Ayad says decision to leave was "personal" and plans to launch her own art consultancy

UK capital's heatwave lends a relaxed summer atmosphere to cross-collecting fair, where deals are done at a slower tempo than at contemporary events

Hull gallery more than tripled visitor numbers during UK City of Culture year after “Herculean” renovation

Michael Jackson is a thrilling muse at the National Portrait Gallery, while ancient Egypt is given a modern twist at the British Museum

We speak to the queen of performance art about casting herself in stone and to the National Portrait Gallery’s director Nicholas Cullinan about the king of pop’s influence on artists.

The painting will be lent to the Louvre in Paris next year for an exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of artist's death

Artists participating in National Portrait Gallery exhibition explain why the King of Pop matters to them

Andria Zafirakou’s Artists in Residence campaign launches as creative arts are squeezed in UK classrooms

Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg says it will represent his legacy and estate with “honour, respect and responsibility”

Sixty projects will punctuate the contemporary art trail winding through South Bank, Vauxhall and Nine Elms

Under new partnership, the London museum will lend key objects to the new institution in Abu Dhabi

French billionaire—whose collection numbers 3,000 works—has sold 130 pieces since 2000

Anger as focus turns to cause of blaze that ripped through Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece

Japanese artist is following in the footsteps of Jeff Koons

Works and archival material at several stands at the fair honour big names in the art world who have died this year

New initiatives, fair subsidies and a focus on Swiss artists help dealers to adapt

Winning a prize can give an artist international exposure, but the question of who really benefits—critically and commercially—is an increasingly vexed one

Is the UK’s premier award a big draw for international collectors?

The exhibition, which opens in February, will focus on Blue and Rose Periods

The Lebanese-born artist and writer, who has a solo show at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, discusses her passion for the Swiss abstract artist.

Artist to continue project reconstructing thousands of lost and destroyed Iraqi artefacts

Founder Elisabeth Murdoch’s appointment to Arts Council England governing body cleared by commissioner

MCA’s former senior curator goes freelance, focusing on projects in Venice, Sharjah and Manchester

The US-based photorealist trailblazer turned to Expressionism, experiencing a career renaissance in later years

Partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Park is shop's latest investment in contemporary art

Comments come after Unesco calls for “mutually acceptable” solution to 200-year-old issue

Patron Francesca von Habsburg shifts focus from her closed foundation space in Vienna to her new academy building in Venice

From the Hayward Gallery’s sparkly and surreal Lee Bul survey to the final paintings of Howard Hodgkin

The work will be located elsewhere in Paris, French culture minister says

The state-backed fifth edition is biggest ever with 44 galleries across five districts