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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”

Modernism goes Latin American at MoMA

Collectors’ gift is part of wider trend in US museums as they redefine American art

Charity begins at home for the Mike Kelley Foundation

As shows open in London and New York, the artist’s Mobile Homestead will hit the road again in Detroit next year

The lesser-known beneficiaries of the Louvre Abu Dhabi deal

Museums across France are making quick use of cash injections

Pompidou Brussels gets lacklustre greeting from locals

Some question the need for French franchise deal

Fight to save art history exam

More than 200 British academics express “grave concerns”