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Qatar opens slavery museum
Institution is one of four in a new Doha development, the state’s latest bid to rebrand itself as a culture hub
UK’s national museums spared big cuts in government spending review
Chancellor George Osborne finds money for British Museum and Victoria and Albert to display objects now in store
Black British artists to be written into art history
Sonia Boyce to cre ate database of works by artists of African and Asian descent held in UK public collections
Dutch artist helps Kurds’ grassroots democracy grow
“People’s parliament” built for revolutionaries fighting Isil in northern Syria
Art world rallies around artist sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
Cultural figures take a stance against court ruling condemning Ashraf Fayadh for apostasy
Venice Biennale bows out with more than half a million visitors
56th edition drew record crowds over a longer period
Wim Delvoye goes to Tehran for surprise solo show
Belgian artist is at the forefront of improving relations between Iran and the West
Western curator explores works by Iranian artist in the heart of Tehran
Exhibition co-organised by Germano Celant signals Iran’s soft power offensive
German culture foundation angers Jewish groups over Holocaust dating
1935 sale of the Guelph Treasure predates the Holocaust “by several years”, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said in US court papers
Robert Irwin to cover entire room in scrim for Hirshhorn show
Site-specific installation will form part of exhibition next year on the artist’s works from the 1960s
Catherine Opie creates monumental work for Los Angeles courthouse
Artist reveals how Yosemite Falls inspired her biggest public art project so far
Singapore National Gallery ready to spring into life
Colonial-era buildings transformed into space for Modern Southeast Asian art
Echoes of the First World War fill Tate Britain’s galleries
Susan Philipsz's sound installation features instruments used by the armed forces
Masterpieces stolen from Verona museum
Works by Tintoretto and Rubens among 17 pieces taken
Middle East looks further east as trend for Korean art continues to grow
Sharjah institution is first in the region to show works by Asian country’s contemporary artists
UK dealers donate major contemporary works to Whitworth gallery in Manchester
Ivor Braka and Thomas Dane hope gift will encourage greater support for culture in the regions
Exact location of Vermeer’s Little Street discovered
Pair of buildings depicted in painting identified as Tripe Gate in Delft
United Nations celebrates female Arab muralists
Centuries-old Saudi tradition of house painting is in danger of dying out
French ambassador backs Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch to go ahead in Paris
Artist hopes installation destined for the Place de la République before terrorist attacks will still form part of UN climate summit
Michael Govan’s advice to collectors: buy a curator lunch
Lacma director contributes to Frick Collection's panel on the long history collecting contemporary art
There is more to Malevich’s Black Square than a hidden racist joke, Moscow curators reveal
Tretyakov museum may invite foreign experts to conduct further research on the radical work
Barcelona boosted by new contemporary art initiative
Fundació Gaspar will host a major exhibition of works by Paul McCarthy in 2016
Guerrilla Girls take aim at ‘cartels of collectors’
Feminist art activists plan “anti-billionaire” campaign to highlight discrimination, which kicks off in Minneapolis
Milwaukee Art Museum pulls off expansion from depths of slump
Mould flourished, floors buckled and ceilings leaked in the two buildings that housed the museum's permanent collection when it announced $34m renovation in 2009 at the height of the recession
UK partners with India for major cross-cultural festival in 2017
The British Museum and British Library will contribute to events across the country
Paris museums reopen and security increased after attacks
Artist, architect and critic among those killed by terrorists
No costumes needed for Xavier Le Roy’s new work
Arts patron John Kaldor helps bring six-hour performance to Sydney
Migration and climate change the focus of Palermo-based Manifesta in 2018
City’s outspoken mayor is backing the biennial, which could transform the island’s identity