Hannah McGivern
Female artists—and sculpture—dominate Turner Prize shortlist
Josephine Pryde, Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton and Helen Marten are in the running for prestigious award
French artist François Morellet has died aged 90
Co-founder of kinetic and optical art collective Grav worked with neon for the past six decades
Italy spends €1bn in historic boost for cultural heritage
Sites including Pompeii, Paestum and the earthquake-stricken city of L’Aquila get major cash injection
Montblanc steps up its art patronage
Luxury brand recruits curators to re-energise and expand corporate collection
Object lessons: from Dali’s diary to a Yongzheng vase
Our pick of this week’s auction highlights
William Kentridge unveils 550-metre frieze along Rome's River Tiber
Mural pays tribute to city through more than 80 figures from Roman mythology to the present
Italy retrieves three works looted from Tuscan villa by the Nazis
Paintings were confiscated by Fascist government then seized by German occupying forces
Show us your knickers Victoria (& Albert)
The London museum is hosting an underwear exhibition that is anything but pants
Archaeologists discover rare sacred script in Italy that could shed light on the Etruscans
But worn-down inscription could prove difficult to decipher
Marina Abramovic 'dreams’ of premiering Seven Deaths film at the Royal Academy
Video installation will re-enact the death scenes of tragic heroines once performed by opera diva Maria Callas
Leading architect Zaha Hadid dies aged 65
Iraqi-born designer was the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize
Marina Abramovic to get first China show
Shanghai's Power Station of Art to provide stage for performance artist
From pill-popping birds to awkward mannequins: Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong
Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor picks six works from her section dedicated to large-scale projects
Project to preserve Venice’s Jewish heritage, 500 years after the first ghetto was created
The €8.5m campaign is backed by the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenburg among others
Countdown to Art Basel in Hong Kong
Heading to the fair? You'll find more historical work by Asian artists, more Western galleries, plus a "waterfall" of numbers as high as a skyscraper
Private museum pops up to fill a gap in Brussels
A former brewery on a canal is being refurbished to house a new non-profit contemporary art space
Italian police arrest 13 over €15m Verona museum theft
Suspects include museum’s security guard whose car was used as getaway vehicle
How to be a performance artist like Marina Abramovic
Athens project trains Greek artists and the public in the “Abramovic Method”
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Authorities in eight specialist areas explain what guides the market—and all the latest trends.
People of Geneva say ‘non’ to museum extension designed by Jean Nouvel
The proposal for the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire is sent back to the drawing board after 54% vote against it<br>