Victoria Stapley-Brown
More than 500 cultural objects returned to Ecuador
Ancient artefacts and colonial-era art repatriated from Argentina and Spain
Little Sun king Olafur Eliasson to show at Versailles this spring
The Danish-Icelandic artist says he plans to make use of water and light in his presentation at the French palace
Unterlinden Museum, home of the Isenheim Altarpiece, officially reopened
The €44m renovation and expansion will be fully completed this spring
Jack Shainman Gallery thinks inside the grid
Group show to present work by El Anatsui, Bernd and Hilla Becher and Maya Lin
A battle won but a war lost: Red Horse at the Cantor Arts Center
Drawings of the Battle of Little Bighorn by the Minneconjou Lakota Sioux warrior are on view in California
How do you clean a masterpiece? Louvre to restore Leonardo da Vinci’s St John the Baptist
The museum is opting for total transparency ahead of a sensitive conservation project
Suspected arson at Fontainebleau church
Historic furnishings damaged and around a dozen objects missing or destroyed
Two detained in Turkey over attempted sale of painting, claimed to be lost work by Van Dyck
The sellers told undercover police that they had bought the work from a gang in Georgia
Swap shop: the stories behind six objects in Pia Camil’s New Museum installation
Find out why visitors brought a glass chicken, a Mardi Gras wig, a vintage hat, a diary page, a quilt and a package of seaweed for the artist’s first solo show
A return to the object: Biennale de Montréal announces theme for 2016 edition
While the 2014 event centred on socially engaged work, this year’s exhibition will look at aesthetics and materiality
New contemporary art centre in Jamaica to open with Basquiat show
Art adviser Rachael Barrett plans network of spaces across the Caribbean
Top shows to see during Art Basel in Miami Beach
Our pick of exhibitions at museums in and around Miami
Best satellite fairs orbiting Art Basel in Miami Beach
Forget the beach, this year's parallel events include a new fair and plenty of art that won't break the bank
Lyons light festival cancelled in wake of Paris attacks
Candlelight ceremony will continue in honour of terror victims
Milwaukee Art Museum pulls off expansion from depths of slump
Mould flourished, floors buckled and ceilings leaked in the two buildings that housed the museum's permanent collection when it announced $34m renovation in 2009 at the height of the recession
Rodin in a new light
Renovated Paris museum reopens with emphasis on sculptor's creative process
Happy 75th anniversary Hildegard Bachert
The co-director of Galerie St Etienne in New York got her foot in the door by promising English lessons to its founder Otto Kallir
Hiker discovers 1,200-year-old Viking sword in Norway
Archaeologist says climate change could result in more ancient objects resurfacing in the far North
Pace Gallery celebrates Rauschenberg’s birthday with show of rarely seen works
Late series pieces include inkjet dye and pigment transfers on polylaminate, paper and fabric, as well as frescoes
Detroit art space opens with punchy pop of colour
Collector Gary Wasserman looks to the Motor City’s post-bankruptcy future with new interdisciplinary venue
Dia foundation names James Meyer as deputy director and chief curator
Scholar and curator will take up new post in January
Celebrating the civilisations Isil seeks to destroy
Detroit Institute of Arts unveils new gallery devoted to the Ancient Middle East
First hearings held in the Hague over alleged cultural heritage war crimes
Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi appeared at the International Criminal Court this week in connection to 2012 attacks on Timbuktu