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De Soles reach settlement with Ann Freedman—but Knoedler case could still go on
Mid-trial deal comes just a day before the former gallery director was scheduled to take the stand
More than 500 cultural objects returned to Ecuador
Ancient artefacts and colonial-era art repatriated from Argentina and Spain
Chinese artist retracts forgery claims about disputed Hairdressing paintings
In a letter to a lawyer, Geng Jianyi calls his previous dismissal of the works as authentic a “failure of memory”
Knoedler asked forensic conservator to revise ‘negative’ report
James Martin of Orion Analytical says the gallery asked him to remove key findings, like a pigment that was not in use at the time of painting
Handel and Hendrix duet under one roof
Jimi Hendrix's former girlfriend helped the Handel museum restore the rock musician's home next door
David Chipperfield hired to transform old brewery in central Berlin
Cultural complex is due to open in 2019
Raphael’s drawings to go on show in Oxford and Vienna
Ashmolean Museum and Albertina will join forces for exhibition in 2017
Private collection of Warhols pops up in Oxford
Beuys prints among more than 100 works drawn from Andrew and Christine Hall’s “extraordinary pack of cards”
Yemen battles to save ancient heritage from destruction
Museum in Taiz latest casualty of conflict in which more than 40 sites caught in the crossfire of Saudi-led bombing campaign and fundamentalist attacks
Destination Bangladesh: art world decamps to third Dhaka Art Summit
Four-day event is billed as “the world’s largest non-commercial platform for South Asian art”
Milan’s Palazzo Reale eyes up the Symbolists
Major exhibition opens of the artists who put poetry, myth, love and death first and foremost
Greek island donates 14,000 refugee lifejackets to Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist and activist to create work to draw attention to people smuggling
Historic agreement puts V&A in pole position for photography
Move draws criticism as Bradford's National Media Museum transfers 400,000 photographic items to London
The Met to celebrate art of Qin and Han dynasties
Show on era that shaped Chinese identity follows modern fashion blockbuster
Rothko specialist and son testify they never authenticated fake painting in Knoedler trial
David Anfam and Christopher Rothko were among 11 experts the gallery listed as having viewed the painting
Saudi court overturns death sentence for Ashraf Fayadh
Poet and artist now faces 800 lashes and eight years in prison
Trove of antiquities found in secret Swiss store—and they are linked to a disgraced British art dealer
Objects widely thought to be connected to Robin Symes will be unveiled in Rome this week
The bee’s knees: UK’s Expo pavilion to come to Kew Gardens
Wolfgang Buttress’s installation on the honey-makers was on show in Milan
Paintings to go: Starbucks now sells art with its lattes
Works by emerging artists are available in new Chelsea branch
Paris photography biennial Photoquai cancelled
The event, organised by the Musée du Quai Branly, highlighted contemporary photography of Africa and Asia
Art in shopping malls: it’s all product after all
Art has long been hitched to luxury goods, but it is now becoming a more democratic—or commercial—concept as malls begin to incorporate exhibition space
Wildenstein can’t be forced to recognise disputed Monet
French court will not intervene over work that was championed by BBC’s Fake or Fortune
Ellsworth Kelly’s last projects are also firsts: photography show and $23m building
Initiatives in New York and Texas
