Contemporary art
Interview with Sprüth and Magers: “We didn’t want to become bigger, we wanted to become smaller”
Dealers Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers discuss the benefits of teamwork and the Berlin art scene
Interview with Angela Bulloch: Shining a light on the city
The artist has installed her latest work in the Basel cathedral, as part of the fair’s new Art Parcours project
Lukewarm reception of US's first Iranian contemporary art sale a reflection of tentative market
Experts blame poor sales on a dearth of representation in US museums
Francesca von Habsburg plans for new art centre called into question
Banking sector collapse blamed
Interview with Mark Bradford: “It’s a complex conversation and there’s no closure”
The artist on class and identity in South Central LA, working with children and making art in post-Katrina New Orleans
Charles Saatchi, the comeback king: New Chelsea gallery a definitive success
Attendance figures for the the Saatchi Gallery exceed their 1 million visitor goal
Interview with Claes Oldenburg on his bitter-sweet new project: “The objects of today are not interesting”
Claes Oldenburg on his love of things, the loss of his wife and whether to accept a commission for Abu Dhabi
Tate to sell Muñoz staircase
For a work to be deaccessioned from the Tate is rare but permitted, in this case as a step toward upgrading the national collection
Key lots: Post-war and contemporary
Yves Klein, Günther Uecker, and Peter Doig are this season's highlights
Interview with Bill Viola: An encounter between art and Faith at St Paul's
The pioneering video artist discusses his new commission for St Paul’s Cathedral in London
The art of appropriation remains at the forefront, as a major new show from the Rubells testifies
Despite high-profile, ongoing legal battles, contemporary artists continue to beg, borrow and steal with abandon
Interview with Gabriel Orozco on his upcoming travelling retrospective: A global artist with global concerns
The artist states his work is about “space and time, action and philosophy”
'Malevich and Kandinsky in 3D' comes to Moscow Airport
Irina Lebedeva talks on getting locals interested in art
Russian contemporary market squeezed as collectors turn to tried and tested work
Collectors look for safe options in a turbulent market
Interview with collector François Pinault: “With art, emotion is vital, while in business it is generally considered suspect”
The billionaire collector granted us a rare audience at his new gallery in Venice
The Istanbul Biennial looks east (Eastern Europe, that is)
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
Collector interview: Budget collector Daniel Mason gives his Frieze tips
Among other advice, he suggests to buy what you like and that the affordable stuff is tucked round the back
Why paintings succeed where words fail: Interview with Luc Tymans
The Belgian artist talked to us about the messages art can convey on the eve of exhibitions in Europe, Russia and the United States
Interview with Grayson Perry: The “The Guernica of the credit crunch”
Perry is about to show his most ambitious work, a huge tapestry depicting images of consumer excess and retribution
Russian art at auction: Buyers wary of unpredictable prices
Mixed results as contemporary art nosedives while earlier works avoid the worst
Works by “more diverse” artists for White House walls
Discreet approaches have been made to dealers who represent black, Hispanic, Asian and women artists
Are we colonialising Middle Eastern art?
As the Middle East increasingly becomes a producer and consumer of contemporary art, the role of the West as 'tastemaker' grows progressively more troubling
Interview with Jeff Koons on the eve of his summer show at the Serpentine: Pop culture meets art history
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
Leading collector plans contemporary art space in Mexico City
The museum will be drawn from the Jumex Foundation's 2,000 works
Two artists and an soldier are taking the war in Iraq to the American people
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
Forty years of Art Basel: From Stübli to global hub
Artists, buyers, sellers, organisers, critics and restaurateurs have recorded their memories of Art Basel’s first four decades
Interview with Antony Gormley on the Fourth Plinth project: “Why not treat everybody as a hero?”
If he gets planning permission, Antony Gormley will transform Trafalgar Square into a space for the ordinary man and woman
Portraits of leading Muslims (and President Obama) by Sacha Jafri for Prince Charles
Jafri hopes to raise up to $5 million for one of the Prince of Wales’s charities
Havana Biennial opens as relations with US thaw
Local artists show alongside established international names, as collectors and exhibitors circumvent trade restrictions