Aleksandr Lukashenko regime continues to crackdown on Belarus’s contemporary arts community

On commission for the New York Times, Soth says he had "no knowledge" of the long-term project by the Chicago resident and documentary photographer

The exhibition forms part of the education programme at the collector’s gallery which has now ‘transitioned into a charity’

From Berghain's lockdown exhibition to the Brücke Museum's Vivian Suter display, here's what to see in the reigning contemporary art hub this week

From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson reveal their favourite tracks

Plus, Tavares Strachan on Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. Sponsored by Christie's

Arseniy Neskhodimov’s photographs raise awareness of mental health in the age of coronavirus

The astronomical increase in the value of works by the Canadian artist, who died by suicide last year, is driven by morose opportunism

Move comes amidst increased official scrutiny of civil society in China

Film aims to show “surveillance, ideological brainwashing, and brute determination used to control every aspect of society” by China’s leaders

Respected London gallerist says “it's not ok to continue to promote his work” in wake of Fletcher’s killing of the curator Rebeccah Blum prior to his own suicide

Contemporary artists in the country are reacting to the crisis after allegations of election fraud and police brutality

“Studio Berlin” offers a way to circumvent the toughest door policy in the world and see works by Olafur Eliasson, Wolfgang Tillmans and Anne Imhof

The "Come and Get Your Love" short film is the first release in a new Sony Legacy project that will tap contemporary artists to create videos for classic tunes

New commercial venture aims to capitalise on the rise of immersive artworks by selling tickets rather than objects

Perhaps the time has come to remove the plinth and stop celebrating individual heroes

Collective of former sex workers and the artist duo Henry/Bragg are behind the installation

Hella Mewis, who works to promote young Iraqi artists, was abducted yesterday by unidentified men in the centre of the city

Statue that replaced toppled monument to slave trader Edward Colston has polarised opinion

Installed overnight, the work depicts local resident Jen Reid who was photographed on the site when the monument was toppled last month

Spanish art group Democracia have taken over LED screens in the city’s metro

A new book by Lisa Tickner, called London's New Scene, focuses on a cast of glamorous characters and gritty drama, with much that resonates today

Would-be artists from ethnic minorities have it harder than most—which is why a new programme will continue Saye’s inspiring work, says the artist Nicola Green

Unveiled in a business centre in Moscow, the statue by contemporary artist Alexey Garikovich was commissioned by top Russian e-commerce and foodtech companies

Russia's arts community rallying behind Yulia Tsvetkova whose trial starts in July

José Manuel Ballester, the Spanish artist behind a series of reimagined Old Master paintings shared widely online during the coronavirus pandemic, has created a new work to help raise funds for Italy’s Pinacoteca de Brera

Second volume of a wide-ranging biography gives us the fun-loving, sophisticated man, as his work developed from delicate mobiles to firmly grounded ‘stabiles’

Artist Pyotr Verzilov was sentenced to 15 days in prison for "petty hooliganism" in latest clampdown on the arts in Russia

Entrepreneur and contemporary art collector Brook Smith plans to turn former coal-mining region into a "cultural destination"