AnalysisFrom the archive
Notes from a demolition: five works about the Wall in Berlin collections
From Frank Thiel's Stadt to Tacita Dean's Palast, some of the best works about the Wall and life in Berlin after reunification
NewsArt fairs
Art Berlin's debut in former Tempelhof airport is a homegrown hit
Galleries and collectors praised fair's new location but visitors remain largely German
NewsArt market
‘Oversaturated’ Berlin loses two more galleries
Exile gallery has moved to Vienna, while Gillmeier Rech closes
NewsCensorship
Cuban activists issue manifesto against artistic censorship
Document denounces effort to ‘punish free creation’
PreviewExhibitions
From Riga to Los Angeles, biennials are searching for answers in troubled times
Manifesta 12, Made in LA, Riboca and the tenth Berlin Biennale explore whether art can make a difference in a rapidly changing world
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Martin-Gropius-Bau show to mark 30 years since fall of the Berlin Wall
Exhibition next autumn will explore German unification in a global context
NewsBiennials & festivals
Havana’s alternative #00Bienal ends on a defiantly optimistic note
The event’s organisers see success in the participants’ resistance to threats and intimidation from Cuba’s government
NewsGallery Weekend Berlin
Art fest: Gallery Weekend Berlin takes over the city
Commercial and non-commercial enterprises combine as the most important event in the German art calendar gets underway
ReviewCommercial galleries
Four must-see shows at Berlin's gallery weekend
From a gallery floor-turned-treadmill at Alexander Levy to Aztec inspiration at Barbara Wien
AnalysisArt fairs
Art Brussels and Art Cologne fairs clashed this year—which came out on top?
Cooperating on messaging while maintaining individual identity proved key to drawing international collectors
NewsArt market
As Brazil turns a corner, will local market follow?
São Paulo galleries have survived the country’s crises with a mix of adaptation and collaboration
NewsArt market
Christian Jankowski fills Berlin auction house with 'fakes'
German artist questions authorship and market value in show of paintings by Chinese copyists based on famous works by Caravaggio, Hockney and others
NewsArt market
Berlin Art Week moves dates: Two art fairs will open at Tempelhof
Addition of Positions fair helps create critical mass but clashes with Vienna, Chicago
NewsBiennials & festivals
Venues announced for tenth Berlin Biennale
The four permanent locations have been chosen for their historical and contemporary relevance, curator says
NewsArt market
Sales at Arco Madrid unscathed by censorship controversy
Collectors praise fair's mix of politics, aesthetics and conceptual works
NewsContemporary art
Después de Fidel: dissident art in Cuba flourishes after Castro’s death
Artist-run spaces and an unofficial biennial resist government pressure
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Cuban artists crowdfund to create a ‘Havana Biennial for everyone’
Organisers vow to run their own exhibition after government postpones official event
NewsPrizes
The four artists shortlisted for the 2017 Nationalgalerie Preis show their work in Berlin
The artists’ proposals range from videos of a talking earth and sun to a functioning hair and nail salon
NewsPolitics
Berlin’s Volksbühne returns to business as usual after occupation ends with a whimper
Police oversaw end of protest as new director Chris Dercon said he could not find “common path” with occupiers
NewsArt fairs
Signs look good at start of Art Berlin
Fair throws off disappointment of previous incarnation with reports of early sales
NewsArt fairs
Berlin Art Week sets stage for Art Berlin fair debut
As anticipation grows for the first-ever edition of Art Berlin, the city serves up a slew of shows
NewsCommercial galleries
Gallery Weekend Berlin gets serious
The annual event featured more contemplative works ahead of the Venice Biennale, Munster Sckulptur Projekte and Documenta in Kassel
NewsArt fairs
New faces at Art Cologne seize Berlin calendar clash opportunity
Gagosian and other newcomers more than fill the shoes of stay-at-home Berlin galleries
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Documenta 14 artists will respond to discovery of Gurlitt art hoard
Commissioned works will explore Nazi loot and "riddle of German history"
NewsBiennials & festivals
Greek artists get a share of the spotlight at Documenta 14 in Kassel
The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens will send part of its collection to Germany for the international exhibition
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‘To be a Scotsman receiving a French award in Germany—it keeps people guessing’
Douglas Gordon explains why he asked to receive France’s highest honour in Berlin
NewsOpenings
Berlin's House of World Cultures reopens with digital feast
Transmediale festival inaugurates €10m revamp of landmark building
NewsPrizes
Scottish artist Douglas Gordon to receive France’s highest honour
The artist will accept the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in Berlin later this month
NewsPolitics
Tania Bruguera detained in Cuba again
Artist and activist was in her home country to deliver aid
NewsArt fairs
Cuban artists react to Fidel Castro’s death
