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Myrna Ayad appointed new director of Art Dubai
She replaces Antonia Carver, who ran the fair for six years
Turner and The Fighting Temeraire chosen for new £20 note
Bank of England's choice delights the Tate, National Gallery and Margate's Turner Contemporary<br>
Qatar Museums shortlists architects for Art Mill project
Doha’s waterfront grain silos to house vast gallery but plan to include collection store dropped
Damien Hirst and Tate reject speculation that formaldehyde fumes were risky
Italian scientists who monitored artist's 2012 show at Tate Modern found levels in excess of EU regulations
Top five London gardens designed by Capability Brown
Three hundred years after his birth, the imprint of the renowned landscape designer can be admired without leaving the UK’s capital city
Who gets what when artists and galleries split up?
When artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Marc Quinn sever ties with their galleries, it raises questions about assets, shows and production costs
Pinault Foundation celebrates ten years in Venice
Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana have attracted more than 2 million visitors over the past decade, and Parisians may soon see more of the billionaire’s collection too
Palmyra arch destroyed by Isil rises over Trafalgar Square
Replica is going up in London today, then New York and Dubai
Kerry James Marshall’s epic black superhero
The Chicago artist would like to turn his comic into an animated film on the scale of Star Wars
New contemporary art museum takes shape in Beirut
Shortlist of 13 architects announced for the planned institution near the city’s National Museum
Mark Bradford to represent the US at the 57th Venice Biennale
Pavilion’s curator calls Bradford ‘the leading American abstract painter of his generation’
Former director of scandal-beset Knoedler Gallery breaks her silence
In an exclusive interview, Ann Freedman explains her version of events in the ongoing forgery case that engulfed the gallery
Revamped Kunstmuseum Basel to reveal lesser-known Jackson Pollock
Following the opening of its new building this weekend, the Swiss museum will show the abstract artist’s figurative work
Museums and galleries turn to the work of Gordon Parks
In the ten years since the artist’s death, interest in his work has steadily grown
US Senate blocks the import of art and artefacts from Syria
Bill aimed at ending Islamic State’s rampant looting of archaeological sites is passed in unanimous vote
Roger Hiorns hopes to see lots of planes buried around the world
UK artist says jetliners could be interred in the US, South Africa and the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea
Storm clouds gather over German art market
As Art Cologne opens today, some experts fear that forthcoming legislation protecting cultural assets could be nail in the coffin
Expert claims painting uncovered in a Toulouse attic is by Caravaggio
If it turns out to be real, it would be the biggest discovery of the artist’s work in almost 25 years
Fifty editions on, can Art Cologne regain top billing?
Prospects are brighter for the world’s first art fair, which opens this week, thanks to its director Daniel Hug
Bipartisan bill to remove hurdles for heirs seeking Holocaust-era art
The legislation, sponsored by presidential hopeful Ted Cruz among others, comes as the race for the US election heats up
Artist opens subversive supermarket in Shanghai
Xu Zhen has recreated a Chinese mini-mart, but the packages have been emptied of their products
Is the British Museum heading east to London's Olympic park?
Smithsonian trustees due to meet today to decide whether to open satellite in Stratford <br>
Prestigious Vincent Award suspended after legal row between artist Danh Vo and collector Bert Kreuk
Two artists had pulled out of the prize, with one citing the dispute as a reason
Panama Papers expose art world's offshore secrets
Leaked documents reveal owners of "looted" Modigliani, how a UK billionaire guaranteed a milestone auction and links to the Chinese elite
Yale hosts United Nations colloquium on preservation of heritage sites
University presidents and faculty from around 20 nations are due to participate
Five to see at MiArt in Milan
The thoughtful fair has more to offer than Italy’s Postwar market darlings
Revealed: how Gauguin longed for European sunflowers in Polynesia
The Art Newspaper finds the artist’s receipt for French seeds from a top Parisian supplier
USC Seven artists get their ‘graduate’ shows in Los Angeles
New alternative space PSSST will organise exhibitions of students who dropped out of the Roski School of Art and Design MFA programme in protest last year
Mark Bradford puts the US Constitution into new embassy in London
Vast, site-specific work to incorporate entire text of historic document





























