Eleven artists and designers have been shortlisted for the fourth edition of the £25,000 international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition.
The current chief curator of the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris has been announced as director of the Venice Biennale 2017, with responsibility for curating the 57th International Art Exhibition.
57 internationally-exhibiting artists will take part in Ireland’s biennial of contemporary art, with exhibitions taking place in both gallery and non-gallery spaces.
London Art Fair announces Belgian artist has been awarded £2,500 prize for work exploring influence of the internet.
The Association of Icelandic Artists aims to highlight the working conditions and undervaluing of creative labour that visual artists face.
For the latest instalment in her monthly series looking at artists’ books, Sarah Bodman introduces two new works by the Dutch artist Elisabeth Tonnard.
When a change of government in the Netherlands reversed years of generous state support for the arts, Rune Peitersen got together with other artists to challenge anti-artist rhetoric and argue for fair pay and support for artists and arts organisations. He talks to artist and AIR Council member Joseph Young about Platform BK, the small but dynamic organisation he co-founded five years ago.
The New York-based artist, along with his representatives the Gagosian Gallery, is being sued by photographer Donald Graham over Prince’s use of an image appropriated from Instagram.
A 2012 podcast with the American abstract painter Ellsworth Kelly, who died on 27 December 2015 aged 92, is a fitting tribute to this 20th century giant.
International study says the ‘moral and economic rights’ of artists must be protected if they are to sustain their creative activity and fuel the economy. Frances Richens reports.
Ahead of next week’s climate summit in Paris, over 300 artists, writers, musicians and actors have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to reach an agreement to halt global warming.
A London-based French artist’s response to Friday night’s terrorist attacks in Paris has become a symbol of solidarity.
Manifesta has announced that its 2018 edition will take place in the Sicilian city of Palermo with migration and climate change as its theme, while a pre-biennial programme will aim to engage the local community by setting out a framework for the city’s revitalisation.
As the Creative Time Summit NYC takes place this weekend at the Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, Nato Thompson speaks to Pippa Koszerek about the summit, his new book Seeing Power and how art can impact social change.
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation has announced the shortlist for the $100,000 biennial prize, with British artist Mark Leckey and Cuban artist and activist Tania Bruguera among the six finalists.
After a request for a bulk order of Lego was turned down by the company, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been Instagramming about his response.
The Istanbul Biennial has had a troubled few years. In 2013 it was embroiled in controversy over its reaction to political demonstrations in the city’s Taksim Square, while the current 14th edition arrived at a time of growing political tension in the country. As it draws to a close this week and Turkey prepares to go to the polls in a snap election, Dany Louise argues that this international biennial has failed to respond to the urgent and compelling context it finds itself in.
The art dealers Iwan and Manuela Wirth top this year’s ArtReview Power 100, which lists those judged to be the most influential people in the international art world.
Artist and AIR Council member Joseph Young attended the recent Europe-wide IAA conference in Pilsen, Czech Republic, where he was speaking about the Paying Artists campaign. He reports from the home of Pilsner lager on three days of discussion, debate and far too many procedural matters.
A recently opened skatepark in Everton Park, Liverpool is the result of a Liverpool Biennial commission of the South Korean artist Koo Jeong A, working with Wheelscape Skateparks and a host other agencies and community groups in the city. Laura Robertson takes a look at this luminous living sculpture and finds out more from the artist.
London-based Haroon Mirza is the first British artist to receive the biennial award which honours those influenced by the late American sculptor Alexander Calder.
Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas has produced the inaugural Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, unveiled this week. Here, Richard Taylor finds out more about his ‘Autoconstrucción’ approach to art, following up on themes discussed by Cruzvillegas at a recent ‘in conversation’ event in Glasgow.
