Hannah McGivern
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
Three to see: London
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
National Portrait Gallery shows Picasso as a canny caricaturist
Artist’s keen eye and sharp wit are explored in major exhibition of portraits
Guerrilla Girls: going ape at the art world
The “feminist masked avengers” are targeting private museums in their continuing fight for greater diversity in cultural institutions
France to increase funding for museums and acquisitions in 2017 budget
The minister of culture, Audrey Azoulay, said she understands the “difficulties” museums face in the wake of terror attacks
Guerrilla Girls target super-wealthy collectors
Feminist US collective is in London this week at the Whitechapel Gallery, Tate Modern—and Frieze too
Top five London shows during Frieze week
Our pick of the city's must-see exhibitions, including Picasso, Pollock and two million pennies<br>
Cultural taskforce comes to the aid of quake-stricken Amatrice
Architect Renzo Piano urges Italian government to rebuild everything “as and where it was” and not to repeat the mistakes of L’Aquila
Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian anti-mafia police
Works were taken from Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002
Three to see: London
From the strange set-pieces of Bedwyr Williams to a festival of the city’s emerging art scene, via luxurious Medieval needlework<br> <br>
What does an emotion look like? London’s National Portrait Gallery gets abstract with Howard Hodgkin show
The museum will also host a show drawing parallels between the self-portraits of Claude Cahun and Gillian Wearing
Wim Pijbes quits as director of just-opened Museum Voorlinden
Former Rijksmuseum boss packs in “dream job” three weeks after private museum opens its doors
Wim Pijbes on why he left the Rijksmuseum for a ‘start-up’
The director of the Netherlands’ newest private museum, Museum Voorlinden, tells us about his 'dream job'
Contemporary art returns to new-look Musée Maillol
Museum dedicated to the memory of French sculptor Aristide Maillol reopens with an exhibition of French artist Ben
Galleries chip in to bring contemporary art to Florence
Dealers make shows of work by Koons, Currin and Gormley possible