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Brexit: what it could mean for the arts

Leading figures speak out about concerns for the future after UK votes to leave European Union<br>

The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Islam’s second holiest site, attacked

Seventh-century complex in Saudi Arabia is one of three locations targeted by terrorists<br>

Katharina Grosse's splash of colour for New York beachside building

The Rockaway! project at Fort Tilden opened this week but will vanish in November<br>

Floating Piers: how Italy learnt to love Christo

The artist’s golden walkways on Lake Iseo drew more than 1.2 million visitors in 16 days

Louvre Abu Dhabi to host summit on culture versus terrorism

French president François Hollande builds global coalition to protect cultural heritage

Leading Iranian artist banned from travelling to London

Parviz Tanavoli, Pop art pioneer, was stopped at Tehran airport this weekend

MoMA breathes life into Bruce Conner’s gas chamber sculpture

The haunting work titled CHILD goes on show in New York after two decades away from the public eye

Garage opens Russia’s most extensive programme for disabled visitors

This year’s programme to focus on increasing access for the Moscow museum's deaf audience

International Council of Museums conference: institutions asked to think beyond collections

Participants in Milan will ponder the relationship between museums and the cultural landscape<br>

Belgian founder of Beijing’s leading private art museum seeks new owner

Concern in China as Guy Ullens confirms Ullens Centre for sale along with remainder of his Chinese contemporary art collection

Africa's first major Matisse show to open in Johannesburg

Exhibition will highlight inspiration the French artist drew from African figurines and masks

Uffizi gets digital

The museum plans to digitise its entire collection of Greek and Roman sculptures

Macaws, crowds and an expanded canon: inside the new Tate Modern

Rehang of the collection places unfamiliar names alongside established ones while performance takes centre stage<br>

Manifesta gets down to business

Artists and locals join forces for nomadic biennial now open in Zurich

French antiques dealers up in arms over move to ban elephant ivory sales

Art market professionals send an open letter to the government warning that a complete tusk ban would foster a black market

Impressionism leaps off the canvas and into the Bronx

Exhibition brings a period garden and 20 US Impressionist works to New York