Germany returns first work from Gurlitt hoard
Heirs of Paul Rosenberg retrieve a looted Matisse painting, more than two years after it was discovered along with 1,300 others
Activists occupy Peggy Guggenheim Collection during Venice Biennale
The artist group is fighting for workers’ rights in Abu Dhabi, but US foundation says it is ‘acting in good faith’
Five of the best exhibitions around Venice
Shows worth checking out beyond the Arsenale and Giardini<br>
The art comes first: seven pieces to see at the Venice Biennale's Arsenale
A guide to some of the most interesting works on view in the exhibition
In the Giardini: five to see in Okwui Enwezor’s All the World’s Futures
The Biennale director's critique of capitalism is elegant and sleek
The Met launches China show, using a Western lens
After the gala and serious fundraising, Costume Institute and Asian art department join forces to celebrate real and imaginary China
First look at the pavilions: seven national presentations of note in the Giardini
The Art Newspaper team guide to some of the best things to see at this year's Venice Biennale
Tate Modern director is heading to Berlin to run prestigious theatre
Chris Dercon will stay in London until summer 2017 as extension approaches completion
Alfred Taubman, former Sotheby's chairman, has died, aged 91
Shopping mall tycoon, art collector and auction house owner's eventful life included almost a year in prison<br>
Documenta director wants to show all the works Gurlitt hoarded
Adam Szymczyk in talks with Kunstmuseum Bern and German authorities
The marathon legal battle over property confiscated by the Czech government
Aristocratic family has been fighting for the return of castles, palaces and art for the past 20 years
Germany's attempt to permanently retain Otto Dix print collection belonging to George Economou fails
Tycoon keeps 500-strong collection after German campaign to include it in national heritage list is thwarted
Director of Pushkin wants to work with London’s V&A and help Moscow’s homeless design museum
The Pushkin design satellite will have both historic and contemporary design galleries
Let us now praise famous women : Museums finally find their feminine side
A wave of exhibitions of influential female artists begins this month on both sides of the Atlantic
Lenin’s head to come in from the Berlin cold
The statue stood in Lenin Square until 1990, when it was cut into 129 pieces and buried in the woods
Malevich reigns supreme in London exhibitions
The Art Newspaper reports on Malevich exhibitions, which reference previous shows of his work
Ai Weiwei digs deep in Warsaw's Brodno Sculpture Park project
Ai Weiwei has created a new work for Warsaw that will be invisible to the public
Art Basel Hong Kong adds film section to its ranks as attitudes toward video art begin to change
The fair highlights the crossover between cinema and video art in the region
Let’s get digital with "post-internet" art
The frontier spirit of post-internet artists.
The digital age meets design classics at Design Miami
Galleries test the market for innovation, but there is also a wealth of Modernism on show
Heirs of persecuted dealer Alfred Flechtheim reject provenance project over restitution claims
The Jewish dealer’s relatives say participating museums are not dealing satisfactorily with their claims
Trade let down by court ruling
Decision on auction houses’ liability for fakes finds in favour of buyers—but only on a technicality
Russian avant-garde forgery case spreads to Israel
After hundreds of works are seized in Germany, police swoop in Tel Aviv
Kunstmuseum Basel to close for refurbishment
The museum will shut for just over a year to allow for improvements and additions to its infrastructure
German museum wants to swap its Giacometti for another Giacometti
The Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg wants to sell the sculpture La Jambe—a key work in its collection—so it can purchase a painting by the artist
How the detection of titanium white gave away Beltracchi
The pigment proved Beltracchi's version was inauthentic, since it was not in use at the time that the original was painted
Web salvation for workers’ art as GDR artists are digitally rehabilitated
Shunned since the Wall fell, East German works are now catalogued on the 'Bildatlas'
Swiss architect dropped by Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art
Site of museum to be temporary McDonald’s
Anti-gay law clash in Russia may impact Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
Young Russians' art may challenge St Petersburg hate legislation
Beltracchi admits to faking the work of an estimated 50 artists in German interview
In 2011, he was given six years jail time for what was then understood to be a much smaller number of reproductions