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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
Marina Abramovic 'dreams’ of premiering Seven Deaths film at the Royal Academy
Video installation will re-enact the death scenes of tragic heroines once performed by opera diva Maria Callas
Cairo art festival opens amid cultural clampdown
Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival is taking place in Egyptian capital but also Beirut
Panama Papers: Dmitry Rybolovlev used offshore company to hide art from wife, leaked documents reveal
Russian billionaire transferred ownership of paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet to firm based in British Virgin Islands
Student sculptors revive the faces of cold-case victims
Forensic busts based on 3D printed skulls have led to at least one positive DNA identification
Pompidou to pop up in South Korea and China
After Malaga, Asia will be the next to get branded exhibition spaces
US museums spent $5bn to expand as economy shrank
Glitzy buildings mean more visitors—but they could conceal a financial timebomb
Sekhemka to leave the UK as export licence deadline passes
A matching offer was not made in time to keep the Egyptian statute, controversially sold off by Northampton Museum in 2014, in the country