Contemporary art

Tschabalala Self and Andra Ursuța to create next works for London’s Fourth Plinth

The new sculptures will be unveiled on the Trafalgar Square site in 2026 and 2028

Five artists shortlisted to create London’s first ever permanent HIV/Aids memorial

Anya Gallaccio and Diana Puntar are among those who have submitted proposals for the work, which will reportedly be unveiled in 2026

Keith Piper's thoughtful response to Tate Britain's racist mural avoids the usual get-out clauses

The artist's research-based video exploring Rex Whistler's The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats benefited from the museum's collaborative approach

Daniel Buren takes a world tour with a series of commissions at luxury hotels from Rio de Janeiro to Tuscany

The veteran artist, famous for his bright colours, is creating site-specific installations at hotels this summer

Back-to-front Ford Ranger takes truck nuts to a new level at Frieze Los Angeles

Vehicle created by the artist Pippa Garner has fairgoers rubbernecking at Santa Monica airport

Creative Growth blossoms into market force for artists with disabilities

California non-profit supporting artists with disabilities celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special exhibition at New York's Outsider Art Fair

‘The most unusual place I've installed a piece? Forty feet up in a tree’: John Quinn on his inside-out approach to art

The high-flying lawyer, who lists contemporary art as one of his passions, has opened a Los Angeles outpost of Croatia's Museum of Broken Relationships

Is the Royal Academy's 'Entangled Pasts' exhibition radical? Yes—for the Royal Academy

The London institution may have woken up to its responsibility of presenting its role in Britain’s imperial past. But please don't go back to sleep...

Jeff Koons sculptures complete long-awaited journey to moon

The project, first announced in 2022, has seen 125 miniature works inscribed with the names of famous cultural figures blasted into space

Getty Center explores the bloodlines between old and new art

Show combines Medieval manuscripts with contemporary works that deploy blood as a symbol of the divine and the bodily

A brush with… Nalini Malani

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to her time in 1970s Paris

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack

Nigerian Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024 to address looting of Benin Kingdom

Outside of the artists' work, the pavilion will show projects made in collaboration with the Museum of West African Art

A brush with… Zineb Sedira

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the conceptualist Mary Kelly to jazz and ska music

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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Political Artinterview

Could 16 artworks save Julian Assange's life?

The Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he will destroy works by Jake Chapman, Sarah Lucas, Picasso and Rembrandt if the Wikileaks founder dies in jail

A brush with... Stanley Whitney

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Paul Cézanne to Miles Davis

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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A brush with... Wilhelm Sasnal

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Edgar Degas to Wolfgang Tillmans

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Booksreview

Behind the curtain: new book sparks debate about how women gallerists promoted avant-garde art

This important study analyses how female dealers from 1940 to 1990 worked to advance artists but questions on gender go unanswered

Sotheby’s $306m The Now and Contemporary sales wrap up a mediocre New York auction season

Both sales persevered through a lukewarm atmosphere to break into the lower reaches of their estimate ranges

A petri dish for an art ecosystem that went global: Iceland remembers influential Klink and Bang space 20 years on

Funded by the tiny Nordic nation’s then thriving financial sector, the exhibition venue was an incubator for creative talent from Ragnar Kjartansson and Olafur Eliasson to Sigur Rós and Björk

Art marketanalysis

Why Les Lalanne are in high demand

Buyers are flocking to nature-inspired works by the French artists François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne

Obituariesfeature

Remembering Park Seo-Bo, the ‘Father of Korean Contemporary Art’

A leading figure in the Dansaekhwa movement, he had a profound influence on the teaching of painting and the administration of art studies

‘Accelerator’ Artissima marks its 30th anniversary

Italy’s leading contemporary art fair embraces its ‘start-up’ ethos

Serpentine Galleries will bring Barbara Kruger and Judy Chicago to London in 2024

Los Angeles artist Lauren Halsey will also unveil a new work at the Kensington Gardens space

Yana Peel: 'I celebrate anything that is there to bring the arts to audiences'

Chanel’s global head of arts and culture tells us how she is reshaping the brand’s philanthopy

Marina Abramović: a buyer's guide

Everything you need to know about the artist’s market before you start building your collection

A brush with... Torkwase Dyson

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Kiki Smith to Saidiya Hartman

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