Jean-Michel Basquiat breaks US art record with £85m sale

Painting by Basquiat, who died aged 27, is most expensive at auction of any US artist, also breaking record for a black artist

V&A makes case for the rebellious beauty of Balenciaga

It is milder than McQueen, but there are monsters, ghosts and glamour in the museum’s account of a fashion giant

Louis Vuitton stages flamboyant cruise show in Japanese mountains

Fashion house holds show at Miho Museum, continuing trend of powerhouse brands staging events in far-flung settings

Hot under the collar: Venice Biennale artist uses 27,000 neckties for installation

UK-based Israeli artist Michal Cole says work is ‘silent embroidered scream’ against global patriarchy

Tate Modern viewing platform prompts writ from luxury flat dwellers

Five Neo Bankside residents launch legal action, claiming the platform has turned their homes into a ‘goldfish bowl’