Arno Widmann wrote that the 13th-century Italian author, best known for the Divine Comedy, was antiquated and difficult to understand

Naked montages uniting friends and lovers "reaffirm resilience of community"

Longest public art piece in Europe reflects community life, charting 170 local stories

President Alexis Cassin tells us why he thinks the event will succeed in November

Turner prizewinning collective Assemble will lead a project at the £120m creativity showcase

Production of The Mother monument took longer than expected due to its size and also because of how badly the UK was hit by the pandemic, city officials say

The Uffizi Diffusi project aims to "scatter" works from the Florence museum's collection around overlooked sites across Tuscany on short term loans

Sculpture of Edward Colston was pulled down by activists last summer and will now be placed in a museum

Trompe l’oeil image called La Ferita (The Wound) reflects on the difficulties of accessing culture during Covid-19 and reveals Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus

The announcement was met with public outrage prompting more than 10,000 people to sign a petition against the cuts

Artist continues efforts to bring performance art to the masses as she collaborates with file-sharing platform and its editorial arm, WePresent

New York-based advocacy group Don’t Delete Art's comprehensive tips on how to comply with social media platforms' rules on art include advice from Facebook and Instagram staff

“The viewer might be shocked. It is life today,” says the artist who created the Covid-19 works in isolation in his studio in Dijon

Patron Maja Hoffmann is driving the ambitious cultural project in southern France

As a biography on the US painter is republished, its author Phoebe Hoban tells us why Neel’s work is more relevant than ever

A roundup of the latest art publications

Actéon auctioneers expect the 17th-century study of a male nude, authenticated by Ann Sutherland Harris and Louis de Bayser, to sell for €30,000 to €50,000

Broadcaster Robin Ince joins George Monbiot and Mark Lynas in withdrawing from the Climate Talks event over the UK institution's funding from oil companies BP and Equinor

London institution is advertising two new job roles to help deliver a radical curatorial initiative known as 'Reimagining the British Museum'

Winning sculptures will go on show in central London in 2022 and 2024

The actor first stated that the Ancient Greek sculptures should be returned to their site of origin in 2014 after filming The Monuments Men

Deprived of visitors, the world’s most popular museum is striking deals with brands such as Uniqlo to reach international audiences online

Eight mega warehouses announced in the budget will 'unlock billions' in investment, says the government, but they have a tarnished reputation, market analysts warn

More than 60 works will be included in the US artist’s first Middle Eastern exhibition

The near-life-size contemporary work will join 300 historic depictions of saints and kings

If the sale goes ahead, La Casa dei Tre Oci will be the Berggruen Institute's space for its European programming with plans to partner with major museums such as Tate and MoMA

‘Oxford Street Art House’ would house studios and galleries across seven floors, say councillors

Chancellor Rishi Sunak digs deep, adding £300m to the £1.57bn Cultural Recovery Fund, £90m more for museums, and £18m for cultural community projects

Seventeen artists were killed, 82 imprisoned and 133 detained over the past year in 26 countries, according to new Freemuse study

Independence of museums and heritage bodies is at risk, say Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith, as Johnson’s government pushes ‘anti-woke’ agenda