Contemporary art
Sotheby's sales in London fall short—though Francis Bacon brings in £43.4m
Bidding was strong for red-chip artists, but the air is much thinner at the top of the market
The Venice Biennale has long been known as the world's most discreet art fair—where does Ukraine fit into that?
In the wake of Russia’s invasion, some of the spending power at the exhibition is being directed towards good causes
Artes Mundi hits the road: next edition of contemporary art prize to be shown at venues across Wales
Artists Nguyen Trinh Thi and Mounira Al Solh are on the shortlist for the £40,000 award
British sculptor Antony Gormley acquires German passport to battle ‘Brexit disaster’
Angel of the North artist now holds dual nationality and is ‘keen to retain links with Europe’
'Not just the outsider show': Exhibition of Norway's overlooked artists to open new National Museum
Curators have chosen 150 contemporary Norwegian artists through an open call, with the aim of getting away from in-built biases
London visitors invited to go dotty with Yayoi Kusama in her Obliteration Room this summer at Tate
Meanwhile M+ museum in Hong Kong will launch retrospective of 93-year-old Japanese artist
Turin rooftop race track—featured in The Italian Job film—transformed into an art trail
Pinacoteca Agnelli art complex, housed in former Fiat factory, launches with Sylvie Fleury show and Picasso display
Skulls and sequins: book celebrates the art of the Haitian streets
Recently published catalogue of a touring show from 2018 shows the work of artists who draw inspiration from the urban landscape of the Caribbean nation
Russian artist Oleg Kulik faces prosecution for 'rehabilitating Nazism' with sculpture shown at Art Moscow
Politicians said it mocked a monument to the Battle of Stalingrad during the Second World War
St Petersburg artist faces prison after anti-war protest in grocery store
Sasha Skochilenko replaced price tags with news reports about bombings in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol
Venice Biennale 2022: what to do when you get there
Whether it’s your first time or your 50th, Venice is a bewildering city, but one of inexhaustible delights. We asked artists, curators and art world professionals how to get the most out of your visit
Is this year’s Venice Biennale an exhibition shaped by war?
In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian pavilion looks likely to remain empty, while the organisers of the Ukrainian pavilion battle to realise their project for Venice
Brazilian pavilion: Taking on the country’s recent tragedies
The solo presentation by Jonathas de Andrade is inspired by the educational science fairs he visited as a child
Italian pavilion: ‘What is the future for humans?’ asks artist Gian Maria Tosatti
For the first time at the Venice Biennale, a single artist has been given the entire Italian pavilion to fill. Tosatti’s sprawling post-industrial installation asks the big questions
Finnish pavilion: The artist who became an undercover security guard
The Finnish artist Pilvi Takala assumes identities, from Snow White to a Catholic schoolgirl, to investigate social norms
Estonian pavilion: Baltic country gets its chance to bloom
In order to mix things up, the Netherlands has given its Giardini pavilion over to Estonia this year
Review: Does the Whitney Biennial really reflect the world today?
Plus, the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories opens in Washington and Raphael's late self-portrait at London's National Gallery
Depictions of the Black figure are finally entering the Western canon—but where are the pot-bellied and love-handled bodies?
Artists are rushing to fill the wide gaps in museums' holdings of Black figurative art, but much of this work has an aspirational approach
Latest volume of Gerhard Richter catalogue raisonné presents the contemporary German master’s vast, vivid output
Sixth book explores the artist’s oeuvre, from the Cologne Cathedral window in 2007 to his last sculptures in 2019
'Ukrainian culture is alive as long as there are people ready to defend it'
Art workers in the war-torn country have created a territory of hope amid the terror of war
Russian pro-war symbol 'Z' sprayed onto Pussy Riot member's door
Ubiquitous letter was first spotted on Russian tanks on the Ukrainian border
Phillips donates £5.8m, the auction house's share from its evening sale of 20th-century and contemporary art, to Ukrainian Red Cross
The sale felt fresh, with 83% of works making their auction debut and in-demand young artists again taking centre stage, with a new record for Issy Wood
Showing contemporary work in historical settings is a risky business—but get it right and the art world swoons
Mixing the new with the old requires care as the Venice Biennale is sure to attest
After exhaustive performances and pandemic stress, EJ Hill takes a break to paint
The Los Angeles artist is showing a suite of new floral works at Occidental College
NFT art—a sales mechanism or a medium?
The boom in non-fungible tokens is diminishing public understanding of what digital art actually is
Oh shit: Russian artist faces criminal charges for 'playful snow poop installation' in St Petersburg park
Ivan Volkov's work in Marsovo Pole is thought to be a comment on poor street maintenance in the Russian city
Haroon Mirza: ‘The question I’m asking is, what kind of species are we?’
As he opens a show in New York and looks forward to his participation in the Lille3000 festival, the artist-composer discusses his interest in energy and power in their many forms
Teeth, lips, flowers: rising star Rachel Jones on her latest works and how she prioritises a Black audience
With a major solo gallery show about to open and her first UK institutional exhibition due in March, the artist discusses her response to literature and the distinctive language in her titles
Shock as Janusz Janowski appointed new director of Poland’s leading Zacheta National Gallery of Art by right-wing culture minister
Most recent hire without an open competition is viewed by critics as latest step in government's agenda of placing conservative appointees in control of cultural institutions
Winners of $450,000 Moscow Art Prize announced
The lucrative award is divided between 16 recipients and funded by the Moscow city government