The French leader’s announcement in Burkina Faso is hailed as historic—but gets a mixed response

Sharjah show recreates late artist’s studio

Export bar placed on plush piece with asking price of more than £480,000

From Modigliani’s "indecent" nudes to two shows exploring very different relationships

Move raises fears that Brexit will leave Britain 'culturally isolated'

New exhibition will look at artist’s early sculpture and include nude from show once shut down for indecency

Judges, including Jeremy Deller, hope that Write on Art will inspire young people to take up the subject

From Futurists to Supermatists, Hollywood star takes on thirteen characters to recite famous artist manifestos

He denies money laundering charges, saying non-profit organisation is audited and operates independently from his companies

Homo Faber's initiative, focussing on artisanal techniques, will take over the entire Fondazione Giorgio Cini next autumn 

Aboriginal work, Earth’s Creation I, was shown at the 2015 Venice Biennale

Dorotheum sale piques interest, pre-empting centenary of the artist’s death next year

Mobile floors in Lafayette Anticipations's central exhibition space will operate as ‘curatorial machine’, say organisers

Ahmed Jahaf describes what it is like to live through catastrophic conflict

Underrated sculptor, whose fight against cancer is reflected in her art, goes on show at Hepworth Wakefield

Some dealers at the fair report brisk early business but say big sales are a waiting game

With all eyes on Abu Dhabi this week, we speak to the architect Jean Nouvel on designing the Arab world's first universal museum. Plus: a preview of Abu Dhabi Art fair

Three separate shows will be curated by Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif and Claire Tancons

Architect Jean Nouvel, Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and more speak about the Arab world’s "first universal museum"

Danish collective will board the Dardanella ship as part of latest environmental project led by TBA21-Academy

Non-profit Art Jameel throws weight behind London museum’s long-term funding campaign

Businessman Faisal Saleh says his institution will present untold turbulent history to American audiences

Work that was removed from East End housing estate now on show in Canary Wharf

Financial giant’s new London base includes sprawling commissions by Olafur Eliasson and Michael Craig-Martin

Rachel Whiteread and Anish Kapoor also competed for the prestigious commission honouring victims of Nazi persecution

Qatar Museums has called for more anti-embargo art on “bridges, tunnels and walls” across the country

New work is about how prisoners lost sensory perception and “eventually their minds”

High-profile fair welcomes 41 “newcomers” and starry clientele including Brigitte Macron

Decision to expand in French capital supported by healthy local market and change in political climate

Dutch press allege that Beatrix Ruf’s art advisory business conflicted with her role at top of prestigious institution