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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>

Campaign launched to save artistic community in London's Hackney Wick, home to Chapman Brothers and Gavin Turk

Plans for pedestrian bridge put artist studios under threat as post-Olympics regeneration continues

Polynesian sculpture admired by Picasso and Henry Moore far older than previously thought

Carbon-dating reveals wooden figure of A’a carved on Rurutu 250 years before arrival of Captain Cook

Gustavo Aceves to install monumental horse sculptures in front of Rome's Colosseum

Travelling exhibition Lapidarium will also be on view at capital city's Trajan’s Market

Pioneering war photographer Gerda Taro's images vandalised in Leipzig

Open-air display of photographs covered in black paint in "politically motivated" attack

Three to see: London

Channel spirits at the Courtauld Gallery and find “found” objects at the Foundling Museum <br>

Gazebo where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot coming to Chicago

Theaster Gates’s Stony Island Arts Bank reportedly to display the structure

Berlin plans Jewish museum for children inspired by Noah’s Ark

Winning plan by Olson Kundig of Seattle proposes a rainbow gallery and an exit slide

Peter Doig v Pete Doige: a case of mistaken artistic identity?

The artist is being sued for $5m by a corrections officer who says he bought a work by Doig for $100 in the 1970s

Louvre opens up to performance art

Fiac art fair has organised new festival taking place in famous Parisian locations<br>

Tate adds Reynolds's aristocratic portrait to national collection

Painting of Fredrick Howard will remain at Castle Howard in Yorkshire<br>

Sixth Duke of Westminster leaves one of the most important Old Master collections in the UK

Many of the works owned by Gerald Grosvenor, who has died aged 64, have been loaned over the years to a small museum near the family seat in Chester <br>

Major international art event aims to regenerate Armenia

Dilijan Arts Observatory will culminate in exhibitions at the Hamburger Bahnhof and Pompidou Centre

Bavarian museums receive 58 top works by Mondrian, Delacroix, Beuys

Collection was assembled by the philanthropists Christof and Ursula Engelhorn over many decades

UK Brexit vote gives the Ruhrtriennale arts festival extra edge

Director Johan Simons says that the programme reflects how “Europe is questioning itself”<br>

Russian archaeologists uncover ancient Persian stele inscribed with a message from King Darius I

Discovery in Phanagoria, the ancient Greek site near Crimea, is of "international significance"

German culture minister promises to reform Limbach Commission after mounting criticism

Nazi-era loot expert panel has no Jewish member and has mediated just 13 cases since 2003

Contemporary African art to take centre stage at Fondation Louis Vuitton

Three major shows are planned for Paris museum next year, including one featuring collection of Jean Pigozzi

Magnus app founder hits back at critics

Move towards "greater and greater" transparency cannot be stopped, he says

JR unveils show-stopping athletes in time for Rio Olympics

Project is French artist's second major venture in Brazilian city after work in favela in 2008

Pressure mounts for US museums to increase diversity at the top

Stark findings from two high-profile studies are pushing the sector to act on ethnic diversity—but not everyone agrees on what to do<br>

Public art cancelled in Rio due to cultural budget cuts

An installation by the Italian artist Giancarlo Neri is the most recent project to lose funding during Brazil's economic crisis

Bill Viola to unveil second work in St Paul’s Cathedral

New multi-screen video installation depicting the Virgin Mary, along with the companion Martyrs work, cost £2.5m to make and install

Juergen Teller to curate Robert Mapplethorpe show in London

November exhibition at Alison Jacques gallery coincides with what would have been the US artist’s 70th birthday