Hannah McGivern

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

Discovery leads experts to redraw map of ancient Rome

The outline of a house dating to the sixth century BC was found beneath the Palazzo Canevari on the Quirinal Hill

Venice big ships photo show to go on after all

Fondo Ambiente Italiano offers its own space in St Mark’s Square after mayor tries to postpone exhibition at Doge’s Palace

Has the Louvre pulled out of €160m Rembrandt deal?

Now that Dutch government has pledged funds, joint acquisition with French museum seems unlikely

Prizesnews

Shortlist announced for UK's biggest contemporary art prize

Seven international artists are in the running for the £40,000 Cardiff-based Artes Mundi award

Back to school: top six gallery shows in London this week

William Kentridge's marching refugees, Luc Tuymans's abstract friends and possibly the capital's tiniest show

Jeff Koons goes head-to-head with Michelangelo in Florence

To coincide with city's antiques biennial, US artist will unveil sculpture next to statue of David

Zaha Hadid buries new museum beneath Italian Alpine peak

Museum dedicated to the art of climbing offers sweeping views

Mamma mia! Show on motherhood opens in Milan

Massimiliano Gioni’s latest exhibition looks at the relationship between women and power in the 20th century

UK’s largest contemporary art institution appoints first female director

Sarah Munro joins Baltic in northeast England fresh from the success of securing the Turner Prize exhibition in Scotland

Richard Long’s love letter to Bristol

Major new exhibition draws on the sculptor’s links with the southwest, featuring works crafted from Cornish slate and River Avon mud

Rauschenberg and O’Keeffe lead Tate’s 2016 programme, but who is Bhupen Khakhar?

The late Indian artist’s vibrant homoerotic canvases will hang in Tate Modern next summer