The Magnum photographer and subject of a travelling retrospective talks about her work, from documenting conflict zones to portraits of Carnival strippers

The legal tussle escalated recently with a controversial Barbie doll modelled on the Mexican artist and feminist icon’s image

The painter was well known for his opaque, semi-abstract canvases inspired by natural history

"In order to bring diversity to our all-white male artist stable, we decided to bring in a few other, slightly more affordable, white male artists."

Five works by unsung 20th-century artists

Activist work reflects what artists are making, says curator of new initiative

The Brooklyn-based artist has an upcoming show at the Wexner Center for the Arts

The German-born artist was a key member of the St Ives artistic community—but why does his work matter?

"It's a participatory conceptual piece consisting in you giving us lots of money for a commissioned art work and agree not to sue me or the artist should we decide not to deliver it."

Episodes of the TV programme will centre on three artistic hubs: Berlin, San Francisco and Johannesburg

Scotland's Kevin Harman is showing his latest sculpture at Frieze New York

US artist tries new techniques and tackles immigration in Naples exhibition

Imposing open-air work made of African farming fabric opens at New York fair this week

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions

Heni Talks features videos from artists including Damien Hirst and Jeremy Deller

Heni Talks: Alison Cole examines the Taddei Tondo—the only marble sculpture by the Italian master in the UK

Heni Talks: Model elephants, collage, and an argument with Joseph Beuys… Two giants of the art world meet

Heni Talks: Through portraits, Penny Huntsman finds parallels between the lives of these two great women

Body paintings and sponge sculptures in artist’s signature ultramarine blue will fill rooms of stately home this summer

Six partner institutions including the Hammer Museum are behind collaborative art production model

Roger Hiorns has placed decommissioned aircraft underground in the UK, Czech Republic and Holland—Nigeria could be next

Artist Nick Cave will transform Park Avenue venue into a carnivalesque dance hall this summer

Suddenly, a lot of money is flowing through the kingdom for the promotion of contemporary art and culture

The US artist finds contemporary resonance in the 1940s novel

May event organised by the charity Outside In and European Outsider Art Association aims to give voice to artists on margins of society

German artist questions authorship and market value in show of paintings by Chinese copyists based on famous works by Caravaggio, Hockney and others

UK charity Crossway Foundation is partnering with the Saudi-based Misk Art Institute for the project