As the Middle East increasingly becomes a producer and consumer of contemporary art, the role of the West as 'tastemaker' grows progressively more troubling

Koons talks to us about the artists who inspire him, his studio system, and what he hopes to communicate to the public through his work

The museum will be drawn from the Jumex Foundation's 2,000 works

A British conceptual artist, an Iraqi artist, and a US soldier who served in Iraq travelled from New York to Los Angeles with the remains of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bomb attack in tow

Artists, buyers, sellers, organisers, critics and restaurateurs have recorded their memories of Art Basel’s first four decades

If he gets planning permission, Antony Gormley will transform Trafalgar Square into a space for the ordinary man and woman

Jafri hopes to raise up to $5 million for one of the Prince of Wales’s charities

Local artists show alongside established international names, as collectors and exhibitors circumvent trade restrictions

Paul Fryer's work was installed in the city of Gap over Easter weekend

On the eve of a show at PaceWildenstein in New York, the veteran US artist discusses the importance of the year he spent with his grandmother when he was eleven

The veteran rocker discusses the artists who inspire her, those who do not, and what drives her photography

Zabludowicz is also planning a Las Vegas space

Decision made after rejection by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

The event will be held 28 February to 2 March

The Moscow-based collector has amassed a hoard of Russian contemporary art

The gothic rock star reveals the inspirations and compulsions behind his new work on show in the Design District

Are these women the real deal?

$6m from sale of Chinese paintings, including a Zeng Fanzhi, encourages him to review his remaining collection

Twenty-eight pieces have been purchased from collector Larry Warsh

The artist discusses his work, politics, censorship, “fake art” and the Beijing Olympics

Guan Yi tells us about his plans to open a museum and sculpture park on a 16.5-acre plot of land in Beijing

A new contemporary art gallery for Barcelona

Telecoms millionaire, restaurateur, hotelier, reality TV producer, gallery owner and collector

Since it opened last November, four out of five senior curators and directors have left and one has apparently been redeployed

Christie's '08 auction report sees the mediocre pushed aside to make way for big names

The cult film-maker shows off his skills as an artist with a new, atmospheric work in Miami in the Cartier pavilion

The new embassy in Beijing, opening in August, will include art by Jeff Koons, Cai Guo-Qiang, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Rauschenberg, and others

British collectors Charles Saatchi and Frank Cohen were among those who bought

Bigger Trees near Warter is 12m long and 4.5m high, and made up of 50 separate canvases