Singapore is a notoriously conservative country with few independent art spaces, however, in recent years the government has invested in the establishment of an art museum and a National Arts Council. In 2006 the capital hosted its first international visual arts biennial

Crystals, collages, recycled Modernism and ashtrays

Singapore is a notoriously conservative country with few independent art spaces. In recent years, however, the government has realized that the lack of a vibrant arts scene is potentially counter-productive and have invested in the establishment of an art museum and a National Arts Council. In 2006 the capital will host its first international visual arts biennial

Space, and who owns it, is central to Christoph Büchel’s work. To this end he has fabricated fictional interiors of apartments, frozen the remnants of a rock concert, hidden a cheque in a gallery, and more recently in collaboration with Gianni Motti, begun negotiations to rent Guantánamo Bay from the Cuban Government

The world's oldest biennial opened once again to the public in June. Directed for the first time by two women, María de Corral and Rosa Martínez, this year's exhibition includes 70 participating countries and 30 collatoral events

Directed for the first time by two women, María de Corral and Rosa Martínez, this year's exhibition includes 70 participating countries and 30 collatoral events

Expectation, choice and consequence; rock stars stripped of all but their gestures

New Forms of Modernism; ambivalence and ambiguity; 'an act of processing'

Painting as a site of struggle, doubt and pleasure

Trisha Donnelly employs the immaterial – esoterica, occult ritual and paranormal phenomena – to explore the material world of consumer experience

Held simultaneously in four venues across Europe this summer, the exhibition 'Populism' represented an ambitious and timely cultural intervention in an urgent political debate

For 25 Years Rosemarie Trockel has examined the slippery connection between sexual identity, images and the way they are perceived

The notion that curators are artists is one that has gained currency in recent years. Where did the idea originate?

An obscure 19th-century novel exploring the city as a state of mind was a precursor to some of the late 20th-century's most radical writers. It has now been re-issued

Writings and Interviews of Lawrence Weiner, 1968-2003

Governors Island, New York

Politics is big on the agenda in exhibitions across Europe, a UK radio station votes Karl Marx the 'world's greatest philosopher', and Norway's Royals eat prison food. So?

Art invitations may have become a branding tool, but a Brussels gallery has reintroduced experimentation with an ‘attempt to transcend the banality of the folded newsletter’

Art invitations may have become a branding tool, but a Brussels gallery has reintroduced experimentation with an ‘attempt to transcend the banality of the folded newsletter’

Francesco Vezzoli’s Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula (2005) is on view at the Italian Pavilion at Venice Biennale until November 2005. His exhibition Trilogia della morte (Trilogy of Death), presented by the Fonadazione Prada at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, will be on view until September 2005.

Allianz Arena, Munich

The relationship between cinema and video games is becoming increasingly incestuous

A new book of photographs of world leaders begs the question: what is the point of political portraiture?