Hannah McGivern

Artnews

The Art Newspaper's 12 best Christmas gifts

We trawled through museum shops, galleries and bookstores to bring you the finest arty delights

Danh Vo and Dutch collector settle legal battle

The Danish-Vietnamese artist will no longer have to create a “large and impressive” work for Bert Kreuk

UN Climate Change Conference: Paris's hottest art projects

As world leaders meet to tackle global warming, we look at how artists are turning up the heat across the French capital

Good things come out of Vienna Art Week

The 11th edition’s theme Creating Common Good could be a description for the city-wide festival, which takes a socially engaged angle this year

French ambassador backs Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch to go ahead in Paris

Artist hopes installation destined for the Place de la République before terrorist attacks will still form part of UN climate summit

Paris museums reopen and security increased after attacks

Artist, architect and critic among those killed by terrorists

Italian Renaissance panels reunited after centuries apart

Antonello da Messina’s triptych brought together in 15-year loan agreement

Italy’s culture workers threaten national protest

While government moves to limit right to strike by reclassifying museums as “essential public services” on a par with schools and hospitals

Culture workers threaten national action as Italy moves to limit right to strike

Tension is at an all-time high following strikes that shut down the Colosseum and Pompeii

La Dolce Vita’s Trevi Fountain revived

The Fendi-backed €2.2m restoration of the Roman tourist favourite is nearly complete

Julia Peyton-Jones to step down from Serpentine Galleries in 2016

During 25 years at the helm she transformed pavilion in London park into venue for international art and architecture

Florence Baptistery hauls down the scaffolding in time for Papal visit

€2m restoration of eight marble outer walls took 21 months

Brick by brick: Ai Weiwei crowdsources Lego for new political work

Toy maker has refused to supply materials for artist’s installation in Melbourne

Three years late but with the entire human story in its sights

Revamp of Musée de l’Homme will chart humanity’s story from prehistory to the present—and future

John Hoyland show opens Hirst’s new Vauxhall gallery

Hirst is a fan and friend of the late abstract painter

Damien Hirst’s gallery opens in south London without a Hirst in sight

Newport Street Gallery’s lofty spaces are devoted to his friend John Hoyland’s abstract canvases

London's National Gallery fully reopens after 111-day strike

Union members reached agreement with gallery over work conditions

Prizesnews

Blurred lines: anything goes at this year's Turner Prize

From opera singers to homewares, works in the 2015 exhibition break out of traditional art categories