Contemporary art

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

Interview with Mike Nelson: On the biennale, Turkey, and being “not quite sure what installation is…”

His work at the Venice Biennale has meant rebuilding an installation inside a rebuilt caravanserai within the British Pavilion

Sculpturearchive

Size matters: Why are works still getting bigger?

Big excitement over bigger and bigger works

Collectorsarchive

Belgium’s contemporary art collectors

The contemporary art collectors of Belgium

Art marketarchive

Art market's '08 boom and bust reflected in Chinese contemporary art sales

Figures saw buyers losing interest in the genre, before they regained confidence early last year

"Painting the Absolute": Four volumes on Kazimir Malevich, the pioneering painter-priest of abstraction

Andréi Nakov, a leading expert on Malevich, has produced a large-scale study of the Russian avant-garde's art and life

Tatearchive

Revealed: secrets of the Tate bricks

Newly released documents uncover a heated argument and the search for spares

Art marketarchive

Turkish artists get more international exposure following art sale at UK auction houses

A careful look at the catalogues unveils some of the peculiar dynamics of the market for Turkish contemporary art

Collectorsarchive

Some of the leading contemporary art collectors of China

While the stereotype of Chinese collectors includes a focus on traditional and historical Chinese art, these collectors buck the trend

Art fairsarchive

The Art Show fair report: Setting a sophisticated tone

Collectors queue to view classic modern and contemporary works

New Museumarchive

Los Angeles Broad Art Foundation aims at ultra accessibility

Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad open their doors

Interviewarchive

Interview with Peter Weibel: Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe “will be the Louvre of media art”

Peter Weibel, head of ZKM Karlsruhe, on the Moscow Biennale and subverting military technology to create virtual sculpture

Art fairsarchive

Major collectors to host (e)merge fair in DC

Washington DC fair will focus on youth and young artists

Art Basel Miami Beach banks on the tried and tested

Established artists first to sell as collectors take their time over emerging talents

Interview with Elmgreen & Dragset on staging their newest work: “Actors are playing us, but we might interfere”

The artists on splitting up but staying together and why they are putting their lives on stage

Interview with Jonathan Meese: "I am the samurai of art”

The German artist explains why he puts aggression and provocation centre stage—along with his mum

Friezearchive

Frieze London fair report: Bling is out, but big is back (though the prices are sober)

The fair drew the major collectors, its quota of celebrities and plenty of students. But the feel was calm, not frenzied

Interview with Ged Quinn: “I don’t have this notion of extreme skill”

On the benefits of a free education, the influence of Caspar David Friedrich and working in pyjamas and wellies

Antony Gormley’s statue for UK war museum was shot down by Battle of Britain hero

The sculpture of a girl between a rocket and a missile "was a step too far for the board," says the UK artist

Shanghaiarchive

“Art spies” said to be on look out for non-approved events

Conflict between government and arts organisers at Shanghai World Expo

New acquisitions by Tate Modern show commitment to diversifying collection

Art from across the globe has recently found a home in Bankside

Art fairsarchive

Should fairs feel threatened by gallery weeks?

A complementary relationship is far more likely…