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

Director and trustees worried that show would anger Thatcher government after Britain officially boycotted Moscow Games

Façade was meant to feature in quincentenary lightshow, but event organisers are adamant that show will go on

Star attraction of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has suffered from pigment deterioration and addition of later varnish

Plans to send works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' extensive collection to Russia were put on indefinite hold after insurance costs shot up by $1m

Decade of renovation ends with marathon opening for expanded gallery

Museum layoffs and project suspensions gather pace in Qatar as oil revenue collapse continues

The 2016 March meeting kicks off tomorrow and will discuss education, participation and engagement in the Middle East and beyond