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Biennale des Antiquaires’ brave new look can’t hide turbulent backdrop
Fakes scandals and threat of terrorism just some of the problems faced by the Paris art fair’s organisers
‘Rescue archaeologists’ head to Iraq
First group of Iraqis trained by British Museum staff return home
Rauschenberg first, Kelley next? More foundations may ease image restrictions
Mike Kelley Foundation considering free reuse for non-profits
US museums’ Cuban dreams deferred
High-profile loan programmes are hindered by practical problems and political realities
Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian anti-mafia police
Works were taken from Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002
Russian collector repatriates 17th-century icon to Yaroslavl church
The picture, which was stolen in 1995, turned up in a gallery in Venice
David Shrigley’s big thumb unveiled in Trafalgar Square
Fourth Plinth commission, Really Good, brightens up a rainy morning in London<br>
Blockchain: how the revolutionary technology behind Bitcoin could change the art market
The software has the potential to improve transparency, copyright and ownership issues
Vandalism of Dirty Corner sculpture at Versailles an ‘inside job’, claims Kapoor
Controversial sculpture was repeatedly defaced last year with anti-Semitic graffiti
Sharjah Biennial looks beyond UAE with a year-long programme across five cities
Off-site events in Beirut, Dakar, Istanbul and Ramallah and a new digital platform will explore environmental themes
Basrah Museum opens against the odds in Iraq
New museum is housed in a converted former palace of Saddam Hussein
Wim Pijbes quits as director of just-opened Museum Voorlinden
Former Rijksmuseum boss packs in “dream job” three weeks after private museum opens its doors
Cologne to return Menzel drawing sold in 1939 to Hildebrand Gurlitt
City says drawing was sold under duress, probably to fund escape to US by couple persecuted by the Nazis
Islamic extremist sentenced to nine years in prison for destroying Timbuktu mausoleums
Ahmad Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi was first to face war crimes trial in The Hague over cultural destruction
Farideh Lashai’s Goya-inspired digital epic to go on show at the British Museum
Late Iranian artist’s piece will first go on show at the Prado alongside the Spanish artist's work
The Art Newspaper’s 25th anniversary survey
Ahead of our investigation at the Vatican on 6 October, we want to know your thoughts on what is art for
Is this the very first readymade?
Three million years before Duchamp, an ape-like humanoid in Africa found a stone that is now going on display for the first time at the British Museum
Creative Time goes to Washington
The New York-based non-profit's summit in the capital focuses largely on the grassroots movement
Swedish artist’s memorial to Norway terrorist attack unlikely to go ahead
Government prepared to drop Jonas Dahlberg’s proposal in order to appease local campaign
Taryn Simon looks at how we all mourn at the Park Avenue Armory
US Immigration is an unwitting curator in the multidisciplinary artist’s project on the global practice of grieving
Who will build a permanent art centre in Copenhagen?
Danish art dealer and privately run institution among those bidding to develop ‘kunsthal’
Hassan Sharif, the godfather of conceptual art in the Gulf, has died
Emirati who created constructivist drawings and performance pieces in the desert was “probably the greatest artist from the UAE”<br>
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor to design Fondation Beyeler's expansion
Project for Swiss museum was unanimously selected by the board
Iranian artist Iran Darroudi funds major new museum in Tehran—to show her works
City authorities are backing the venue which will house almost 200 works by the veteran painter<br>
Show of Lebanon-based Syrian artists to open underneath London train station
Films and paintings have been created with refugees who have crossed the border<br>
Leading Istanbul galleries join forces for new Gallery Weekend
Fourteen dealers aim to bring “positive energy” to the city in wake of failed coup <br> <br>