Big in Berlin: four trends spotted at Gallery Weekend
Dealers put their best foot forward as the art world descends on the German capital for three days of openings
German museums under threat as cities seek to balance their books
Local authorities are targeting cultural spending as a way of cutting their deficits but are facing vocal opposition
Leopold Museum returns two Schiele drawings to New York heir
Vienna institution keeps three works after lengthy negotiation
Austria’s Essl Museum to shut its doors after 17 years
Contemporary art collection will be kept in storage but there will be no more exhibitions
Lights, camera, Actionism! Günter Brus stars in Berlin show
We speak to the Austrian artist about meeting Oskar Kokoschka, the growing interest in Viennese contemporary art and who today’s Actionists are
The Art Newspaper's 12 best Christmas gifts
We trawled through museum shops, galleries and bookstores to bring you the finest arty delights
Daniel Silver to create new sculpture celebrating work of Oxford nurses
Three Figures will be part of public art scheme around former Radcliffe Infirmary
UN advisers launch appeal to stop execution of Palestinian artist in Saudi Arabia
Ashraf Fayadh’s death sentence for apostasy is “unlawful”, experts say
Works leave Germany before new laws stop them
Art worth as much as €100m may have already been moved to Belgium to avoid national treasures listing
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
Poland’s richest woman plans new contemporary art museum for Warsaw
Grazyna Kulczyk has sold her culture centre in Poznan to dedicate herself to the project in the Polish capital
German culture foundation angers Jewish groups over Holocaust dating
1935 sale of the Guelph Treasure predates the Holocaust “by several years”, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said in US court papers
Looted marble bust returned to Poland
Jean-Antoine Houdon's sculpture of the goddess Diana was taken by the Nazis during the Second World War
Polish Op artist Wojciech Fangor dies at 92
Best known for circular abstract works, he lived for many years in the West and had a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim, New York
Tom Friedman will cure your Fomo at Frieze
US artist's hand-carved, in-crowd have a swell time on Stephen Friedman Gallery's stand
France and The Netherlands to share ownership of Rembrandt portraits
Masterpieces will be exhibited together, alternating between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre
A grass-roots biennial for the new Ukraine
The School of Kiev opened against the odds to focus on knowledge rather than art and breathe new life into old institutions
Is it time for regional museums to woo big collectors?
Summit in Sheffield asks how arts organisations can attract private patronage
German culture ministry tones down controversial cultural property bill
After widespread protests this summer, the government releases a new proposal to calm concerns from leading artists, collectors and dealers
Baselitz puts German culture minister in the firing line
Art trade up in arms over implications of draft bill that aims to protect the import and export of cultural property
Bowes Museum stages UK's first Yves Saint Laurent exhibition
Late French designer's androgynous tuxedos and Mondrian-inspired shift dresses come to north east England
Herzog & de Meuron to redevelop Berlin’s Tacheles art squat
German capital’s rapid gentrification continues
Collectors emerge from behind the Iron Curtain
In east central Europe private collectors are leading the way, both promoting local talent and bringing international art to their countries
Sell-off of bankrupt German art consultancy’s collection begins
Around 2,500 works have been offered to cover company's debts
African-American artists respond to racial injustice in the US
Works dealing with race relations are hard to miss at this year's fair
Nitsch’s cancelled Mexico show to open in Sicily
Controversial artist’s canvases, photos and videos to be displayed at Palermo’s Museo Zac after Museo Jumex exhibition pulled
First work from Gurlitt hoard goes under the hammer
Sotheby’s to auction looted painting by Liebermann that was returned to heirs last week