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V&A director Martin Roth to leave in the autumn

Under his leadership, the museum attracted a record number of visitors and was crowned Museum of the Year

New arts district to boost Johannesburg’s cultural credentials

As South Africa’s market gains momentum, investor mixes galleries, restaurants and destination shopping in his Keyes Art Mile development

Mosaic of drawings by North Korean refugees lights up the Thames

Ik-Joong Kang’s floating sculpture focuses on the reunification of North and South Korea

Royal Academy to stage major Jasper Johns retrospective

Exhibition at London institution will tackle “different chapters” of artist’s vast canon spanning more than 60 years<br> <br>

Tragic photograph of Syrian toddler spurs Alfredo Jaar to action

The New York-based Chilean artist is working with Maltese charity dedicated to saving refugees’ lives at sea

Galaxy of art heads to observatory in Russia’s north Caucasus

Alexandra Paperno among artists creating installations in tiny village in southern Russia

London's National Gallery seeks Treasury’s help to buy £30m Italian Old Master

Fundraising is complicated after aristocratic seller paid inheritance tax on portrait by Pontormo

Three to see: New York

From a nearly-finished show of unfinished works, to a new look at an Old Master

Galleries chip in to bring contemporary art to Florence

Dealers make shows of work by Koons, Currin and Gormley possible

Royal Academicians back arts education campaign

Debate in Parliament follows 100,000-strong petition

Academics condemn loss of senior editors at art publishers

Yale University Press London defends controversial redundancies

Tamir Rice shooting: park gazebo could come to Chicago

The recently opened Stony Island Arts Bank is negotiating with the Tamir Rice Foundation to display the infamous structure

Auction house results confirm global art market downturn

Overall sales volume is down, but Sotheby’s sees profits rise and welcomes a new Chinese investor