The price for the Codex Sassoon surpassed the sum Bill Gates paid for a Leonardo da Vinci codex in 1994

Israel's oldest art museum joins nationwide protests against government's contentious new laws, in what arts philanthropist Batia Ofer describes as a "fight for our democracy"

The Byzantine-era gem has been described as "the most beautiful mosaic floor" found in Palestine

Members of the finding committee—including Tate Modern director, Frances Morris—condemn the advisory group’s decision to pull the works

The coin, a Quarter Shekel valued at $1m, was looted in from Israel in 2002 and had been headed for auction before being recovered by US Homeland Security agents in 2017

The initiative from new activist group headed by Jewish South African artist Adam Broomberg and Palestinian activist Issa Amro aims to reveal the realities of the Palestinian struggle in the ancient city of Hebron

Digital project from the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut explores how the Palestinian people have used art to express their social and political history

A controversial Israeli development plan will also install a cable car to the city's Western Wall, a Jewish holy site

Cimam is demanding "greater clarity" over the reasons for Alistair Hudson’s proposed removal

More than 20 artists have withdrawn from British Art Show 9 in support of "political freedom, and artistic expression in cultural institutions and universities across the UK"

Alistair Hudson, head of the Whitworth, leaves over text in Forensic Architecture's show last year

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we spoke with Eyal Ilya, owner of Pentagon Auction House in Israel, about the trend for Second World War artefacts

Exhibition addressing the use of tear gas in Palestine adjusted to “give voice to different perspectives” following intervention by Israeli legal groups

Cloud Studies by Forensic Architecture on show at the Whitworth Gallery has been criticised by the UK Lawyers for Israel

Prize-nominated artists Shahidul Alam and Gideon Mendel will not show their works at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv

The work draws attention to the desertification of agricultural land in Palestinian territory

Respect for religious sites and religions—not military might—is the only way forward, he says

Calls are growing for the boycott of Israeli cultural institutions as protests erupt over Israeli attacks on Gaza and the forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah

Ink writing found on pottery sherds suggests the system spread into the Levant earlier than originally thought

Criticism in Israel reached an apex when President Rivlin called for the state to prevent the London auctions

Israeli museum professionals fear deaccessioning auction could set a dangerous precedent

Pro-Israel arts group protested to French culture ministry about her appointment

Tel Aviv Museum of Art reveals surprising provenance of 19th-century work by Jozef Israëls, which will be restituted to Jewish owner’s heirs in October

Christian institutions are calling attention to their marginalisation in wake of Israel’s focus on Jewish-centric policies

Finnish artist Jani Leinonen has asked museum to remove the work—with no response

Miri Regev approves of excavations that tell Jewish stories, but not of institutions offering Palestinian perspectives

Head of Museum for Islamic Art says many in the art world are afraid to speak out

Justice Ministry spokesman says show was shut down for "security reasons"

Omar Al-Qattan, chair of the A.M. Qattan Foundation, explains the many challenges of building an arts space under occupation