Juan Ignacio Vidarte is stepping down from his role after more than 32 years. As he prepares to move on, he tells The Art Newspaper about the “transformative power of culture” and the difficulty of replicating the “Bilbao effect”

Pop-up arts programme from Basel Social Club comes ahead of major regeneration initiative in the city

Latest chapter in troubled history of foundry sees it put up for rent—and possible sale

The Deep Time initiative on West Cumbria coastline also includes works by Susan Philipsz and Ryan Gander

Question mark over historic Whitechapel site a year after boutique hotel plan approved

The hulking Claiborne Expressway that bisects Tremé, a seat of New Orleans culture, has been a source of inspiration and concern—explicitly and implicitly—for generations of artists

The regeneration scheme includes a building ­designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano that has been dubbed the “ice cube”

Pandemic scuppers city’s celebrations of Mayflower anniversary and hopes for tourist crowds—but flagship museum project opens against the odds

Plans led by V22 art collective part of a wider £3.5bn regeneration scheme

Against the odds, Spain's US-branded museum has drawn more than 20 million visitors since it opened in 1997

New projects are looming, but there are still around 150 artists’ studios in the Brooklyn neighbourhood

Belgian artist restores palatial buildings in Kashan and creates works with Isfahan metalworkers

Dismay that council’s decision will stop Bold Tendencies building on its success in south London

Art project that transformed Peckham car park faces uncertain future

On the 25th anniversary of German reunification, we republish our first ever front-page story, in which East Berlin museums chief Günter Schade defends his record and reveals how East German museums sold in order to buy

Work part of huge project to regenerate former mine in Scotland

Ten new works for parts of the city thanks to High Street Fund initiated after 2011 riots<br>