Diary

A Syrian in space

The astronaut Muhammed Faris was hailed a national hero in 1987 after accompanying a Soviet crew on a trip to the Mir space station

Ofili adds restaurant design to his CV

To celebrate its 50th birthday this year, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has given itself a gift as part of a building redesign: a new restaurant

A Service of Lament and Thanksgiving in the shadow of Grenfell Tower

Family, friends and fellow artists filled St Mary’s Church in London’s North Kensington to commemorate and celebrate the young artist Khadija Saye

The sun sets on twenty years of art clan gatherings at the Hydra Workshops

There are many outstanding events in the art world but few as eagerly anticipated as the annual gathering on the Greek island of Hydra hosted by Pauline Karpidas

Khadija’s Garden named at PEER

In a sombre but heartwarming ceremony PEER art space named the community garden, trees and seating outside the gallery on Hoxton Street as Khadija’s Garden

Tears, laughter, thunder and lightning to celebrate Jenni Lomax’s 26 years at Camden Arts Centre

Your correspondent rounded off the speeches at the packed party to celebrate Jenni Lomax, who is stepping down as the director of Camden Arts Centre

Emma Hart keeps all lines of communication open at unveiling of her Max Mara show

The winner of the 2015-17 Max Mara Women’s art prize has unveiled Mamma Mia!, a spectacular installation that fills the Whitechapel’s number two gallery

Parry and thrust and pregnant pauses at unveiling of Frieze Sculpture

The exhibition now runs from 5 July until the closing of the art fair on 8 October

Mark Leckey offers a cathartic shout-out at Cubitt gallery

For his new show Leckey lead a mass rendition of a sound piece that forms a key element of his new installation

Conrad Shawcross channels Brexit in his St Pancras International sculpture

The official take is that sculpture is “a celebration of mechanics and engineering”

Ikon artists serve up Brexit on a plate

Artist-designed fundraising dinner for the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham coincided with the first day of Brexit negotiations

Grayson Perry bites and strokes the hands that feed him at Serpentine preview

Teasingly-titled show, The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! opened this week

An artistic comb-over at Rosemarie Trockel’s Skarstedt show

Major Greek collection had agreed to loan the artist’s rarely seen Untitled (1999)

Pinochet Porn premieres at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Ellen Cantor worked on experimental feature-length film right up to her death from cancer in 2013