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Newly discovered Brueghel to go on show in first UK exhibition on the dynasty of painters

Holburne Museum’s Wedding Dance in the Open Air was previously thought to be a copy

Shortlist announced to light up river Thames and 17 London bridges

Illuminated River design teams include artists such as Glenn Ligon, Angela Bulloch, Philippe Parreno and Leo Villareal<br>

Remains of Paul Gauguin’s father found off Antarctica

Clovis Gauguin died at the Chilean fort of Fuerte Bulnes after fleeing France with his children

Tribute to the man who brought high design to the London underground

Artists Langlands &amp; Bell unveil installation in Piccadilly Circus station that honours Frank Pick

Protestors storm stand at Contemporary Istanbul over sculpture depicting last Sultan

Censorship row at Turkish art fair as work by Ali Elmaci inflames local religious group<br> <br>

50th anniversary of the Florence Flood: Memories from a drowned world

An oral history project on the 1966 disaster captures conservators’ stories of weeping officials and guards unknowingly treading on an Old Master

China cracks down on illegal trade of cultural artefacts

Government tightens rules banning the auction of looted objects on mainland China

Helsinki considers plan C to build Guggenheim

Private funding increased as US-based foundation cuts its fee by $10m

Neil MacGregor unveils plans for Berlin’s ambitious Humboldt Forum

Director calls for admission-free museum to draw Berliners as well as tourists

Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead will hit the road again next year

Artist's foundation supports ongoing project in Detroit and major show on his influence in 2018 <br>

Artists raise millions for Hillary Clinton

Jeff Koons has donated more than $50,000 in cash and through his work to support the US presidential candidate

Louvre may safeguard artefacts from war-torn areas

French president François Hollande made proposal at opening of Louvre-Lens show on Mesopotamia

Photographer Steve McCurry speaks out against arrest of Sharbat Gula, the 'Afghan girl with green eyes'

Subject of famous National Geographic cover has been detained in Pakistan for allegedly using fraudulent ID documents<br>

How the Albright-Knox Art Gallery raised more than $100m in just three months

Los Angeles-based billionaire makes surprise $42.5m gift to fund expansion

Turner Contemporary gives ‘brand Margate’ much-needed boost

Nearly half of visitors to faded seaside resort in south east of England come to see the gallery, research reveals

Picasso’s electrician admits he lied in court

Pierre Le Guennec changes his story claiming artist's wife gave him 271 works in rubbish bag

British Museum marks 50th anniversary of Sexual Offences Act with LGBTQ show

Exhibition will shine a light on same-sex relationships using objects dating from antiquity to today<br>

Would Clinton or Trump be better for the arts?

We examine the two presidential candidates’ arts policies—or lack of them

Kirchner’s Swiss sleigh ride covered up Berlin café society scene

Frankfurt museum discovers Expressionist canvas from 1926 under another late painting

New York buyers focus on photography’s big names

Images by Man Ray, Diane Arbus and early Gilbert & George tempt collectors as auctions buck up

Dario Fo: the life and death of an ideological jester, whose plays lampooned inequality and corruption

Fo spent his life whipping up jolly storms, claiming “freedom of opinion and happiness of existence through rage and laughter”