Anish Kapoor

With dual exhibitions running in parallel with the 59th Venice Biennale, the artist reflects on the city’s ‘dark maternal waters’ and shares his latest Vantablack works

A new book by Amnesty International documents how protest posters have changed throughout history

We spoke to MIT’s artist-in-residence about the new substance – which absorbs 99.995 percent of incoming light

Antony Gormley, Rachel Whiteread, Anish Kapoor, Gillian Wearing and Mark Wallinger have co-signed a letter addressed to the gallery’s director

The artist’s public sculpture was spray-painted with graffiti

Featuring artists including Anish Kapoor, Rachel Rossin and Koo Jeong A, a new VR exhibition at the fair is realized in partnership with LIFEWTR, marking the launch of its new series Art through Technology

In further news: German culture ministers prepare to return looted colonial art; Anish Kapoor laments racism in UK

Stuart Semple’s ‘black hole in a bottle’, which absorbs 99% of light, will be available to all – except Kapoor

The National Rifle Association have removed an image of the artist’s sculpture from a promotional video after he sued

The British artist and Turner Prize winner is taking on the gun advocacy group at a time of renewed debate around arms control

An open letter signed by over 100 leading artists including 15 Turner prize-winners says that new UK education policy sidelines arts subjects

The artist says his Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate was appropriated for an NRA advertisement without permission; condemns gun violence

Douglas Murphy’s examination of former mayor Boris Johnson’s botched projects and Iain Sinclair’s London lament chart a battle for the city’s soul

Frieze New York 2017 opens this week. Plan every day around the city and the fair

As his new exhibition is installed at Lisson Gallery, London, the artist explains how painting, place, scale and skin all figure in his thinking about sculpture

Jannis Kounellis passes away aged 80; The Salesman to be screened in London following Iranian director's Oscars boycott

Anish Kapoor to use $1m prize money to aid refugees; 57th Venice Biennale artist list published

Anish Kapoor buys the world's darkest colour and Iggy Pop becomes a life model: a round-up of the latest art news

What are the rights of artists when their work  is vandalized?