Spotlight on the overshadowed female artists who helped to forge one of the mid-20th-century’s key art movements

Iraqi-born designer was the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize

Culture ministry has pledged €300m to safeguard museums and monuments including the Colosseum, Uffizi and Pompeii

New research leads curators to rip up the rulebook ahead of the Getty’s ambitious PST: LA/LA event

Decision puts to rest lengthy legal battle started by Pierre Konowaloff in 2008

Early reports indicate that ancient sites that survived the terrorist group’s destruction are in “good condition”

Renovated Czech cultural centre in Mitte will house temporary exhibitions

Old Master works by Orazio Gentileschi, Frans Hals and Diego Velázquez drawn into dispute

First dedicated exhibition space to open this summer

London museum will lend works and organise touring exhibitions in new design complex

Saudi artist and ex-army colonel Abdulnasser Gharem posts image on social media and condemns violence in the name of religion

Key proposals from culture minister Ed Vaizey’s statement include widening access to the arts and a protection fund for cultural heritage in combat zones

Police evacuate park near royal palace after abandoned suitcase found

Arts Council insists export licence is required for relic of the martyred Maid<br>

Tsarist-era estate near Moscow joins "red route" for Chinese tourists

Chinese artist heads to home of Italian Old Masters, followed by Picasso

Documentary screened in Hong Kong this week revisits China as Bamboo Curtain was lifted in the 1980s

Research group to publish guide for artists and museums facing legal action

A new book describes the late collector's nine-year spending spree on images by famous and obscure photographers

Spaces in Bangladesh and Indonesia will strengthen cultural infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia

A former brewery on a canal is being refurbished to house a new non-profit contemporary art space

Full funding will go to the museum if it raises an additional $45m on its own

Our editor-at-large Gareth Harris reports live on events in the UAE

Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was given a 15-year sentence for reciting a poem in support of the Arab Spring on YouTube

But London's Royal College of Art among biggest winners as Chancellor presses on with austerity measures

Jewel sold in UK for £300,000 last month has left the country—but did it have an export licence?

Artist hopes to refocus critical discussions onto the work itself with an exhibition featuring 15 of his compatriots at Qatar Museums

Federal Security Service is investigating several officials and businessmen over missing funds for state-sponsored heritage restoration projects