Is the street artist's hotel in Palestine a tourist-led gimmick or a strong political statement?
This year's programme is ambitious and wide-ranging, extending far beyond Sharjah itself, but the best of the art focuses on issues close to home
Penelope Curtis discusses this year's TEFAF Curated display, 'La Grande Horizontale', which explores the theme of the recumbent figure in art
As events at the Met show, it’s all too easy to forget that trustees are as responsible as directors for the museums they run
The auction house's decision to close its South Kensington saleroom and scale back operations in Amsterdam smacks of corporate short-termism
The celebrated painter Howard Hodgkin has died in London aged 84
Women artists have long been underrepresented on the world stage. On International Women's Day, we celebrate some notable recent attempts at change
Christopher Le Brun PRA discusses the musical and mythological inspirations behind his work as an exhibition of his new paintings opens across two US venues
Once described as the 'conscience of the art world', Metzger believed in the responsibility of artists to inspire revolutionary social change
Theaster Gates is best known for the regeneration project he initiated in the South Side of Chicago. Such social engagement is crucial to his work
A run-down of the most talked-about pieces at this year's Armory Show in New York
Overseas buyers drove high prices at London's Impressionist and modern sales
A new exhibition charts the transformation of watercolour painting in the USA, from an overlooked sideshow to a major cultural movement
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a late medieval altarpiece panel, to 62 works of art by contemporary African American artists
An enlightening new exhibition explores the legacy of three Hanoverian princesses, who married into the British royal family and completely redefined its culture
This month's exhibition highlights include a major Rodin centenary exhibition and the National Gallery's pairing of Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo
There are more art business courses than ever, but does the discipline need to define itself more clearly?
TEFAF Maastricht turns 30 this year, and Dutch museums are going from strength to strength. What's behind their extraordinary success?
The UK's City of Culture is home to a selection of great public buildings - from a late gothic masterpiece, to a state of the art 'subquarium'
How has the Guggenheim Bilbao changed the city in the 20 years since it opened – and should other cities still try to copy its example?
The Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá is the beating heart of Colombia, a place where protesters and artists (including Doris Salcedo) routinely gather
In 1954, the young David Hockney made a lithograph of his local chippie and gave it to the owners. It hung above the fryer for years
What does the style and subjects of the artist known as the ‘Berlin Painter’ tell us about vase-painting in 5th-century Athens?
Historic England, English Heritage and the National Trust have so far failed to address the flaws in Highways England's plan to tunnel under the ancient site
