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Anicka Yi awarded 2016 Hugo Boss Prize

Jury for prize, given by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, admired how experiments in artist’s work “push the limits of perceptual experience in the ‘visual’ arts”

The man who spent 40 years preserving Palmyra’s past

Polish archaeologist Michal Gawlikowski on his hopes for the war-torn city and his friendship with murdered scholar Khaled al-Asaad

Three to see: New York

From Charlotte Brontë’s letters to Robert Morris's plywood sculptures, we've got you covered on what to see in the city and beyond

Looters exploit the political chaos in Libya

Illicitly excavated artefacts are “gushing out” of the country, experts warn

Woman breaks nasty nearly-nude Hillary statue

She was acting as a “private citizen who was personally offended” says her employer, the National Museum of the American Indian

Qataris take a spin on Dia Al-Azzawi’s carousel in Doha

Qatar Museums’ burgeoning public art programme also includes commissions by Richard Serra and Bill Viola<br>

Madame Tussauds gives Yayoi Kusama the ultimate wax accolade

Waxworks museum in Hong Kong sets “queen of polka dots” in “infinite space”

UK professors condemn axing of art history A-level

More than 200 academics have written an open letter expressing their “grave concerns"<br>

The Modern art Stalin did not want Russians to see

Sergei Shchukin’s holdings, split up by the Soviets, are reunited at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris

Italian mafia trading weapons for Libyan artefacts plundered by Isil?

La Stampa newspaper claims that looted artefacts are being trafficked in Calabria

Saint Jerome once owned by controversial collector Giulano Ruffini sent for technical tests

Sotheby's confirms painting shown at the Met attributed to Parmigianino now under suspicion

Former Cognac bottling factory is home to new French culture foundation

Inaugural installation by Vincent Lamouroux fills entire first floor with white sand and palms<br> <br>

Artist Kader Attia opens new art hub in Paris

Multidisciplinary space will focus on provocative political and cultural issues<br> <br>

Vladimir the monumental rises in Moscow

Statue of Russia’s tenth-century founder seen by many to honour Putin as well as the prince

Burrell’s world tour struggles to get beyond Glasgow

Scottish museum hoped to raise £15m for renovation fund but international venues are proving hard to secure

Get plastered at the Institute of Classical Art

Collection of forgotten casts from the Metropolitan Museum get new home in Manhattan

Collector and lawyer Peter Hort can pay, will pay artists

RISBE aims to ensure that artists and galleries are paid promptly

Three to see: New York

From a weird and wild ride through past presidential elections, to the calming canvases of Agnes Martin

Donation from collector Hallam Chow shores up M+ museum

Five works will enter the collection of Hong Kong institution due to open in 2019<br>

Lawsuit shows difficulties of authentication and repair

Case between collector and dealer over a sculpture damaged in transit becomes a legal saga

Doris Salcedo covers Bogotá square with stitched banners in memory of victims of civil war

Colombian artist’s work was created in response to rejected peace deal earlier this month

New York culture festival celebrates Antigone, an ancient heroine as relevant as ever

A new work by Carrie Mae Weems kicks off the Onassis Foundation’s four-day event

The Caravaggio work at the centre of the Wildenstein money-laundering trial

Painting's movements show the complicated issues around the estate of Daniel Wildenstein

Market revs up for racing car artist Salvatore Scarpitta

As the Italian-American’s historical importance is reassessed, curators play catch-up with his later works

Newcastle and Gateshead to host UK’s Great Exhibition of the North

The £5m cultural event in 2018 is a key part of plan to boost the north of England’s economy <br> <br>

International tour planned for Zaha Hadid exhibitions

Late architect's memorial service held in London, the city where foundation plans to keep her archive

Open School East decamps from London to seaside resort Margate

Free art school’s move follows growing number of artists relocating to more affordable Kent coast <br> <br>