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The photographer of Aleppo who refuses to be defeated by the Syrian war

Issa Touma hopes to restage international photo festival in beleaguered city

Prado responds to Bosch downgrades by cancelling Dutch loans

Madrid museum still allows The Haywain to be centrepiece of blockbuster show in artist’s home town

The pioneers who took art out of the white cube

Artangel’s co-directors look back on 25 years of ambitious commissions

India’s rivers will flow through Kochi Biennale

Artist Sudarshan Shetty to curate exhibition that has drawn a million visitors

Imran Qureshi’s miniatures take over London’s Barbican—and a park in Bradford

The Pakistani artist will paint an Indian garden in Lister Park, drawing on the experiences of the British Indian army 100 years ago

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Israel Museum’s longstanding and well-connected director to step aside

In new role US-born James Snyder will continue to foster Jerusalem institution’s global relationships<br>

Gerhard Richter slams proposed closure of Germany's Museum Morsbroich

Plans to shut institution and sell its seminal Modern and contemporary works are "alarming" artist says

Armchair archaeologists reveal details of life in ancient Egypt

Online volunteers uncover shopping lists, hangover cures and a match-fixing agreement among Oxyrhynchus papyri fragments

Brain drain at Sotheby’s as Henry Wyndham the latest to leave

Chairman will take a six-month break before deciding what’s next

Moscow judge extends detention of Russian protest artist

A cheery Pyotr Pavlensky demanded again in the courtroom to be tried as a terrorist for his political performances against the Russian government

Opera-loving artist Raqib Shaw to show new paintings at Glyndebourne

Artist is the second to be selected for White Cube pop-up gallery at the music festival

Meet the five surprising arts figures behind the Republican presidential candidates

As the race to the White House heats up, we look at the unlikely advisers that back the leading contenders

Statue stolen from Mussolini’s Roman villa to be returned

The work’s current owner voluntarily turned it over to authorities

Racial and gender inequality come under scrutiny in the art world

Arts Council England launches study asking artists to share the challenges and barriers they face in their careers

All of UK’s publicly owned art to go online

Sculptures and works on paper to be added to database of oil paintings

Chelmsford Museum gold coin theft linked to national security alert

Museums across UK were warned about gang making “reconnaissance visits”

Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar faces down Donald Trump over immigration

Monument on US-Mexico border incorporates parts of fence separating the two countries

Met Breuer takes the long view of contemporary art

Inaugural exhibitions at new outpost will avoid the usual suspects

France to get its first Moroccan Cultural Centre in 2018

The project will be funded entirely by the Kingdom of Morocco

'Dear New Yorkers, tear down those walls': Tania Bruguera to stage public vote on immigration

Referendum performance is part of the Rubin Foundation’s political art show When Artists Speak Truth…

Tate photo show gives insight into ‘the vision of the new Tate Modern’

Performing for the Camera is an in-depth survey of the photography of performance