injustice in the US

Works dealing with race relations are hard to miss at this year's fair

German dealer looks to the next generation

Bernheimer Contemporary is launching an exhibition space opposite Museum Island in Berlin

Africa is a state of mind that defies definition

Eurocentric views of the continent’s contemporary art overlook its diversity in an increasinly migratory art world

Collectors are calling the shots at Art Basel and beyond

Roles in flux as patrons establish private museums and foundations or work directly with artists

Sculptures made at Art Basel with Swiss machine precision

Swiss artist Raphael Hefti borrowed state-of-the-art milling machine to carve works

Benin artist to embark on journey to Jerusalem

Georges Adéagbo is due to have a show at the Israel Museum in January 2016

Kapoor’s fruity retort to France

All the gossip from Art Basel and beyond

Marlene Dumas to paint Dresden altarpiece

Work will replace a fresco painted by Osmar Schindler in 1910 and badly damaged during the Second World War

Huyghe’s aquarium set to swim from coast to coast

Zoodram 5 (Recollection) is being jointly acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tobacco chandelier lights up Salon 94 at Art Basel

The hanging sculpture was previously owned by the New York-based patron Agnes Gund

Art Basel opens with works that invite visitors to be part of the art

Experiences at the fair range from reclining in a hammock to enjoying an ice cream

Auckland Castle shows faith in contemporary art

A four-screen video work by Bill Viola to be unveiled this month is the first in a series of installations reflecting on the role of religion in Britain

Roger Hiorns’s jetliner plans finally set to fly

Artist due to bury a Boeing 737 in Birmingham next summer

Gambling millionaire bets on YBA works

David Walsh to sell Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary along with pieces by Chapman Brothers, Damien Hirst and Jenny Saville

French art space forged from metalworks

Venue for socio-political art to open in converted armaments factory in Maubourguet

Richard Serra due to receive the French government’s highest honour

The sculptor, who has a history of being fêted by the French, will accept the award at the French Embassy on 1 June

Beautiful brutality: the splendours of violence at the Venice Biennale

The central exhibition at the Venice Biennale is searing but splendid, even if it raises moral concerns

Scandinavia gets spotted fever with Yayoi Kusama tour

Show includes fashion designs as well as early drawings and pastels found in a sealed package during a recent studio visit