Contemporary art
Important eighteenth-century and contemporary additions to Tate’s holdings
The works are from the Oppé collection and Janet Wolfson de Botton
Women artists provide alternative view at the Whitechapel
“Inside the visible” is on show until 8 December
Sao Paolo XXIII Biennale: A Biennale in search of magicians, new, old and semi-old
Bringing together Picasso and Kapoor, Louise Bourgeois and Basquiat, Lam and the new Latin Americans, Jean-Hubert Martin and Achille Bonito Oliva
What's on in Paris: Citizens of the world
The sculptures of Louise Nevelson and political paintings of Léon Golub, from the US, the ArtePovera of Alighiero Boetti from Italy, the historic legends of Anselm Kiefer and wax figures of Thomas Schütte, both from Germany
Chirac for FIAC: Many welcome changes for collectors and galleries to remedy last year's poor performance
The ailing fair has brought in radical new measures including a party with the President at the Elysée Palace to encourage collectors and improve the standard of exhibitors
James Hall argues in defence of iconoclastic art
A response to critic Andrew Graham-Dixon’s opinions on the power of images as expounded in his current BBC tv series
Contemporary art worth $5 million donated to MoMA
The gift was made by New York millionairess Elaine Dannheisser, who says her collection contains “a lot of tough art”
A century of tradition: looking at the art lovers of Chicago
Money from finance, industry and the law fund some of the city’s leading buyers and contemporary art is high on their agenda
Contemporary from the Froehlich Foundation and sculptures from the friends to swell ranks at Tate
Austrian industrialist Joseph Froehlich is loaning major works of German and American art to the museum while Friends of the Tate contribute several new gifts
Copyright and censorship in Chapmanworld: how far can they go?
Despite the dilemmas posed by their work, Jake and Dinos Chapman's first major exhibition in a public gallery is opening in London
Chinese privatise their auction scene
Rapid advances as new companies model their catalogues and conditions of sale on Western models
The Serpentine asks how good was Jean-Michel Basquiat, really?
The artist's complicated oeuvre makes it hard to judge if some works are forged - or if instead he was just having an off day
Optimism at ARCO as huge turnout is matched by satisfying sales
However, there is still a marked lack of Spanish collectors
Turin shows hidden talent at Castello di Rivoli as six top collectors go public this month
Italy's most discreet city has always favoured the avant-garde, now celebrated by this elegantly cerebral exhibition
Major Greek collector Dakis Joannou reveals ten years’ worth of buying for the first time in 'Everything That's Interesting is New'
Joannou's collection, which is particularly strong in installations and large scale work, can be seen in the Athens School of Fine Arts
Tate makes space for the cutting edge as 'Art Now' opens for contemporary art
An installation by Matthew Barney inaugurates a programme of innovative contemporary art long planned by Serota
Bill Jacklin sells in Hong Kong with his 'Urban Portraits' of the city
The colony’s first artist-in-residence appeals to new local collectors
A whiff of optimism for Madrid's ARCO with international outlook built on homegrown foundations
Twelve American dealers and seventeen private collectors invited
Unexpected success in contemporary auctions, where unidentified Californian collector buys $3.5 million Gorky and $925,000 Hockney
Despite lukewarm predictions and no blockbuster items there was increased buyer confidence
Ha-Ha: the National Trust goes contemporary with outdoor art
England's stately homes embrace Davey and Goldsworthy
Rozhdestwjenski exhibition, to be shown at Gmurzynska, just one of many Eastern European artists promoted and placed in Western museums by the Gmurzynska family
Exhibition, “Under the Sign of the Red Cross”, showing works by Rozhdestwjenski, disciple of Suprematist founder Malévich, is one of many before "Premierentage"
Whitney compares Basquiat to Leonardo da Vinci in new retrospective
Music Television and Madonna sponsor her late lover
First American Basquiat retrospective to be held at the Whitney
Whitney director, David Ross, gambles on his political correctness
What's on in Belgium: Parmiggiani, Basquiat, and artists at home
A busy month for Brussels
Let them take their art with them into the afterlife: Achille Bonito Oliva proposes a dignified exit for contemporary works of art
What is the point of restoring modern art? Is it reasonable to treat a Rauschenberg as if it were a Leonardo?
The place of archaeology, “retrospection” and history in the work of contemporary artists
Back to the future
Contemporary sale report: School of London resilient in contemporary art auctions
Francis Bacon’s “Pope” fetches top price at Sotheby’s
What's on in New York: Lelong remembers Mendieta while Polke shocks chauvinists
Serra celebrates at Gagosian’s while Grey Gallery plays dress-up