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Wildenstein tax evasion and money laundering trial begins

Case could shine spotlight on how some in the art world use trusts and tax havens

New Lithuanian art space to open in 2019

The first museum dedicated to Lithuanian Modern and contemporary art will open in the country’s capital

For-profit Parisian museum in receivership

Founder of the Pinacothèque hopes to restructure the institution

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France builds grand alliance to protect cultural heritage

Louvre director’s plan calls for co-ordinated response to destruction in Syria and Iraq

New foundation takes over research into Gurlitt hoard

Much-criticised taskforce hands over responsibility as frustration grows at slow progress

San Sebastián and Wroclaw take up the challenge as Capitals of Culture for 2016

Visual arts will play prominent part in cities’ cultural programmes

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‘Art provides the answers to questions no one has asked’

The second “What is Art For?” investigation took place in the Hermitage Theatre last month

Artists help refugees build shelters in Calais camp

Anglo-French co-operation to alleviate misery in the Jungle

The Year in Review: from idealism to iconoclasm

As The Art Newspaper marks its 25th anniversary, the optimistic world of 1989 has given way to a more troubled age

Art-world experts on their highs and lows of 2015—and their top tips for next year

Figures including Sarah McCrory and Serge Lasvignes reveal their highlights and biggest disappointments

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Vik Muniz to reveal flip side of Mauritshuis’s Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer

Artist's painstaking copies of backs of famous paintings include the Mona Lisa

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Jenny Holzer draws on Walt Whitman for Aids memorial

App will allow people to keep memories alive far beyond New York