Damien Hirst hates sausages! How Instagram became art’s new playground

Twisted selfies from Cindy Sherman, strange fruit from Wolfgang Tillmans, skull revelations from Damien Hirst … as artists muscle in on the app, what have we learned about them?

A Look Inside Barneys New York New Downtown Flagship Store

The opening of the new Downtown flagship is a unique homecoming for Barneys New York. Inside the newly opened BARNEYS Chelsea, New York. Luxury specialty retailer Barneys New York announced the completion of its new downtown flagship. The opening in Chelsea on 7th Avenue between 16th Street and 17th Street marks the return of the … Read more

A feminist Pirelli calendar and the rise of Donald Dump – the week in art

Pirelli has a bit of a gear change with Annie Leibovitz’s portraits. Plus a high-speed tour of Art Basel Miami Beach, and how Donald Trump the pottymouth sparked an art movement – all in your weekly art dispatch

Yoko Ono: ‘To be an artist you need courage’

For more than 50 years Yoko Ono has been campaigning – for peace, for feminism, for gun control and, most recently, against fracking. This tireless activism, she says, is at the heart of her work as an artist. Alex Needham meets her at home in New York

Yoko Ono wins Austrian Oskar-Kokoschka-Prize

Yoko Ono wins EUR20,000 Austrian art prize Austrian 2011 Oskar-Kokoschka-Prize went to Japanese avant-garde artist and peace activist Yoko Ono. The 78 old artist has been awarded the 20,000-euro ($26,100) art prize in Austria. Ono, Beatles John Lennon’s widow, is an “outstanding artistic personality,” jury president Gerald Bast said. She is due to pick up … Read more