The London institution was founded in 1824 to be “free to anyone who applied at the door”. That principle, epitomised by the exhibition "Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look", sits at the heart of the bicentennial celebrations

Why the art world must tackle the questions posed by artificial intelligence head on, plus comics celebrated in two European locations and Degas’ portrait of the circus artist Anna Albertine Olga Brown

In addition to spending 60 days in prison, Joanna Smith will have to serve 150 hours of community service, ten of which she must spend cleaning graffiti

Musée d’Orsay brings together works by Monet, Renoir, Degas and others first seen in a landmark 1874 exhibition

Joanna Smith faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine

The show will emphasise the way Edgar Degas, Claude Monet among others used studies and sketches to push the boundaries of their art

From large-scale surveys of Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha, to showcases of Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraits, Ruth Asawa’s works on paper, Shary Boyle’s surreal ceramics, Korean experimental art and more

The two protesters have have been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of conspiracy

A man and a woman have daubed red and black paint on the display case containing 'Little Dancer'

The paintings and drawings are estimated to fetch more than $8m at Christie’s New York in May

Plus, the Manet/Degas rivalry in Paris and one of the most significant female Impressionists

Despite disagreements and a spot of canvas slashing, it was one of the most significant relationships in art history—as a new exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris demonstrates

The museum, which holds the largest French Impressionist collection outside of France, will use proceeds from sales of around 2,000 NFTs to conserve two Degas paintings

The hologram, produced by the Los Angeles-based company Proto, is currently on view at Christie’s San Francisco and will next be transported via the cloud to Hong Kong

The 26 works, promised by a New York collecting couple, enhance the museum’s current holdings and add new artists to its collection

Our pick of the best objects up for sale in London and New York

The controversial pastel stars in a show of new acquisitions in Amsterdam

After netting $4.2m for a Cranach, the museum plans to sell off works by Monet, Dubuffet, Degas, Miró and Matisse

A three-volume set of The Letters of Edgar Degas—including ten with references to the Van Gogh brothers—is due to be published in April