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Asian art market comes of age in Hong Kong

The fourth edition of Art Basel’s Hong Kong fair will have more historical material by Asian artists—and more Western galleries

Daniel Buren fills Brussels show with all of his favourite things

The conceptual artist pays tribute to his friends and masters–just don’t call him a curator

Milan’s Palazzo Reale eyes up the Symbolists

Major exhibition opens of the artists who put poetry, myth, love and death first and foremost

David Attenborough opens £1.5m gallery for socially-engaged art

BBC naturalist inaugurated Lucy and Jorge Orta's show on environmental change at Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester

Altamira caves raffle plan is ‘nonsense’, says Spain’s culture secretary

Local tourist minister has proposed auctioning tickets to the heritage site to help raise funds

Youth is king at Arte Fiera Bologna

Modern and contemporary art fair celebrates 40th edition with focus on young artists and post-war Italian masters

V-A-C Foundation unveils plans for Renzo Piano-designed museum for Moscow

Vast contemporary art centre in former power station will include 100m-long nave

French museum reunites head with decapitated Khmer statue

The Musée Guimet has returned the ancient sculpture to Cambodia as part of a five-year loan agreement

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Artcurial charity auction cancelled after work showing Palestinian activist is pulled

French press partners pull out of sale “in the name of freedom of expression” following lobbying from Israeli embassy

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Lego changes policy after Ai Weiwei backlash

Chinese artist describes U-turn as “victory for freedom of speech”

Rapture restored to Bernini’s Baroque masterpiece after clean-up reveals unity of design

Two decades of grime were removed from The Ecstasy of St Teresa (1647-52)

Our pick of the top museum acquisitions of 2015

Major gifts and purchases from around the world that stood above the rest

Eleventh-hour deadline extension saves Pompeii’s huge rescue project

Despite earlier threats to withdraw vital European funding, officials are expected to extend deadline to finance work in 2016 and 2017

MaXXI outpost for earthquake-ravaged city

The Italian culture ministry plans to bring a contemporary art museum to L’Aquila

Italian museums forge ties with Bardo after Tunis attack

The National Museum in Tunis will share loans and exhibitions with Italian institutions