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Christoph Büchel's plans to build supermarket in Düsseldorf museum axed
K21 cancels project because Swiss conceptual artist’s ideas became too “complicated"<br> <br>
Artists and museums sue Israel’s ministry of culture
Protests against threats to freedom of speech flared all summer
How Italy stopped Venice being put on Unesco’s Heritage In Danger list
The government lobbied the director of the World Heritage Centre, diplomats and national delegates
Pedro Reyes’s haunted house taps into the scary side of American politics
The artist calls the Creative Time project in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park “political catharsis”
An edifice worthy of the pharaohs rises next to the pyramids
The Grand Egyptian Museum aims to lure foreign visitors back to Cairo
Richard Long gets down to earth at 101 Spring Street
British sculptor invited to create mud-based work in Donald Judd’s restored SoHo home and studio
High-profile patron Tiqui Atencio turns the spotlight on her fellow collectors with new book
Publication includes interviews with almost 100 art-world figures such as Maja Hoffmann and Damien Hirst<br> <br>
Parviz Tanavoli unveils his largest ever work at Toronto’s Aga Khan museum
Iranian artist, who faced a travel ban in July, will also show the biggest Heech sculpture in the show<br>
Ai Weiwei dropped from Yinchuan Biennale in China
Museum's artistic director reveals how decision was taken out of her hands by “higher officials”
Italian museums to donate ticket sales on Sunday to earthquake rescue efforts
Culture ministry meets with specialist art squad today to plan response after first emergency phase
English school exam results show shift away from creative subjects
Royal Academicians “unanimous” in concern at fall in teenagers studying arts
Centre Pompidou to unveil major donation of 20th-century Russian art
Collection supported by the Vladimir Potanin Foundation includes Soviet noncomformist works and pays tribute to artists with a French connection
Assisi basilica declared safe after fatal earthquake strikes central Italy
Monument to Saint Francis, decorated with frescoes by Cimabue and Giotto, is located at heart of earthquake-prone area
Chicago judge rules Peter Doig ‘absolutely did not paint’ disputed work
The ruling brings the value of the painting at the centre of the long-running case back to nil
Serpentine Sackler Gallery to mount major Zaha Hadid show
Paintings, drawings and digital art by the late British-Iraqi architect will be exhibited at London institution this winter<br> <br>
Olympic boxer Joe Joyce puts paint—as well as people—on canvas
Super-heavyweight silver medallist, who arrives home today with Team GB, is an artist with a penchant for Picasso<br> <br>
Dambulla temple in Sri Lanka will not be stripped of Unesco world heritage status
Organisation issues statement after international press raised concerns that the holy site could be delisted<br> <br>
Contemporary art fair comes to Warsaw's historic Palace of Culture
New event in Soviet relic casts an eye beyond Polish borders
Islamic extremist pleads guilty to destroying Timbuktu mausoleums in landmark trial
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is first to be charged with war crimes over cultural destruction at International Criminal Court
Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery under fire over Crimean loans in blockbuster show
Ukraine calls for boycott of museum for borrowing 38 works by Ivan Aivazovsky from annexed territories
UK museums sponsored by BP not in breach of code of ethics, committee says
Art Not Oil coalition says it is “disappointed” with Museums Association’s findings
New affordable-art website Collectionair backed by curatorial big-hitters
Former director of Pompidou among names behind online platform, which sells works for under $10,000<br> <br>
Iraqi artists commissioned to create works about migrancy for Çanakkale Biennial
September exhibition focuses on the refugee crisis engulfing Turkey and Europe
Norton Simon Museum can keep Cranachs, California judge decides
A US court has dismissed a claim to recover two paintings looted by Nazis, but collector’s heir plans to appeal
Bedtime stories: show on the supernatural in Islamic art will feature Tipu Sultan’s 'dream diary'
18th-century journal will be included in Ashmolean Museum exhibition, which also examines divination, omens and horoscopes
ICA brings Middle Eastern art scene to London
Two festivals in September aim to present region's thriving culture industry amid political turbulence
National Trust acquires rare Isaac Oliver miniature for record £2.1m
Work depicting aristocrat as a young poet will remain on view at Powis Castle in Wales
Frank Gehry’s Luma project takes shape in Arles
Patron Maja Hoffmann is building a €100m cultural campus on vast site previously used to manufacture trains in southern France
Russian artist Erik Bulatov unveils explosive works in former munitions factory
Artist's first series of sculptures is on show in south-west France<br> <br>