More than 40 items worth over £52m allocated to galleries nationwide including a £10.5m miniature Renaissance bronze

A hack that has limited the British Library’s access to its digital systems is the latest in a series of online raids on cultural institutions

We round-up the biggest shows opening each month

Full listings of the biennials and triennials happening in 2024

Italian artist, who won Venice’s Golden Lion award in 1990, is subject of a Guggenheim Bilbao retrospective next year

The Florence museum chief has been named director of Naples's Capodimonte with new leaders also appointed in Milan and Rome as part of right-wing government strategy

The sculptor, who was committed to civil rights, recently completed a monument to Emmett Till

The dispute was sparked by a decision to cancel Palestine Film Festival events

The theme of the third iteration will be “In the Presence of Absence”

Some students were reportedly “disturbed” by Giuseppe Cesari work which depicts bathing nymphs

The price increase will help to subsidise free entry for some visitors and regulate crowd size

While worshippers will be permitted to enter the cathedral by December 2024, a revamp of the surrounding area will continue

A self-portrait by Jesse Darling, who won the prestigious British award this week, is on sale at Chapter NY gallery

Fair’s stands largely remain neutral despite multiple hot-topic issues in the world today

Figures for the first half of 2023 show an increase over the year before, although still below their pre-Covid peaks

Sukeban, a group of Japanese women wrestlers, drew the crowds to a skatepark under an overpass at one of Art Week Miami’s more unusual events

The fair's preview draws a celebrity crowd including Shakira and Jared Leto

Our roundup of the latest art publications

A new smaller version of Jens Galschiøt’s work is part of a survey focused on human rights in Asia

There is something for every art lover among our pick of the publications—from a forgotten 17th-century painter to a lively history of dyes

Art world figures including Nicolas Bourriaud pay tribute

Publication examines how the conservative Middle Eastern state is pouring resources into its culture sector

The focus will now be on loaning works out to institutions

The snub comes after Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised restitution issue with Labour leader Keir Starmer

Former Turner Prize judge replaces Alessio Antoniolli who has been in post for 18 years

Partnership with Greece reportedly backed by Labour leader Keir Starmer

The survey pairs the UK artist with Rembrandt, Cedric Morris and George Frost

The new president's previous roles have included a focus on the climate crisis

Film screening and poetry night were pulled over concerns they may be seen as "political activity"

According to research, Elagabalus asked to be called "lady" and preferred other feminine addresses