Hannah McGivern
Palmyra antiquities seized at Geneva Free Port
Looted artefacts were deposited at the tax-free warehouses between 2009 and 2010
Three to see: London
Contemplate Elton John’s radical eye and pet Rauschenberg’s goat before sailing upstream into Rachel Maclean’s bubble-gum universe
Guggenheim Helsinki plans rejected by city council
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation says the decision effectively brings the project to a close
After 40 years, the world gets a glimpse of Iran's Modern treasures
Works assembled by the ousted shah and later hidden in a basement will travel to Berlin and Rome
Museo del Prado’s director Miguel Zugaza steps down after 15 years
Madrid museum’s great moderniser will return to former position at helm of Bilbao Fine Arts Museum<br> <br>
Norman Foster to design Prado extension in historic palace
British architect's proposal beat those by Chipperfield and Koolhaas
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Cheer yourself up after Kiefer's Walhalla with Turk's delights in Vauxhall
State Hermitage Museum to stage Pompeii show in 2018
Collaboration between Russian and Italian museums marks "important moment in international relations" for ancient site
Picasso and the Mediterranean: 40 exhibitions will celebrate artist's ties to the region
Musée Picasso in Paris plans to lend works to venues in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Cyprus and Morocco from next year
'Caravaggio' found in French attic unveiled in Milan
Exhibition at Pinacoteca di Brera invites scholars and public to judge controversial attribution of Judith Beheading Holofernes
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From a rare UK visit by Flaming June to the muted horrors of Paul Nash’s war paintings
Flaming June comes home to London
Victorian picture, on show at Leighton House Museum, rarely travels from collection in Puerto Rico
Paris Photo Month on the move
The biennial festival is moving its dates from November to April
The lesser-known beneficiaries of the Louvre Abu Dhabi deal
Museums across France are making quick use of cash injections
Norcia's Basilica of San Benedetto among historic sites destroyed by latest Italian earthquake
Fourth tremor in three months brings central Italy 'to its knees'
Britain’s ‘art lending library’ finds four new homes
Arts Council Collection of nearly 8,000 works is planning 24 exhibitions with regional partner galleries
Heritage sites damaged as more earthquakes hit Italy
Disaster comes two months after 6.2-magnitude tremor destroyed town of Amatrice, killing 295 people
Pope’s summer residence Castel Gandolfo opens to the public
Vatican Museums will run tours of private apartments for first time
It only took 200 years: Prado stages its first show dedicated to a female artist
Exhibition of work by still-life pioneer Clara Peeters travels from her native Antwerp
New Art Gallery in Walsall at risk of closing after only 15 years
The £21m art space is latest regional museum under threat after closure of art gallery in Edinburgh's Inverleith House
The Modern art Stalin did not want Russians to see
Sergei Shchukin’s holdings, split up by the Soviets, are reunited at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris
Italian mafia trading weapons for Libyan artefacts plundered by Isil?
La Stampa newspaper claims that looted artefacts are being trafficked in Calabria
National Museum of Beirut opens basement for first time since civil war
Gallery of ancient funerary art restored with Italian support
Vuitton foundation's Russian loan show overshadowed as Putin cancels French trip
Russian and French presidents were due to visit exhibition of Modern masterpieces from Shchukin collection
Guerrilla Girls take Frieze to task
Fair security stopped the artist-activists as they handed out provocative stickers to visitors
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Picasso’s portraits, AbEx’s big guns and Parreno’s Turbine Hall commission are not to be missed during Frieze week <br>
American art goes beyond the US border
There’s no Trump-style wall at Frieze to divide artists from across the continent