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The Macclesfield-born artist wins the £25,000 prize and gives an emotional, politically-charged acceptance speech.

This week’s selection includes an investigation into the social origins of the collective consciousness in London, a futuristic medical room in Cambridge and Tracey Emin and William Blake in Liverpool.

A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Criticism over title of National Gallery Singapore fundraising event, Marina Abramović ordered to pay €250,000 to former co-creator Ula, and Nick Serota says residents overlooked by Tate Modern extension should get net curtains.

A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: MoMA creates digital image archive of all its exhibitions, odds on next Tate director, and new UK arts minister’s first speech.

The director of Tate is to leave the role after 28 years to take up part-time position as chairman of Arts Council England.

Tate Modern’s new Switch House extension finally opens to the public on Friday. Fisün Guner takes a tour of the 10-storey building and is thrilled with what she finds but left wanting more.

The new Mayor of London says he wants to embed culture in the planning system of the capital with the results including subsidised artists’ studios.

A £15,000 prize and £90,000 production budget has been awarded to a team based in Treviso, Italy to develop a project that uses digital technology to explore art on display at Tate Britain and the Tate website.

A new report from the Art Not Oil group claims to reveal BP’s influence over exhibition content, events and gallery security procedures, with the Museums Association set to investigate.

New collection displays at Tate Modern when its extension opens in June will feature work by 300 artists from 57 countries, 75% of which have been acquired since 2000.

Controversial corporate sponsorship by oil and gas company set to end in 2017, with campaigners calling for other galleries to follow Tate’s example.

London-based artist to create new work in response to gallery’s neo-classical Duveen Galleries.

Frances Morris, who has been part of the Tate team since joining as a curator in 1987, has been appointed the new director of Tate Modern.

As Phyllida Barlow becomes the 40th artist to join Artist Rooms, it’s announced that a new, dedicated exhibition space for the collection at the Tate Modern extension will debut with work by Louise Bourgeois.

The renowned American artist is to donate one impression of all future prints created in his lifetime to Tate.

Tate has announced the addition of 16 visual arts organisations to its Plus Tate network, including Artes Mundi in Cardiff, The MAC and Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, and Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh.