Contemporary art
Feeling fragile? Lyon Biennale returns after a three-year break and forges ties to the city and its past
Works by more than 200 artists are on show across French city, in sites that range from Renaissance courtyards to a former household appliance factory
London's National Gallery revamp row: is it a sensitive makeover or like 'an airport lounge'?
Plus, contemporary art in Lagos and Chagall's falling angel
A giant inflatable Koons, a desert mirror illusion and a giant football goal: seven of the best new sculptures in Qatar
On display from the airport to the desert, the public art commissions have been installed in time for the World Cup this month
From a restituted Chagall painting to a family portrait by Freud: our pick of the highlights from November's sales
Plus, a bovine Lalanne sculpture and a pair of Chinese vases
Missed it in Venice? See it in Margate: Sonia Boyce’s Golden Lion exhibition tours to two UK venues
The award-winning installation will be shown next year at Turner Contemporary before travelling to Leeds Art Gallery and will also be explored in the BBC art series Imagine
Mimosa Echard wins France’s most prestigious contemporary art prize
The multi-disciplinary Paris-based artist wins the €35,000 Prix Duchamp award for mixed-media waterfall installation
Tracey Emin donates brain sculpture for Parkinson’s UK auction
An exhibition open to the public in London's Piccadilly will bring together the art from top UK artists before the works go under the hammer at Christie's
Ultra-contemporary art boom defies economic downturn at Frieze London
New works by young artists are in high demand at the fair, reflecting a surge in prices at auction
Frieze London acquisitions: Norwich Castle bags Ibrahim Mahama photo series and Tate buys works by seven international artists
The purchases come courtesy of the Contemporary Art Society Collections Fund and the Frieze Tate Fund
Hit painter Issy Wood drops pop music career after remix
The fast-rising artist, who recently released a solo album, is focused on her paintings, including a new exhibition in New York
A brush with... John Akomfrah
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jackson Pollock to Virginia Woolf
Mark Wallinger launches digital art project to raise legal funds for London pollution group
The Islington-based campaigners Nocado are fighting to prevent retailers Ocado and Marks & Spencer from setting up a depot adjacent to a primary school
Art Basel's Paris+ fair to show ambitious commissions across city's major landmarks
Public art programme Sites will replace Hors les Murs—the outdoor sculpture event hosted by Fiac—Paris's once-unrivalled contemporary fair
Anti-colonial statue unveiled on London’s Fourth Plinth—while debate continues about giving it to the Queen
Samson Kambalu’s sculpture Antelope, depicting John Chilembwe who died fighting British rule, is due to remain in place until 2024
Why is art at the heart of Italy’s far-right political party?
Plus, Carnegie International, the US's longest-running contemporary art exhibition, and a mystifying egg sculpture
Investigative artists Forensic Architecture claim to uncover new evidence in shooting of Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh
Working with human rights organisation Al-Haq, new report says journalists were deliberately targeted by Israeli forces in May
A brush with... Glenn Brown
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig
Trio of UK shows place contemporary art among historic collections
Artists Linder, Jadé Fadojutimi and Eileen Cooper exhibit recent work alongside selections from museums holdings around the country, creating new meanings and encouraging visitors to see the older pieces in a new light
From a Niki de Saint Phalle fountain to a splashy David Hockney print: our pick of the highlights from September's sales
Plus, a Pre-Raphaelite treasure, an iconic James Bond poster and a set of nine intricately inlaid panels
Outspoken Myanmar artist Htein Lin arrested by military government and sent to infamous prison
Artist and his British wife Vicky Bowman are the latest detainees of the brutal junta that has killed thousands of citizens
Community-centred art pavilion to be unveiled at London's Notting Hill Carnival
The artist Alvaro Barrington and architect Sumayya Vally lean into the carnival's place as a robust "site of artistic creation"
A brush with... Adam Pendleton
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Joan Jonas to Julius Eastman
Ten essential artworks to see in Vatican City
From Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling to a whole room dedicated to Henri Matisse, we round up some of the unmissable artistic treasures in the world's smallest state
New art from the ruins of Pompeii: archaeological site launches digital fellowships
Contemporary initiative also includes new book with contributions from more than 60 artists such as Adrian Villar Rojas, Lara Favaretto and Michael Rakowitz
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