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Grand Palais closure means that Fiac, Paris Photo and La Biennale Paris must move out

Dealers hope relocation of fairs will not prove disruptive during historic venue’s refurbishment

How the estate of Thailand’s missing ‘Silk King’ was among the winners of Reagan’s 1986 Tax Reform Act

The sweeping legislation cleared a hefty tax bill for the heirs of American businessman Jim Thompson, whose home and collection in Bangkok was turned into a public museum

The art market in 2017: perplexing times for pundits worldwide

Uncertainty is the name of the game, made unpredictable by international politics and an economic downturn in the Gulf

Post-Brexit: Victoria and Albert Museum show imagines Europe 2,000 years from now

Twelve artists have been commissioned to create works looking back on the present day from 4017<br> <br>

Kader Attia focuses on the politics and poetry of water during two-day event in Dakar

Initiative is part of the Sharjah Biennial’s ambitious off-site programme<br>

Old Master dealer Johnny Van Haeften opens gallery in London home

Dutch specialist decided against taking legal action over his Mayfair lease and left area after 40 years

Why US universities are investing in their art museums

Student demand, educational trends and a steady supply of cash spur expansions on campus<br>

French government places export bar on €15m Leonardo da Vinci drawing

State has 30 months to buy newly discovered work hailed as a “national treasure”<br> <br>

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum evacuated after security alert

Museum reopened less than two hours later as no threat found, police said

Florence acts to ensure Michelangelo's David remains sure-footed after recent earthquakes

Experts assess seismic stability of Galleria dell’Accademia and the rest of the city's treasures

Polish government acquires masterpieces by Leonardo and Rembrandt—but at what price?

The state has secured more than 80,000 works belonging to the Czartoryski dynasty

Dürer’s creative year in the Low Countries inspires exhibition

Curators hope to retrace the artist’s steps with paintings, drawings and copies of a lost journal

Giant Portuguese cock takes flight for Beijing and Shanghai

Ten-metre-high illuminated sculpture was originally created for Rio de Janeiro

Will Les Demoiselles d’Avignon return to Paris?

Vuitton museum to show Modern masterpieces from MoMA

Owner of Zoffany painting destroyed in fire could receive £4m from UK government

Clandon Park, a country mansion in Surrey, was severely damaged by blaze in 2015

Tapestry of Sabra and Shatila massacres could hang next to Picasso’s Guernica

Palestinian art collector has commissioned a wall hanging based on Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi’s drawing, which is now in the Tate

Patti Smith and Vanessa Bell in joint photography show at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Exhibition will include Bell’s images of the Bloomsbury set and Smith’s shots of the group’s country retreat<br>

Three to see: New York

From opulent ancien régime metalwork to Dubuffet's elegant drawings

Russian ambassador dies after being shot at art centre in Turkey

Andrei Karlov was fatally shot in terrorist attack at photography exhibition in Ankara, Russia’s foreign ministry says

New edition of Paris Tableau to open in Brussels next year

Old Masters fair ended in Paris last year but will launch in Belgium instead with 20 international galleries

Jennifer Scott first woman to be appointed Dulwich Picture Gallery director

Scott will take the reins at the south London venue in its 200th anniversary year<br>

Three to see: New York

From feminist art to the last years of Max Beckmann

Tattoo parlour for senior citizens among works revealed for Sculpture Projects Münster 2017

Project by US artist Michael Smith will be joined by “virtually invisible footbridge” and sculpture of destroyed city buildings <br>

Royal Academy president to show new compositions in US

Christopher Le Brun's latest paintings respond, in part, to music

Indian right-wing groups target Jaipur Art Summit over semi-nude painting

Artist attacked for creating “obscene” work and pictures snatched off the walls during incident

Jenny Holzer creates Walt Whitman poetry piece for New York Aids memorial

The long-awaited monument stands in the West Village near St Vincent’s hospital—but is not yet open to the public

Team led by US artist Leo Villareal wins design competition to light up London’s Thames

The ambitious Illuminated River initiative will be interactive and eco-friendly <br>

Sydney Opera House roof gets special soundcheck

Getty grant helps to modernise tap-test of city’s tile-clad landmark

Three to see: New York

From the weight of history to light-footed ballerinas