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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
UN advisers launch appeal to stop execution of Palestinian artist in Saudi Arabia
Ashraf Fayadh’s death sentence for apostasy is “unlawful”, experts say
Knoedler Gallery settles lawsuit over fake Willem de Kooning
Collector John Howard bought the forgery from now defunct gallery for $4m
New contemporary art centre in Jamaica to open with Basquiat show
Art adviser Rachael Barrett plans network of spaces across the Caribbean
Danh Vo and Dutch collector settle legal battle
The Danish-Vietnamese artist will no longer have to create a “large and impressive” work for Bert Kreuk
British art dealer Leslie Waddington dies at 81
A loyal champion of British painters, he helped bring post-war American art to London
Can polar bear hair authenticate contested Pollock painting?
Estate of Jackson Pollock’s mistress builds new case around forensic analysis
Peckham rejects plan to turn car park into artists’ studios
Dismay that council’s decision will stop Bold Tendencies building on its success in south London
US presidents and Taiwan back Eisenhower Memorial
Frank Gehry revises controversial design but the family of the soldier and statesman remains unimpressed
The mathematician, the theologian, the poet and the soldier-artist make the case for art
Speculation in art is taken for granted today, so does art still have a higher purpose? What is its role in these troubling, dangerous times? On 28 October, The Art Newspaper celebrated its 25th anniversary with an investigation at the British Museum of what art is for. A famous lawyer interrogated the witnesses for art, while the museum’s director played the part of the judge and summed up at the end. This is a shortened version of what they said
























