Exhibitions
Interview with Chris Ofili: Something of the forest and the night
On the eve of his first retrospective, opening this month at Tate Britain, Chris Ofili tells us where he finds his inspiration
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
Prince of Liechtenstein threatens major Royal Academy show
If one of his works is not released by the UK authorities, an exhibition drawn from his collection will be pulled
'Malevich and Kandinsky in 3D' comes to Moscow Airport
Irina Lebedeva talks on getting locals interested in art
New Museum show of trustee's collection is an insult to scholarship and curators
Private-collector museums
How did the financial downturn impact the market for brand-name artists like Hirst and Murakami?
Both have adopted marketing strategies more typical of luxury goods firms than artists. In 2009 we looked at their market history
Interview with John Baldessari ahead of his upcoming Tate retrospective: “Nobody does anything new”
Baldessari talked to us about his latest work, his early days as a teacher and the infamous incident when he cremated 13 years’ work—and then made cookies out of the ashes
Frieze week schedule speaks of Iranian art surge in the West
Does a crop of major presentations coinciding with the art fair indicate a proportionate energy in the market?
Rodchenko and Tatlin fakes force closure of Russian avant-garde exhibition at Finland's Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art
Operations were halted after multiple experts questioned the authenticity of the exhibition's content, which had been sourced from private collections
The luxuries of a vanished world of Maharajas are explored through over 250 objects at the V&A
Next month the V&A in London presents 'Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts'
Farewell to forgeries: The V&A’s Fakes Gallery to close
The V&A’s guidebook used to describe the Fakes Gallery as one of its “most diverse, intriguing and entertaining” displays.
Banksy gets the law on his side with a sting operation against forgers
Meanwhile, a new show organised by the mysterious artist proves to be a blockbuster
Abramovic takes over MoMA with The Artist is Present and a selection of past works
Artist reveals plans for the longest performance of her career
Visual art group show “Il Tempo del Postino” will take to stage at Art Basel 2009
Each artist participating will present a 15-minute long performance, transforming the space provided by Theater Basel
Pinchuk stages Hirst show in Kiev
His Pinchuk Art Centre will play host to over 100 works
Zoffany at Tate cancelled
The 2010 exhibition may instead be shown at the Royal Academy
Farjam Collection gallery opens at the Dubai International Financial Centre with Islamic art exhibition
Our first glimpse of plans for multiple museums laid out by the Iranian industrialist at Art Dubai '08
Tate's Van Dyck show on rocky ground as insurance obstacle may detain several works
Five iconic portraits may not be loaned to the exhibition due to legal anomaly
New Kinetica fair celebrates kinetic and hi-tech art
The event will be held 28 February to 2 March
UK museums manage dearth of exhibition sponsorship in the wake of economic downturn
Institutions must grit their teeth and hope for the intervention of private investors, as several large shows are going ahead without corporate sponsors
The Cold War may be over, but it is still being fought in terms of its artists
With LACMA's “Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures” opening soon, the artistic heritage of Germany is again under the microscope
Institutions are increasingly likely to loan works of art to the most powerful private galleries
Public art for private gain?
Terrorism exhibition cancelled at Chelsea Art Museum
Museum curator resigns over claims of censorship
First Dalí exhibition in Turkey
The Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul is holding the first ever retrospective devoted to the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in a Muslim country
Tate Turners on tour: 'J.M.W. Turner' to be exhibited at Beijing's National Art Museum
Having travelled the US and Russia, the Turner exhibition will head to China
Bacon show for Zhukova and Abramovich's CCC Moscow
Having set a record for the artist at auction, the collectors put the art to work
No expense spared for Gagosian’s second Moscow venture
70 works to be installed in riverside factory
Andy Warhol’s $28m “Athletes” in Chinese capital for the Games
The series will go on show at the Faurscho gallery in Beijing
New media exhibition as the "the coming of age show" for the National Museum of China
The country’s first major survey of new media took place in June—with a little help from MoMA, Tate, and several others
Council's Pre-Raphaelite collection saved for public display
London's Hammersmith & Fulham was considering selling the works