Collectors look for safe options in a turbulent market

The billionaire collector granted us a rare audience at his new gallery in Venice

The Turkish capital has curators, collectors and galleries⁠—if the government pitches in, it could become the leading destination for contemporary art in the Middle and Near East

Photographing the ripple effect

Among other advice, he suggests to buy what you like and that the affordable stuff is tucked round the back

The Belgian artist talked to us about the messages art can convey on the eve of exhibitions in Europe, Russia and the United States

Perry is about to show his most ambitious work, a huge tapestry depicting images of consumer excess and retribution

Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst

Discreet approaches have been made to dealers who represent black, Hispanic, Asian and women artists

As the Middle East increasingly becomes a producer and consumer of contemporary art, the role of the West as 'tastemaker' grows progressively more troubling

Koons talks to us about the artists who inspire him, his studio system, and what he hopes to communicate to the public through his work

The museum will be drawn from the Jumex Foundation's 2,000 works

A British conceptual artist, an Iraqi artist, and a US soldier who served in Iraq travelled from New York to Los Angeles with the remains of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bomb attack in tow

Artists, buyers, sellers, organisers, critics and restaurateurs have recorded their memories of Art Basel’s first four decades

If he gets planning permission, Antony Gormley will transform Trafalgar Square into a space for the ordinary man and woman

Jafri hopes to raise up to $5 million for one of the Prince of Wales’s charities

Local artists show alongside established international names, as collectors and exhibitors circumvent trade restrictions

Paul Fryer's work was installed in the city of Gap over Easter weekend

On the eve of a show at PaceWildenstein in New York, the veteran US artist discusses the importance of the year he spent with his grandmother when he was eleven

The veteran rocker discusses the artists who inspire her, those who do not, and what drives her photography

Zabludowicz is also planning a Las Vegas space

Decision made after rejection by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

The event will be held 28 February to 2 March

The Moscow-based collector has amassed a hoard of Russian contemporary art

The gothic rock star reveals the inspirations and compulsions behind his new work on show in the Design District

Are these women the real deal?

$6m from sale of Chinese paintings, including a Zeng Fanzhi, encourages him to review his remaining collection

Twenty-eight pieces have been purchased from collector Larry Warsh

The artist discusses his work, politics, censorship, “fake art” and the Beijing Olympics