Contemporary art
Turner Prize-winning artist Helen Marten stages epic opera during Art Basel Paris
In a departure from her practice, the artist, commissioned by the fashion brand Miu Miu, wrote a libretto for the two-hour long performance
Tanoa Sasraku: ‘I don’t see that the work needs to live forever’
The multimedia artist has been experimenting with techniques, including using a sunbed, to create works that change and decay at a pace that mirrors human ageing
Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris opens epic Gerhard Richter retrospective
The 93-year-old German artist is showing 275 works, from his breakthrough photographic paintings of the 1960s to last year’s ink-cloud drawings
Embracing independence: meet the artists giving galleries a swerve
A growing number of emerging and mid-tier artists are building their own networks, and using new channels to sell directly to collectors
Flemish government announces plans to dissolve Antwerp's Museum of Contemporary Art
The move has been met with protests and petitions in support of the museum
The new chief curator of Uzbekistan’s Centre for Contemporary Art is bringing insights from London to the youth of Tashkent
Sara Raza, who is also the space's first artistic director, has big plans to reach young people, inspired by her time at South London Gallery
Four years on from the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are asserting themselves through art
Having lost many opportunities and rights under the new leadership, women are finding in miniature paintings, abstract textiles and more an important means of expression
The Big Review | David Hockney 25 at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris ★★★★
The largest ever exhibition on the British artist takes over the entire Fondation Louis Vuitton building with works that go back to the very beginning
As an Emily Kam Kngwarray survey opens at Tate Modern this week, contemporary Indigenous artists are finally taking centre stage in the UK
Other landmark shows of First Nation artists this summer include Duane Linklater at Camden Art Centre and Santiago Yahuarcani at the Whitworth
Two artists killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza cafe
Amna Al-Salmi, a visual artist, and Ismail Abu Hatab, a prominent photographer and filmmaker, were among at least 30 killed at the popular seaside spot
‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Georg Baselitz incorporates his wheelchair into his art
The mobility aid has become a creative accessory for the artist, whose latest exhibition is on display at Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Copy that: in a new exhibition, one hundred artists reinterpret Louvre masterpieces
Painters have learnt by copying works in the museum for centuries. Now a group of high-profile contemporary artists have been invited to create entirely new works
Troy, ancient site in western Turkey, hosts expansive contemporary art exhibition
The site's archaeological museum is showing the work of the artist Vuslat among its artefacts to build a bridge between contemporary art and the past
Tate Modern, the ‘cathedral to contemporary art’, celebrates 25 years
Artists and curators look at the London museum’s achievements, and the challenges ahead
Robert Rauschenberg's centenary celebrations are starting with old friends
Rarely seen works and other treats will go on show in worldwide exhibitions, starting in Milan and Munich this April
In pictures: spotlight on Asian artists at Art Basel Hong Kong
Art Basel’s director of fairs, Vincenzo Bellis, on his pick of the fair’s curated Insights section
25 years on: how Somerset House became a centre for contemporary art
The London institution had a false start as a museum, but is now thriving with its winning combination of hosting temporary exhibitions and art fairs, and renting studio spaces to creatives
Two UK exhibitions show there is no more keeping mum about art and motherhood
Shows in London and Dundee focus on work of women artists and their experience of becoming a parent
Luma Foundation’s burgeoning ‘biennial of the Alps’ is excellent—but who is it for?
The sixth edition of Elevation 1049 brings work addressing some of the great crises of the moment to a remote billionaire’s paradise
Remembering Leonid Bazhanov, larger-than-life curator who pushed Russian contemporary art in new directions
The death of Bazhanov, who founded institutions including the groundbreaking National Centre for Contemporary Art, follows that of two other leading figures of the Conceptualist movement
‘I found energy from somewhere very deep’: artist Alexis Soul-Gray on navigating the gallery scene through grief and motherhood
The UK-based artist is entering a new chapter having signed with Bo Lee and Workman in the trendy British town of Bruton—but the journey has not been easy
‘Art is a meeting place’: inside Israel’s first official museum of Arab culture
Starting life as a private gallery, the Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery is now receiving public funding to collect and display art by Israeli, Arab and Palestinian artists
Seeds of hope: artist Anya Gallaccio’s Margate retrospective is a reminder of how life always finds a way
The show at Turner Contemporary features works made from organic materials that rot, wither and stink—but there is new growth being fostered too
Carsten Höller, Takashi Murakami, sounds of the US-Mexico border — podcast
Höller discusses his new book of games, Murakami chats AI and the television series Shōgun, and two artists talk about a new sound installation at Dia’s New York City space
What dealers and art enthusiasts got out of the inaugural Chelsea Art Fair
The five-gallery fair was staged inside one of Manhattan's most famous hotels
Women-only art installation reopens at Mona, allowing some men to enter—and learn about housework
Kirsha Kaechele' Ladies Lounge will be reinstalled at the Hobart museum for a month after the supreme court overturned a ruling that the work was discriminatory
KAWS: the former graffiti artist turned global pop art star shows off his collector’s eye
KAWS, the pseudonym of the American artist Brian Donnelly, is best known for his distorted cartoon characters and embracing of popular culture, even being compared to Andy Warhol. Now, a lesser-known side is revealed as works from his vast art collection go on show in New York
‘I never pursued the big four or five galleries, they always scared me’: Joan Snyder on her first blue-chip show, roses, and the glass ceiling
The American artist is having her first solo exhibition at the London outpost of Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, which now represents her
The dangerous art of Hamad Butt makes a comeback at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Pioneering works by the British-Pakistani artist who died young are being restaged in Dublin before travelling to London
A bridge between worlds: Central Asia’s first private Modern and contemporary art museum to open in Kazakhstan
Almaty Museum of Arts will house more than 700 works by Kazakh and Central Asian artists, while also presenting an substantial collection of international art