Plus, impro opera in the cafe and homage to Oscar Wilde
The UK artist’s solo show at Somerset House remembers a collaborator after his suicide, and also explores how we process grief and trauma
Plus, Hepworth's St Ives comes to Frieze Masters
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
The gallery gene does not normally survive beyond one generation, so how can contemporary art galleries survive their founders and keep their edge?
Amid the din of cynical populists the voices of these fragile communities are needed more than ever
We talk to the art market specialist Melanie Gerlis about the fair, to Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson about their shows, Massimiliano Gioni about the New Museum’s video-art pop-up in London—and Louisa Buck discusses Frieze's special Social Work section. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Double-sided work, bequeathed in 1962, had previously been attributed to the French artist's circle
Our selection of works is guaranteed to have you showing some emotion
Trend follows dealers’ move into Eastern market
The US artist's current exhibition seeks to fill the gaps in the history of conceptual art
The New Zealand-born artist’s show at the Barbican Art Gallery reflects her diverse approach to materials, including a rare Brazilian rubber called balata
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
Work that challenged male-dominated art world of the 1980s and 1990s on show as UK marks centenary of women's suffrage
A growing number of new investment platforms are touting the concept
Contemporary Art Society buys Kehinde Wiley film for The Box in Plymouth, while first Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist prizewinner is also announced
Work at Galerie Kamel Mennour is quite literally ground-breaking
The artist has been accused of profiting from black suffering
Fair focuses on women but market still favours men
The Chinese artist reveals which exhibitions he plans to see during his whistle-stop tour of the UK capital this week
The performance artist on using her Turbine Hall commission to reach out to local people
The dealer and collector tells the artist Michael Landy which work he would save from the Art Bin
The Serpentine Galleries' artistic director reveals how he is resisting extinction, declares that shows must find new ways to connect and insists that stopping is not an option
The acceleration of technology and the solitary nature of VR are a problem, but the rewards are great
The artist is our Instagrammer-in-chief this week
Our readers ask the leading artists what they think about life, the art world and everything in between
Fresh from the success of his Channel 4 series Rites of Passage, the artist tackles the art fair
South African artists are enjoying a growth in overseas interest, as seen in London this month