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New Orleans biennial Prospect.4 announces artist lineup and focus
With the theme The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, artistic director Trevor Schoonmaker stays in tune with the history of the city, the birthplace of jazz
The Bass is back: Miami Beach museum set to reopen in October after $12m renovation (and multiple delays)
A trio of solo shows will inaugurate the restructured space, which aims to respect the building’s Art Deco roots
Musée Dapper, Paris museum specialising in African art, to shut up shop
High costs and low footfall put end to non-profit institution
Turner Prize to take a trip to Margate’s Turner Contemporary in 2019
Gallery has attracted more than 2.3 million visitors since it opened helping to regenerate English seaside town
Deutsche Bank plans new culture forum in central Berlin
Building in Unter den Linden expected to open mid-2018
Dealer Perry Rubenstein cuts plea bargain, will serve jail time
He has been sentenced to 180 days in a private facility, and three years of formal probation
Will the Royal Academy give Michelangelo's masterpiece the setting it deserves?
Loan to National Gallery sparks internal debate about upgrading display of Taddei Tondo on its return
Santiago Sierra commemorates the Syrian war dead
Names of 144,000 people who have died to be read out over more than a week in four cities
Another barn storm over Schwitters
The site of the artist’s last great project is once again under threat
Anti-colonial Australian works among new acquisitions made by Tate and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Joint programme will see pieces by artists such as Helen Johnson and Richard Bell shared between London and Sydney
Photo London satellite shows: Peckham 24 leads the way as the UK capital gets snappy
Images of Cairo shot on iPhone, surreal domestic interiors and unearthed pictures of 1980s London among top photography shows opening this week
Magnum photographer David Hurn donates collection to National Museum of Wales
Part of photographer’s private holdings, built by swapping works with fellow artists, is on show at Photo London this week
Artists give warm welcome to new French culture minister
Appointment of indie publisher Françoise Nyssen enthuses French cultural world
Hal Foster named next Mellon lecturer at the National Gallery of Art
The historian will discuss how artists invented new forms after the brutality of the Second World War
The great artists' estates race
Competition is heating up among galleries seeking to sign exclusive representation of late artists, as both heirs and dealers eye the possibilities
Labour Party promises £1bn extra in culture funding over five years
Published ahead of the general election in June, the UK opposition party’s manifesto includes strong support for the arts
Magnum Photos: how it all began 70 years ago
Influential photography co-operative was not founded over a MoMA lunch, curator reveals ahead of series of exhibitions
Fourth Plinth artist Michael Rakowitz to serve up Iraqi-Jewish ‘ghost feast’ in London
Three-night event will be part of Shubbak festival in July
West Bank heritage site must be more inclusive, says Israeli high court
The ruling, which stipulates that all histories and religions be taken into account, could be a landmark decision
Fake Rain Room gets permanent home in Shanghai
Indoor installation of falling water is so popular in China that numerous online companies are now offering to set one up in your home
Artists’ commissions, tech gifts and guns: the legal issues facing US museums
Delegates at a Smithsonian-sponsored law conference in Dallas heard about the challenges testing institutions as they move into the “new future”
White House curator William Allman to retire after 40 years of service
In charge of preserving the art and furnishings of the presidential residence, he also worked with Laura Bush and Michelle Obama to redecorate historic rooms
What might have been: the Victoria and Albert Museum's never-built tower
London institution's first director, Henry Cole, designed the landmark in 1868
Russian billionaire’s V-A-C Foundation opens space in Venice
New gallery in historic palazzo will host exhibitions and residencies—and be free to visit
Steve McQueen gets up close and personal with Lady Liberty in MoMA and Milan
Every fold of fabric and rusty porthole is visible in a film of the American statue
Vatican gives Venice Biennale a miss this year
The Holy See participated in the 2013 and 2015 editions of the biennial
Banksy paints first Brexit mural in Dover
Street work showing man chipping away at star on EU flag has already been defaced
Deitch to return to West Coast with art hub
Dealer and former MOCA director says he wants to reconnect with audiences in Los Angeles
Cosa? UK artist John Smith uses translation app in Venice show
Video will feature alongside key works from 1970-80s in artist's first solo exhibition in Italy
Russian performance artist granted political asylum in France
Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner Oksana Shalygina fled after charges of sexual assault were brought against them in Russia