Multi-purpose space, called Concrete, is at the heart of burgeoning Alserkal Avenue art district<br> <br>

Belgian artist’s wartime commission will go on show in the Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale<br> <br>

President Hollande and UAE set up $45m fund and support “safe havens” for heritage at risk

The Oakland warehouse, known as the Ghost Ship, had been under investigation for safety violations

Organised with the Royal Collection, the 2018 exhibition should feature paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Titian and Mantegna owned by the ill-fated Stuart monarch

UK military draws up plans for specialist unit to protect cultural heritage in war zones

Third legislative attempt could pave the way for new Smithsonian institution, but new administration adds extra challenge

Works by 21 international artists will go on show at the Venice Biennale next year

Fog sculptures and multisensory "occasions" are on the programme next spring

It's your last chance to see Diane Arbus's revelatory show at the Metropolitan Museum

British artist says work, to be unveiled in 2018, will be "a landscape full of blossom"

But funding still needs to be found for Bouquet of Tulips, which is modelled on the Statue of Liberty

Government steps in to fill funding gap for project after private partner withdraws

Cannupa Hanska Luger says he hopes the project will empower demonstrators and create a connection with police

The artist himself has denied that the works investigated by police are fakes

Musée Picasso in Paris plans to lend works to venues in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Cyprus and Morocco from next year

Move draws criticism from organisers of Biennale des Antiquaires who are not keen on a competing fair

Artist and his gallery were facing a huge VAT bill to release 16 paintings

German artist says he did not give his consent to the show at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts

Institution funded by Terence Conran on the South Bank reopens in Kensington next week

From sacred spaces to meditative photographs

Experts at odds over attribution to painter of 65 drawings to be published in new book

Artists hope to restage exhibition first seen in bombed-out shopping centre

Peter Zumthor’s ambitious design aims to eliminate traditional hierarchies and evoke “a walk in the woods”

The curator has chosen to show works by three artists: Roberto Cuoghi, Adelita Husni-Bey and Giorgio Andreotta Calò

Business is growing but no one has truly disrupted the market—yet

Interactive work in inaugural display condemned as an insult to the Virgin Mary