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Robert Longo, Adam Pendleton and Kari Altmann, among others, feature in third edition of the event, which opened this week
“Cultural institutions on brink,” says curator of main exhibition at Thessaloniki Biennale
Eight-week event is structured around "schools" addressing key social and artistic issues
Ten-day event at historic Soviet-era site will include public forums, daily keynote speeches and performances
London institution introduces contribution to biennial in Shenzhen ahead of 2017 opening of its new gallery in the city
Organisers say they started the art festival, which closed today, in direct response to the political interference at Hungary’s cultural institutions
Event helps to establish Chongqing as a major Chinese centre of art
Last year’s Manifesta also faced calls for a boycott, but a curator’s decision to continue is a difficult one
Second edition to open at the Visual Culture Research Center in September with related projects across Europe, curators say
Artist Hüseyn Haqverdi is creating installation about "lost generation" in gritty outskirts of Baku
Western dealers and curators look to the South
The New Museum bets on future stars who deal with our digital world
During his lifetime, Jean-Michel Basquiat (right) kept a copy of the book Flash of the Spirit—considered to be one of the seminal works on Afro-Atlantic art and thinking—on his bedside table.
Only around 25% of the dealers at Art Basel are female, but women are giving no quarter as the playing field begins to level out
Biennial embraces divergent ways of seeing the world, despite growing censorship in the Gulf
“It’s a granular look at different types of presidential films of the past century,” says one of the festival’s founders
Fears that the artist's installation would be associated with the fair led to intervention
Big excitement over bigger and bigger works
This survey of 80 artists will prevent boredom from setting in as collectors are made to wait for the next superfair
Conflict between government and arts organisers at Shanghai World Expo
Interesting work, relaxed censorship and sheer scale belie tensions in joint Hong Kong-Shenzhen project
The Turkish capital has curators, collectors and galleries—if the government pitches in, it could become the leading destination for contemporary art in the Middle and Near East
Benin waited more than 50 years since its independence for a biennial, and now it has two
In the second part of our interview with Storr, he considers the question of how to make the historic event truly representative of today’s global art world
The State Department wants to promote programmes in the Muslim world
Controversy over Venice Cube project
Less circus, more focus at the Venice Biennale
Long live the united nations of the arts?
Our overview also reveals the highs and lows of this year's biennale, which draws heavily on Scandinavian artists and pays tribute to grand masters Serra, Beuys, Twombly and Richter
Pigs not caught in flagrante delicto and women wrestling with balloons are just some of the delights at this multi-venue biennale curated by Rosa Martínez