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Neil MacGregor announces last acquisitions before retiring from the British Museum
Outgoing director’s portrait by Wolfgang Tillmans and a Lampedusa Cross among works added to collection
Human rights group raises fears over artists imprisoned in Tunisia
Five men have been sentenced under Law52, the anti-drugs legislation enforced by the country’s former president
Margaret Thatcher collection snapped up at Christie’s auction
Former prime minister’s belongings attract bidders from 41 countries
Speed Art Museum asks artists to dig into Kentucky history
Five artists are creating site-specific commissions for Louisville ahead of museum's reopening
Swiss scholar Corinne Diserens to curate Taipei Biennial
Tenth edition will focus on the role of museums and institutional bureaucracy
Getty brings Latin American artists to Los Angeles
Foundation is providing cash for residencies in the city ahead of 2017 programme of exhibitions and events
Venice Biennale’s Iraq Pavilion show to travel to Belgium and Brazil
Invisible Beauty exhibition features works by five Iraqi artists
Artistic director of Also Known As Africa resigns over decision to cancel
Timothée Chaillou not consulted over postponement of new Paris art fair
An Impressionist garden grows in the Bronx
The New York Botanical Garden plans to celebrate its 125th anniversary with an exhibition dedicated to American Impressionism
Venice mayor threatens to sell a Chagall or Klimt
The cash-strapped city is considering selling "non-Venetian" works from its museums to pay for public services such as schools
Art world mourns murder of Indian artist Hema Upadhyay
Internationally acclaimed artist has had shows at the Pompidou, the Ullens Center and the Mori Art Museum
The Buck Stopped Here: Dorothy Cross’s shark tales, living in flux with Frank Auerbach, plus Jim Shaw and Susan Hiller
Lina Bo Bardi's radical displays return to Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Modernist architect's glass easels, which make paintings seemingly float, were removed in 1990s<br> <br>
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Regional UK museums given boost to acquire works by leading contemporary British artists
Contemporary Art Society and Sfumato Foundation launch Great Works scheme to combat London bias
Daniel Silver to create new sculpture celebrating work of Oxford nurses
Three Figures will be part of public art scheme around former Radcliffe Infirmary
Katrina Palmer recreates London’s infamous Necropolitan Line at the Henry Moore Institute
Train connected Waterloo station with Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey
Jack Persekian steps down as director of new Palestinian Museum
Institution is due to open near Jerusalem next year
Guangzhou and Shenzhen flex their biennial muscles
Major exhibitions open in south China, showing there is more to Pearl River Delta than vast factories
Judgment against Max Ernst expert Werner Spies overturned in appeal
French court has reversed a decision fining the scholar for authenticating a fake work of art produced by Wolfgang Beltracchi
Korean artists protest appointment of former Barcelona museum director due to censorship concerns
Bartomeu Marí—the new director of MMCA in Seoul—stepped down earlier this year over controversial sculpture exhibit
V&A’s new European Galleries paint a broader picture of history
After years of delay, completed refurbishment expands understanding of the period from 1600 to 1815
Pussy Riot among artists behind new charity building shelters in Calais for refugees
Refugee Response Foundation, founded by artist duo The Connor Brothers, is also due to help with legal and living costs
Climate change activists to ‘seed bomb’ Abraham Cruzvillegas’s Turbine Hall installation at Tate Modern
Organisers of Deadline Festival are protesting the museum’s sponsorship deal with BP