Contemporary art

Inside the house that Theaster Gates built

Rising art star and activist Theaster Gates is transforming his Chicago neighbourhood, one building at a time

Collector Budi Tek reveals big vision for Shanghai

New Yuz Museum will be located in a 8,000 sq m. building with plans to swiftly expand

LGBTQarchive

Anti-gay law clash in Russia may impact Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Young Russians' art may challenge St Petersburg hate legislation

Lebanonarchive

Collector Tony Salamé to build home for contemporary art in Lebanon

He recently added 20 works bought at Frieze NY to his 1,200-strong collection

M+ Museumarchive

Uli Sigg's huge gift to Hong Kong museum M+

The Swiss collector is donating 1,463 Chinese contemporary works, with plans to sell another 47

Trees of knowledge: Interview with Ackroyd & Harvey

Ackroyd & Harvey have fused nature and engineering to mark London 2012’s legacy and the Olympic Park’s hidden history

Ullens makes U-turn to refocus on Asian space

After seeming to grow cool on his Chinese venture, the collector is now staging numerous shows and branching into Indian art

Urs Fischer, the reluctant interviewee

On the eve of his Palazzo Grassi retrospective, the artist talks about how journalists have misinterpreted his work

Museumsarchive

Warsaw’s modern art museum debacle

Row over who is to blame for the delay

Art fairsarchive

Fifth edition of the Pinta Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show in New York proves a success

Several leading US museums took the opportunity to add to their collections of Latin American art

Collectorsarchive

September opening for David Robert’s space in North London

The gallery will feature a selection of his 2,000 plus collection

The man who built a village for his sculpture

On the eve of his retrospective in Vienna, reclusive artist Walter Pichler offers a rare glimpse inside his Austrian farm

Vanity, vanity: the problems facing China’s private museums

Spaces bloom and then wither as founders’ commitment quickly fades

Interview with Liam Gillick: “There’s a perversity in my method”

With a biennial, two shows and a knitwear range on the go, Liam Gillick talks about the lasting effect of his Goldsmiths years

Art marketarchive

Momart dispute reveals hazards of shipping art

Call a specialist, you could get a commercial courier

Tatearchive

Tate Acquisitions: Felix Gonzalez-Torres

The artist's work is among 287 purchases made by Tate in the last year

Interview with Glenn Kaino: Now you see him...

When Kaino thought the art world was getting too obsessed with money, he retreated into the realm of magic

Interview with George Condo: Finding a theatre for the absurd

Velázquez meets Bugs Bunny in George Condo’s first major retrospective on the South Bank

Cambodiaarchive

As New York prepares to display Cambodian art new and old, we assess the growing recognition of Cambodian contemporary art

An overview of the Cambodian art market, as well as names to look out for, and the legacy of the Khmer Rouge

Paul McCarthy: 'Artists are seen as one step above criminals'

The artist on his early B-movie ambitions, art schools, the pressure to move to New York and why he’ll never leave Los Angeles

Interview with Wilhelm Sasnal: Home is where the art is

Wilhelm Sasnal on how his native Poland provides the inspiration for his work on canvas and celluloid

Hare raising Barry Flanagan exhibition now on at the Tate

The display explores a broad range of Flanagan's work, showing there’s more to Flanagan than jumping hares

Booksarchive

Books: Art not made by artists and trends in art production

When artists subcontract technicians to make the works they design, who’s the artist?

Twisted ways of seeing: Interview with Carsten Höller

Höller has a PhD in insect communication, but he abandoned the rules of science for the “subjective experience” of art

Osloarchive

Oslo could get a contemporary art space bigger than the Turbine Hall of London’s Tate Modern

A fortress's sewage works may soon become home to contemporary art installations