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Palestinian artist *MONA HATOUM* is Whitechapel Gallery's Art Icon of 2018. Photo by Jim Rakete. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris.

Mona Hatoum Named Whitechapel Gallery’s 2018 Art Icon

Over 5,000 people have signed a letter condemning sexual harassment in the art industry. The letter was sparked by the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against Artforum co

Women in the Art World Condemn Sexual Harassment

Lu Forsberg Wins Jeremy Hynes Award 2017

Turkish philanthropist and arts patron Osman Kavala has been arrested by
his own government. His detention is part of a sweeping campaign to
purge Turkey of those perceived to be p

The Arrest of Osman Kavala Signals Ill Winds in Turkey

Ido Bruno has been announced as Israel Museum's new director. He will assume the role in November, 2017. Photo by Elie Posner. Courtesy Israel Museum.

Ido Bruno Appointed as Director of Israel Museum

Thailand's Krabi province, where the first Thailand Biennale will be held, is known for its tropical climate and lush nature. Photo by Wokshots via Wikimedia Commons.

First Thailand Biennale To Launch In 2018

Qatari Artists Commissioned To Create Murals As Protest Against Embargo

*ALI KAZIM* has won the first Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation Juried Art Prize with a new, untitled installation of human hair, hair spray and invisible thread at the inau

Ali Kazim Wins Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation Juried Art Prize

Images posted to social-media of *RON MUECK*'s sculpture Man Under Cardigan (1998) in the fireplace of the Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion (left), in the Üsküdar neighborhood of Istanbul

Right-wing Attacks on Koç Collection Exhibition

Installation view of OMER FAST's

Omer Fast Exhibition in New York Generates Controversy

TIM STORRIER's portrait of friend and fellow artist Mclean Edwards is the winning entry of this year's Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Photo by Belinda Rolland. Courtesy the ar

Tim Storrier Wins Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2017

Installation view of JOANA HADJITHOMAS and KHALIL JOREIGE's winning work, Unconformities (2017), at the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2017 exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2017. Photo by

Joana Hadjithomas And Khalil Joreige Win Prix Marcel Duchamp 2017

Artist couple SHUSAKU ARAKAWA and MADELINE GINS's The Mechanism of Meaning is at the heart of a legal dispute between two foundations set up by the artists. Image from Amazon.com.

Feuding Foundations Seek Ownership of Artwork by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins

HIKARU FUJII, recipient of the Nissan Art Award 2017 Grand Prix, in front of his winning work Playing Japanese (2017) at the Nissan Art Award 2017 Exhibition, Yokohama, 2017. Photo

Hikaru Fujii Wins Nissan Art Award 2017 Grand Prix