Sylvie Fleury picks her five favourite works at Art Basel
UBS, the fair's lead partner, has this year dedicated its VIP lounge to the Swiss artist
‘I find myself attracted to art with a violent component’: art adviser Sibylle Rochat on what she collects and why
Former gallerist says that works that can seem unattractive and complex at first can eventually give the most pleasure
Art fairs have become a lifeline for Ukrainian galleries—even in Basel
Stands offered for free at Liste, while some gallery workers are living on the art fair circuit, unable to return home
What is in the largest ever Documenta exhibition? No one is quite sure
The 15th edition of Documenta will be a sprawling show with around 1,500 participants—and it is already embroiled in a scandal before it has even started
Ukrainian bride performance erupts onto Art Basel's Messeplatz
Russia-Ukraine war enters the spotlight at the Swiss fair with Isagus Toche's Chernobyl Bride work
‘Artists first, trust your team, be open to what you do not know’: art foundation founder Julia Stoschek on what she collects and why
The German collector, who has one of the world's largest collections of video and time-based art, still has a yearning for an Old Master
Body politic: transgender artist brings her urgent work to the streets of Basel
A public sculpture depicting a nude, openly trans woman by US artist Puppies Puppies is on show as part of Art Basel's Parcours section
C’est officiel: Hauser & Wirth will open a space in Paris next year
Located in a townhouse near the Champs-Élysées, this will be the mega gallery’s 16th location worldwide
As Documenta's antisemitism row 'spirals out of control', vandals attack exhibition space of pro-Palestine artist group
A building in Kassel was graffitied with threatening words in what is being considered a politically motivated incident
Mona Lisa smeared with cake by man ‘dressed as old lady in wheelchair’
"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said
UK to investigate Sotheby's owner Patrick Drahi's stake in telecommunications giant BT amid national security concerns
The French-Israeli billionaire is the majority shareholder in BT through his firm Altice
UK's 'largest immersive arts experience'—showing huge digital images of Cezanne and Klimt—planned for London
Frameless, which will open in Marble Arch this autumn, hopes to tap into a booming industry for multi-sensory and interactive art attractions
Dealer Inigo Philbrick sentenced to seven years in prison
Philbrick pleaded guilty to an $86m fraud in November in one of the art world's highest-profile criminal lawsuits in decades
Ukrainian artists stage war crimes exhibition at Russia House in Davos for World Economic Forum
Show opens ahead of Ukrainian President Zelenksy's address at the global summit
NFTs ruled as digital assets after Singapore court freezes blockchain sale of Bored Ape
Collector has won a court injunction to stop the sale of an NFT that was used as collateral against a loan
Best shows for… discovering the hot new name
From the smell of Blackness to Tamil folklore-inspired ceramics—we pick out four exhibitions by the most exciting emerging artists
Tezos blockchain's foundation launches £1m fund to collect NFTs by African and Asian artists
Misan Harriman, the first Black photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover, has been entrusted with the collection—which launches as cryptocurrency markets plummet in value
Happy Dalí Day! Hawaiian gallery announces discovery of long-lost wax sculpture on anniversary of Surrealist’s birth
Lost Wax, now valued between $10m and $20m, was stored in a private vault for four decades
From a possible record-breaking Philip Guston to coins linked to Caesar’s assassination: our pick of the highlights from May's sales
Plus, a rediscovered Titian and a reliquary sculpture from Gabon
Four Indian galleries take over Sadie Coles for London Gallery Weekend
The gallerist's Mayfair space will host a group of dealers from South Asia, who have staged a show likened to a "mini biennial"
Night at the museum? Norwegian architecture exhibition invites members of public to sleep over
Show at Kode Museums in Bergen address questions around communal living, hoping to prove that living together can make us happier and healthier
Not one but two LGBTQ cultural spaces to open in London this spring
Queer Britain museum and Queercircle art space, both opening as the UK marks 50 years of Gay Pride marches, will offer free-entry exhibitions and public workshops
Israel Museum in Jerusalem sued by Jewish heirs of Holocaust victim over valuable manuscript
The case of the Birds' Head Haggadah is the first time a museum in Israel has faced a restitution lawsuit for an object allegedly lost in the Holocaust
With a $20m estimate, this Louise Bourgeois spider is the most expensive sculpture offered at auction in Asia
Spider IV will be offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong contemporary evening sale later this month
Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks worth millions are mysteriously returned to Cambridge library
The two manuscripts were returned in a pink gift bag with a message that read: "Happy Easter X"
Shipping costs are skyrocketing—and galleries are expected to be hit hard
Oil price increases and the inability to fly over Russian airspace has made sending art abroad, especially between East Asia and Europe, much more expensive
Object lessons: from Richard Gere's portrait of Bob Dylan to Lucian Freud's drawing of a pony with which he had a tricky relationship
Our pick of the highlights from April's fairs and auctions
One giant leap for Jeff Koons: artist to send his sculptures to the moon
Corresponding digital renderings of the lunar-bound works will be sold as NFTs, obviously
How to get the next generation in India's youngest state to visit museums? Give schools money
The $17.4m scheme in Bihar has resulted in 33,000 young visitors to its main museum in Patna in a year
Art Basel reveals directors and name for new Paris fair in October
Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028