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Veteran cartoonist sacked by The Guardian over depiction of Netanyahu

Steve Bell's unpublished drawing of the Israeli prime minister shows him performing surgery on his own stomach, which has drawn parallels with the antisemitic 'pound of flesh' trope

Ragnar Kjartansson work that was withdrawn from show at Moscow's GES-2 House of Culture goes on sale at Frieze

The work was deaccessioned after the artist cancelled the exhibition in protest at the war in Ukraine

Economic turmoil in China hits the country’s commercial galleries

Though the wealthiest collectors remain untroubled by recent jolts to the economy, many galleries and younger collectors are being hit hard

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London's mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to build new artist studios

Khan spoke at Frieze about plans to partner with other stakeholders across the public and private sectors to build 71,000 sq. m of affordable workspaces by 2026

‘Emotional masterpiece’: Rembrandt’s tribute to his blind father goes on sale at Frieze Masters

Rembrandt is said to have created the painting of the blind Tobit, which is on sale for £24m, a year or two before his father died

Qatar Museums fly Palestinian flag in the aftermath of Hamas attack on Israel

Sheikha Al-Mayassa shared images on social media of the Palestinian flag projected on the façades of the Museum of Islamic Art and the National Museum of Qatar

Exclusive: UK shadow culture secretary to map out first national infrastructure plan for the arts

In an interview ahead of the Labour conference, Thangam Debbonaire also promises action on artist visas, copyright law and artificial intelligence

New rental scheme promises to reduce carbon footprint of art shipping by 90%

As record temperatures continue to be recorded, a new company has pledged to end the "make-use-destroy" system that museums and galleries use to ship art worldwide

London's Courtauld Gallery closes after ‘tragic event’ leads to fatality

Police are not treating the event as suspicious. The gallery will remain closed until Friday 6 October

Kerry James Marshall donates his first portrait of a living person to Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

The American artist has given a painting of Harvard academic Henry Louis Gates Jr., who spoke at the unveiling of the US Supreme Court attempts to "roll back the clock" on affirmative action

Tate Modern launches new commission for experimental artists

The Infinities Commission will support “immersive projects that sit outside conventional artistic categories”, with the inaugural edition launching in performance space The Tanks in spring 2025

Restored Turkish bath reopens to the public as site for art and respite

The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, which will open in Istanbul in September after a 13-year restoration and excavation, will operate once again as a traditional Turkish bath and also as a contemporary art space

Unesco adds 13 new sites to World Heritage List as Riyadh committee session enters second week

The committee voted to protect ancient sites in China, Iran, the West Bank and along the historic Silk Road, but Venice was not included

Royal College of Art vice-chancellor announced as new chair of the British Council

Paul Thompson will have a full in-tray when he takes over, as the organisation has suffered from a significant funding shortfall in recent years, leading to staff strikes

Claude Ruiz Picasso, the artist’s son and manager of the Picasso estate, has died

The management of one of the world's most valuable art collections has now been passed to Paloma Ruiz Picasso, the last of Pablo Picasso's four children

National Gallery London in 'ongoing police incident' after man scales roof

Police are attempting to "make contact" with a man photographed on the edge of the central London gallery's roof

'More than 1,500' artefacts were stolen from British Museum, internal investigation reportedly reveals

A Unesco antiquities trafficking expert says the theft is "probably the worst case so far"

British Museum antiquities thief alleged to be veteran curator Peter Higgs

Higgs, who was sacked earlier this year, is alleged to have sold uncategorised items from the museum's collection on eBay as early as 2016

British Museum imposes 'emergency security measures' after staff member allegedly steals priceless artefacts

The museum in London is reckoning with a huge security breach after admitting that jewellery and gems dating back millennia had been removed from its storeroom without detection

'Knife attack' leads to evacuation of the British Museum in London

Police confirm a man was stabbed close to the entrance on Tuesday morning

Artists and cultural leaders call on British Museum to rename BP Lecture Theatre

An open letter urges museum to follow net zero carbon pledge and fully separate from oil giant, which recently recorded $2.6bn in quarterly profit

'A meteor blazing through the world': tributes pour in for the influential film producer Jess Search

The co-founder of The Doc Society and the architect behind numerous films by visual artists was diagnosed with a brain tumour in July

Picketing Picasso: strikes threaten to disrupt Museo Picasso Málaga's 20 year anniversary

Staff will stage protests at the museum over a nine-month long labour dispute which will likely delay the opening of 'The Echo of Picasso', a display of the Spanish artist's work, 50 years after his death

Tomás Saraceno's Serpentine Galleries show takes on new life as a sanctuary for birds, insects and mammals

Honeycomb-like structures by the artist have welcomed a diverse array of wildlife from within Kensington Gardens over the past two months

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer to step down in 2024

The London institution will begin looking for his replacement this autumn, with the new hire having to deal with delicate issues such as the Parthenon Marbles and after-effects of controversial BP sponsorship deal

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow wins the Art Fund Museum of the Year award

The museum won the prize for its six-year refurbishment and redisplay of one of Scotland's largest art collections, amassed by the late shipping magnate William Burrell

One in three UK artists say they can't afford to stay in the art industry

The true impact of the cost of living crisis on British art is revealed in a new survey by the UK charity Acme

Rencontres d’Arles: can the storied photography festival recognise the issues that beset its homeland?

The annual event opens in Arles as France contends with the killing of Nahel Merzouk and the violent protests that swept the country

Young V&A accused of removing trans-affirming books and poster from display

Former employees of the newly reopened London museum have joined a chorus of criticism over the removal of materials related to trans rights and queer identities