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A new report reveals a talent pipeline and professional development crisis for women working in the arts

Emerging galleries have been integral to London Gallery Weekend since its inception five years ago, but their existence is getting more precarious each year

At the Venice Biennale, a solo exhibition by artist Vyacheslav Akhunov draws Uzbekistan’s inherited legacy of architectural symbolism into relief

A huge donation will future-proof the centre’s Norman Foster-designed building, but also highlights the growing importance of mega donors within Britain’s cultural sector

The removal of an artwork at the last minute raises questions of intellectual freedom and returns to Soviet-era censorship

Timed-based and live art features heavily across this year's Venice Biennale. Can the public appetite for spectacle translate to market success?

In the decades since the explosion of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the disaster has become a cultural touchstone

Brazil's Venice Biennale show interrogates the myth of ‘racial democracy’ in South America’s largest nation, taking its title from a symbolic plant known for its beauty, toxicity and protective powers. 

Will the shifting culture of commercial patronage in the arts cause the 61st Venice Biennale to look materially different?

The Birmingham-born artist’s retrospective at Tate Britain confirms his place as one of Britain’s leading – and most expensive – painters

Gagosian’s Joshua Chuang marks the moment Penn’s photography turned from reproduction to object

The New York institution’s director talks about the promise of tomorrow, getting past the ‘stupor’ of the masterpiece and rethinking the art museum