Anny Shaw

Anny Shaw is a contributing art market editor at The Art Newspaper and author of Resist: Rebellion, Dissent & Protest in Art

Native American leaders and US officials protest against Paris auction of artefacts

Chair of Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian calls on owners of disputed objects to return them

Berlin street art museum gets under way

Culture minister pronounces ‘insane’ Urban Nation project perfect for Berlin

Member of Ai Weiwei’s studio questioned by police during evacuation of Idomeni camp

Lu Hengzhong has been filming at the refugee camp in Greece for past 12 weeks

Fairsnews

Non-profits and unconventional displays shine at Art16

Streamlined fair offers collectors art priced between £20 and £1m

Ai Weiwei unveils new works highlighting plight of refugees

Chinese artist's show at Cycladic Museum of Art in Athens includes a flag depicting drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi

Helsinki embraces museum building ‘boom’

City Museum is the latest institution to get an upgrade in the Finnish capital, but will the Guggenheim follow?

Cheyenne Westphal to take up new role as chairman of Phillips

Auction specialist left her position as head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s last month

Members of Egyptian performance group arrested for mocking president

Performers face charges of inciting protests and insulting state institutions

Stefan Simchowitz settles bitter legal case with Ibrahim Mahama

Los Angeles agent and Dublin dealer Jonathan Ellis King sued artist for declaring jute sack works were not authentic

Martin Creed brings ‘peace memorial’ to the shores of New York this week

British artist installs huge rotating neon—and his next plan is to turn the Armory inside out

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel makes last-ditch effort to save George Lucas museum

Star Wars creator could see plans thwarted by case brought by local non-profit Friends of the Parks

Iranian artist Atena Farghadani freed after more than a year in prison

Cartoonist had originally been sentenced to 12 years and nine months for criticising Iranian government

Barbara Hepworth’s former school to auction two of her sculptures at Sotheby's

Insurance and security costs of keeping works are partly to blame for sale

Ai Weiwei's first feature-length film to focus on refugees

Chinese artist documents humanitarian crisis from Lesbos to Lebanon

Rich list 2016: fortunes drop for several British-based art collectors

Lakshmi Mittal and Roman Abramovich have slipped down the Sunday Times ranking

Lawnews

Graffiti artist to settle legal case against Moschino

Joseph Tierney had accused Italian fashion house and its creative director of using his work in clothing designs, including a dress worn by Katy Perry to Met gala

Brussels stakes its claim as European hotspot for contemporary art

Four art fairs opened in the Belgian city this week, including newcomer Independent Brussels and longstanding Art Brussels

Online art market defies global slowdown with 24% growth last year

Auction houses continue to expand web platforms but dealers are slower to adapt, according to annual Hiscox report

Roger Hiorns hopes to see lots of planes buried around the world

UK artist says jetliners could be interred in the US, South Africa and the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea

Baghdad-based Ruya Foundation launches first online database for Iraqi artists

Website will provide a platform for contemporary artists to show—and possibly sell—works

Performa teams up with contemporary African art fair in New York

1:54 NY features new performance section organised by curator Adrienne Edwards

Theaster Gates wins Germany’s Kurt Schwitters Prize

The award includes an exhibition for the Chicago artist at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover in late 2017

Lawnews

Swiss authorities reportedly seize Modigliani painting after Panama Papers revelation

Leaked documents have sparked Geneva probe into $25m canvas stolen by Nazis

Prestigious Vincent Award suspended after legal row between artist Danh Vo and collector Bert Kreuk

Two artists had pulled out of the prize, with one citing the dispute as a reason

Ai Weiwei’s first show in Greece will aid refugees

Charities will receive percentage of exhibition takings at Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens

Lawnews

Wikimedia Sweden found guilty of violating copyright with database of images of public art

Decision by Supreme Court could have implications for other jurisdictions, legal experts say

Lawnews

Ibrahim Mahama countersues art dealers Stefan Simchowitz and Jonathan Ellis King

In response to lawsuit filed because he would not authenticate 300-piece series, Ghanaian artist argues they “mutilated” his jute sack work and sold parts without authorisation

Ghana gains first commercial gallery for contemporary art

Institutional boost for country’s rising art scene, but still only a handful of local collectors