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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
More foreigners than Brits to visit UK’s top museums
Boost for tourism as rising numbers of visitors flock to London and beyond
ARCHIVE Mapplethorpe’s images retain power to disturb
Los Angeles shows will include provocative portraits but not images of children
MFA Boston is latest museum to shed its art school
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), is to merge with the city’s Tufts University this summer
Tania Bruguera to take up residence at South London Gallery?
Project is organised with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York
Artistic freedom comes under attack
Pressure to self-censor grows in the West as authorities clamp down across the Middle East
Bombing at Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square
The explosion was in one of the city’s most popular tourist areas, close to the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Blue Mosque and the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
