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Hidden antiquities stash discovered in diplomatic car travelling from Jordan to Jerusalem

The local driver was arrested on antiquities smuggling charges last week and has been released on bail

Bronx Museum postpones show after Cuba halts loans to US

State-owned works of art risk seizure to satisfy $7bn of claims by Americans

Third copyright lawsuit filed against Richard Prince for appropriating Sid Vicious photo

The artist is accused of using a London photographer’s image of the Sex Pistol’s bassist in an Instagram work

Helen Mirren testifies in support of Holocaust art restitution bill

The actress appeared with other advocates in Washington, DC to speak at a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing

Walter Benjamin’s reading list of crime and classics revealed

Philosopher’s little black book of books included in Berlin show by artist and author Edmund de Waal

Artists invited to illuminate the river Thames

Ambitious project to transform central London’s bridges is backed by Rothschild family and city’s mayor

Shake up in Moscow’s contemporary art scene

Police question former director of National Centre for Contemporary Arts in connection to corruption investigation

Grand Palais closes as the Seine continues to rise

Huang Yong Ping’s Monumenta commission among the shows temporarily shut down in a “preventive measure”

‘Imagine how easy Keith Haring is to fake’

The dealer and author Richard Polsky explains why he is brave enough to authenticate works by Haring and Basquiat

From illicit art to fresh blood: four of the biggest challenges facing museums today

Museum professionals gathered in Washington, DC, to survey the state of the field at the annual AAM conference

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’ belongs to east London

Sculpture could be returned by the end of the year—providing a secure site is found

US Senate committee submits private museum findings to Internal Revenue Service

Limited opening hours, visits by appointment only and founders’ out-of-hours access to collections transferred to non-profit foundations are among senators' concerns

National Gallery of Art names next Mellon lecturer

Historian to explore frontier spirit in American art

Will Helsinki ever get a Guggenheim?

Doubts grow over crucial government funding as the once-friendly Finnish political climate deteriorates