Hannah McGivern
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
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
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
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























