Cristina Ruiz
Have Venice authorities shut down Christoph Büchel’s mosque?
Ostensibly an art project that is Iceland’s official contribution to the biennale, it also served as an authentic house of worship visited by more than 100 Muslims a day
Icelandic pavilion: Venice gets its first (temporary) mosque
Christoph Büchel addresses the lack of a mosque in the Italian city
We've given you the best, now here's the worst: what not to see in Venice
With so much art on display, some of it has to be bad
Unashamedly political or collectively delusional? What difference does the art world make anyway?
Builders rush to get Milan’s Expo 2015 ready a day before it opens
Two thirds of the site is still unfinished
Africa is the new China, so it must be time for a dedicated art fund
Its founders want to raise $40m and plan to support the continent’s museums
Director of V&A proposes network of museums to stop terrorists looting objects in Syria and trafficking them for sale in the West
V&A fights back against Islamic State
Let the video roller coaster ride begin : Interview with Ryan Trecartin
Trecartin’s films, created with Lizzie Fitch, trace the impact of technology on modern life
Collector Leon Black hires Met’s head of drawings to help buy more Old Masters
George Goldner will leave the Met in January but continue to serve as an advisor
Collector Eskandar Maleki sues long-time friend and adviser Amir Shariat over profits
Maleki alleges deals were undisclosed, Shariat countersues for malicious falsehood and defamation
Anish Kapoor speaks out on Indian elections
The artist has condemned Narendra Modi, widely expected to be India's next prime minister
In focus: Scythians, Warriors of the steppes
The Scythians' tombs have yielded hundreds of gold and silver objects
Art Basel director Marc Spiegler confirms the fair will stay in Miami
In a meeting with the South Beach ACE, it was concluded that Miami Beach Convention Center's rebuild would not impede the progress of the annual fair
List of discredited Warhols now available
An unpublished list provides details of the fate of 44 paintings confiscated by the Andy Warhol estate in 1991
Warning over Qatar’s human rights record
UK museums’ close ties questioned after poet imprisoned for 15 years
China gets its first contemporary art museum
The opening of the Ullens Center will transform the local scene and the West’s understanding of what’s happening in China
Pinchuk buys panned Hirst paintings
The paintings were shown in the artist's recent White Cube exhibition
Rubells team up with Beijing’s Ullens Center
Collaborative show will open in December 2013
New takes on Old Masters: Contemporary artists and the masters who inspired them
Five artists describe how the ideas and techniques of the artists of the past have informed their work
While Art Basel's outlook stays cosmopolitan, US artists are left in the cold by curators
Documenta, Manifesta, La Triennale and the Kiev Biennale strike a different tone to the art market
Taxman swoops on Rauschenberg’s “$65m eagle”
How much is Canyon, 1959, worth?
Western perspectives on Hong Kong’s gallery scene: Interview with Graham Steele and Robin Peckham
White Cube’s Graham Steele and the US curator Robin Peckham discuss their new spaces in the Central district
Rauschenberg’s foundation could outspend Warhol’s
The artist’s foundation reveals its intention to become one of the largest grant-making organisations in the country
Rubells loan works to Fundación Banco Santander
"American Exuberance" is on view in Madrid 9 February to 27 May
Momart dispute reveals hazards of shipping art
Call a specialist, you could get a commercial courier
In a rare interview, Victor Pinchuk tells us about his plans to build a new contemporary art space in Kiev
A “landmark” museum for Ukraine
Gagosian plans Hirst catalogue and major multi-venue exhibition as spots take over the world
Just how many spots has Hirst painted in the past 25 years?
Draft Unesco Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage would extend controls 200 miles out from the coast
If the draft is approved by two-thirds of member countries at the General Conference next month it will be sent out for ratification. US and Russian support unlikely.
Budi Tek plans “serious” space in Shanghai to join his collection of private museums
The collector builds bridges with Tate and MoMA, and buys work by Kiefer, Cattelan and Hatoum