Anti-Castro artist and human rights activist El Sexto believed to have been abducted amid crackdown
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Berlin's KW Contemporary Art Institute gets a revamp
New director says the space will reopen in January after refurbishment and an organisational rethink
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Candida Höfer travels down Mexico way
German photographer captures country's rich architectural heritage
NewsPrizes
‘Enigmatic’ French artist Pierre Huyghe wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for sculpture
One of the key representatives of “relational aesthetics”, the artist will receive the award in Dallas in April
NewsExhibitions
What not to miss during Berlin Art Week
From Anne Imhof’s circus-like opera to a marathon of artist’s films to Andreas Greiner’s giant chicken skeleton
NewsArt fairs
Art Berlin Contemporary slashes exhibitor numbers
Ninth edition of reluctant fair keeps the focus on solo artist projects
NewsCommercial galleries
Slow start for Brussels Gallery Weekend
Event attracted few international collectors but included many standout shows
NewsExhibitions
Berlin cements its lead as Europe’s digital art capital
DIS-curated biennial and the inaugural show of Julia Stoschek’s satellite play to city’s strengths
NewsExhibitions
Germany rebuilds historic Cuban ties with flurry of art exhibitions
Fidel Castro visited former-GDR city of Rostock where latest show opened this week
NewsCommercial galleries
Five to see during Berlin Gallery Weekend
Make tracks to the German capital for the bank holiday art extravaganza
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Revamped Kunstmuseum Basel to reveal lesser-known Jackson Pollock
Following the opening of its new building this weekend, the Swiss museum will show the abstract artist’s figurative work
NewsConservation
Berlin’s ‘cheapest new acquisitions’ are actually old favourites
Restorers at Alte Nationalgalerie put right “decades of neglect” to reveal new depths of Caspar David Friedrich’s famous duo
NewsArt fairs
Arco names Argentina as next year’s guest country
Madrid fair cements ties with Latin America
NewsExhibitions
Blain Southern celebrates five years in Berlin
To mark the anniversary, the gallery is showing all the artists it has worked with in Germany
NewsFairs
Zona Maco: contemporary collecting gathers pace in Mexico
But buyers shy away from experimental works and unfamiliar names, making it hard to develop a market for young and emerging artists
NewsAcquisitions
Prado acquires Fra Angelico works from Spanish duke in €18m ‘gentleman’s agreement’
The deal includes the 15th-century Virgin of the Pomegranate and a small panel by the artist
NewsExhibitions
Miami reconnects with Cuba
As relations improve across the Florida Straits, a string of exhibitions makes the most of the cultural ties between Miami and Havana.
NewsPolitics
Tania Bruguera, the Cuban artist who won’t be silenced
Invited to London by Frieze, the activist-artist explains why she is determined to return to Havana—if she’s allowed
NewsBiennials & festivals
What to see during Berlin Art Week
The normally slow-paced city kicks into art overdrive this week with around 100 exhibitions and projects
NewsArt exports
Georg Baselitz leads fight against German cultural minister's radical proposals
Monika Grütters faced by "storm of protest" as other artists vow to withdraw works on loan to German museums if export restrictions become law
NewsContemporary art
Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport
While artist is named first to take up residency established by New York City mayor’s office of immigrant affairs
NewsExhibitions
Berlin’s summer of performance and film art starts this weekend
From the Foreign Affairs festival to commercial gallery shows, time-based art can be found all over the German city
NewsCommercial galleries
Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game
Increasing pressure to grow is pushing mid-tier galleries to find new ways to remain competitive
NewsExhibitions
Berlinische Galerie reopens after refurbishment
German capital’s 1960s urban renewal is explored in new shows
NewsLaw
Art collection of bankrupt German art consultancy to go under hammer
Sale of more than 2,000 works from Helge Achenbach's company expected to fetch between €3m and €4.5m
NewsPolitics
Cuban artist to stage new political project in Havana following arrest
Tania Bruguera, who has had her passport confiscated after planning a free-speech performance in Revolution Square, is due to host a 100-hour reading of the book The Origins of Totalitarianism ahead of the city's biennial
NewsCommercial galleries
Berlin Gallery Weekend: our pick of the top 5 shows
Dealers hope the sex appeal of brand Berlin will pay off as this year's edition opens today<br>
NewsPolitics
Artists protest in support of Bruguera
International art world shows solidarity with Cuban artist—but her compatriots are less keen
NewsArt fairs
Sweet smell of success for reborn Art Cologne
German galleries, especially those from Berlin, are flocking to the revitalised fair this week<br>
NewsArtist interview
‘No lawyer will represent me’
Tania Bruguera speaks to The Art Newspaper about life in Cuba after her arrest and the calls for a boycott of the Havana biennial in May