Our roundup of the latest art publications

‘Anti-woke’ activist appointed along with Rosalind Blakesley and Rusty Elvidge

After 18-month closure, Qatar gallery to relaunch on 5 October in time for Fifa World Cup

A dozen marine archaeologists are currently searching in an area that was once one of the busiest maritime routes in the world

A “behind the scenes” tour of Venice is the latest project from Grand Palais Immersif

Protestors from the Letzte Generation group have glued themselves to works by Rubens, Poussin and Cranach

The auction in November includes prized works from Paul Cezanne and Jasper Johns

The artist Alvaro Barrington and architect Sumayya Vally lean into the carnival's place as a robust "site of artistic creation"

The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is home to masterpieces by the Italian Medieval painter Giotto

The former Egyptian antiquities minister leans into the current restitution conversation, calling again for the return of three prized antiquities from European museums

The group is funded by the Los Angeles-based Climate Emergency Fund

Sajjad Abbas, Raed Mutar and Layth Kareem say curators "prioritise the display of wrongly imprisoned Iraqis"

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was sentenced to five years in prison in June

Artists Raed Mutar and Sajjad Abbas protested against the inclusion of Jean-Jacques Lebel's work and have moved their own pieces

Works by Peter Blake, Gavin Turk and Tracey Emin are dotted around the Dean Street premises

Los Angeles-based artist will investigate the “history and politics of sound” at London fair in October

Archaeologists bring to light household items buried in the ash

Historic England initially said that the steel sculpture would "harm" King’s College but note the council have taken their concerns into consideration

Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines

Lanfranco Cirillo, who is currently in Moscow, is under investigation for tax crimes

The Chinese activist, detained in 2011, has visited prisons across the country

The work, depicting the Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton, is now on display as part of an exhibition reframing his legacy

More protest actions will follow, says Ultima Generazione group

Our roundup of the latest and forthcoming art publications

From artist biographies and essay collections to a dystopian novel, surf culture and a rock’n’roll autobiography

Officials will loan the ancient sculptures only if they are returned to London

Charity Commission could veto the decision to repatriate objects from Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard seeks out depictions of African figure that "haunt every English town and village"

Neon and moving image works will fill five galleries at the arts centre Mostyn in north Wales

Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover