The New York-based artist's ability to balance the horrifying with the restorative reaches a mad-genius peak at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis

Secondary picks apart the spectacle of violence now overtaking America as it plays out in professional football

My heart-stopping research saga to find out if Dorotheum’s part-painted cartoon by a "follower" was in fact a sleeper

Had they thought about it more deeply, the activists who attacked the Van Gogh work could have gained something more than attention

Opening it up through more generous loans and by easing copyright restrictions would be good for both HM and the country

Here are three big challenges they will face—and what to do about them

The American artist's exhibition of images of female eyes sourced from comics, films and advertisements is now on show at the historic home of the Dukes of Devonshire

Arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms, which is partnered with Hauser & Wirth gallery, is unveiling more than 20 major new works at Springfield Hospital

Lavish lifestyles, misplaced confidence and the wish to keep up with billionaire clients can all wreak financial havoc

Shortening art market cycles and the politics around "flipping" artworks are leading collectors to conduct business away from public scrutiny

Cycles in the industry are getting shorter with trends now coming and going within a year

As the Washington Principles turn 25, the complexities of restitution in a global art world have mushroomed—leaving lessons to be learned for institutions, governments and art market players

Unburdened by lengthy texts, gushing profiles and auction prices, graduate exhibitions are a reminder of the subjective nature of art

Artists are rushing to fill the wide gaps in museums' holdings of Black figurative art, but much of this work has an aspirational approach

Ahead of its time, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is more than just a satellite to the Regent's Park event

When Black artists break through in the market, they are often described as 'discoveries', yet there's a long line of artists that came before them

Artists have long mined cyberspace for inspiration, as two current exhibitions underscore

A series of exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist's death includes a show curated by comedian and Picasso-hater Hannah Gadsby

Architect Frank Gehry claimed his design for the Spanish satellite museum was neutral and would not compete with the art within—did he succeed?

The institution denies claims that it refused to allow the increasingly prominent Black performance artist Jade Montserrat to participate in a project for Tate Exchange

AI chatbot software has made waves by creating convincingly human speech and text—could it transform communications in the arts?

Digital experts in the cultural field—Alec Ward, Adam Koszary and Chris Unitt—share their predictions for platforms this year

Bought for a Japanese museum in 1987, the masterpiece has just been claimed by the heirs of a Jewish Berlin banker

The Van Gogh Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary—and everyone is invited

Culture is being used by Saudi Arabia to project an image of a state that “enriches lives, celebrates national identity and builds understanding between people”

Recently, some major galleries have signed high-profile women, many of whom launched artistic careers long before the industry cared

Osman Yousefzada and nine others sold specially created prints, but Pakistan’s worst natural disaster in living memory has yet to galvanise the industry

In our new series Reality Bites, we assess whether the art market's key players are addressing the urgent issues affecting the wider world