New Jeff Koons sculpture is tribute to victims of Paris attacks
23 November 2016 • Mark Westall
Bouquet of Tulips, currently being built, is to be installed on the plaza outside the Museum of Modern Art next year
Tag: International
Hieronymus Bosch – a heavenly host of delights on the road to hell
15 February 2016 • Mark Westall
Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, Netherlands
An astonishing homecoming for this madly inventive artist sets the grotesque against a deep but compassionate melancholy that burns into your soul
Iron maiden voyage: world’s largest aircraft looking for investors to give it liftoff
1 April 2015 • Mark Westall
The manufacturer of the Airlander 10 is looking for investors to follow in the footsteps of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson and the US military
Afghan artist dons armour to counter men’s street harassment
14 March 2015 • Mark Westall
Kubra Khademi’s eight-minute walk in Kabul wearing steel armour that emphasised her body shape inspires anger and death threats
Flying car approaches liftoff as most advanced prototype yet is unveiled
30 October 2014 • Mark Westall
Its almost here ! At last the Flying Car !!
Andrea Gjestvang wins L’Iris d’Or at Sony world photography awards
27 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Norwegian photographer, 32, holds off competition with poignant portraits of Anders Behring Breivik massacre survivors
Andy Warhol lost then found: tender portrait of artist in 1981
25 April 2013 • Mark Westall
British photographer Steve Wood saw the truth about Warhol, writes Jonathan Jones
Mum, imam and Saddam: what daring young Iraqis are saying with tattoos
24 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Tattoo parlours are increasingly popular in Baghdad, despite opposition from traditionalists
Berlin Wall’s most iconic paintings under threat from property developers
1 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Berlin’s most famous images, such as Brezhnev and Honecker’s kiss, are on part of the wall set to be demolished for luxury flats
Russian museum could be prosecuted over Chapman brothers exhibit
9 December 2012 • Mark Westall
St Petersburg prosecutors report 114 complaints that Jake and Dinos Chapman’s End of Fun insults visitors’ religious beliefs
Louvre-Lens hopes to bring the glory of art to France’s mining heartland
3 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Nord-Pas de Calais region vilified as uncultured by southerners but locals say interest in museum proves stereotype is wrong
Salvador Dalí retrospective has Paris art fans reaching for record books
20 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Biggest Dalí show in 30 years expected to be latest in series of blockbuster exhibitions in French capital
Contemporary Saudi artists break down old ‘safety’ barriers
5 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Despite the hostile climate, a determined few are tackling issues such as capitalism in Mecca and the impact of Islam on peace
Deutsche Börse photography prize won by John Stezaker
4 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Collagist who cuts up other people’s pictures in the name of his art wins prestigious £30,000 award
Ai Weiwei ordered to switch off studio webcams
6 April 2012 • Mark Westall
Chinese activist and artist turns off live feed from cameras he installed in his home, after authorities object
Yayoi Kusama arrives at Tate Modern with a polka at Damien Hirst
8 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Japanese artist renowned for dot motif has her first big UK retrospective – and a few words of advice for Britart’s spot fan
Photographers’ Gallery in London to reopen in May after £8.9m facelift
31 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Work by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky to feature in initial shows at seven floor West End site
Francesco Vezzoli plans 24-hour museum to vainglorious decadence
17 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Italian artist has charmed Helen Mirren into a toga for art that is sublime and sometimes debauched celebration of celebrity
Overzealous cleaner ruins £690,000 artwork that she thought was dirty
4 November 2011 • Mark Westall
She scoured off a layer of paint in a sculpture by late German artist Martin Kippenberger on loan to a museum in Dortmund
Ai Weiwei in ‘good physical health but mentally conflicted’
17 May 2011 • Mark Westall
Chinese authorities allow wife, Lu Qing, to visit artist and activist who had not been seen since arrest at Beijing airport on 3 April
Berlin Wall artists sue city in copyright controversy
3 May 2011 • Mark Westall
Renovation of Berlin’s East Side Gallery to mark 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall leads to compensation claims