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How the Barnes Foundation is reinventing itself
Philadelphia-based private museum lays plans to show non-Western art, commission contemporary works and open up to scholars
Next stop for Tehran’s Modern art collection: the Maxxi in Rome
Italian museum is latest in line to borrow works by artists including Pollock and Picasso
The Art Newspaper China announces winners of its annual art award
Recipients include the Ullens Center, K11 and M+
UN Climate Change Conference: Paris's hottest art projects
As world leaders meet to tackle global warming, we look at how artists are turning up the heat across the French capital
Rijksmuseum hangs visceral works by Anish Kapoor alongside Dutch Old Masters
British artist says aftermath of suicide bombings are on his mind as new works go on show in Amsterdam
Russia breaks cultural ties with Turkey
Move comes amid rising tensions over downed Russian fighter jet
Prisoner of Cultural Revolution receives posthumous celebration
Mu Xin Art Museum honours artist and poet whose work bridged Chinese and Western cultures
Spanish museum squabble over Old Masters ends
Works will not be transferred from the Prado to new Royal Collections museum
Carrie Mae Weems to pay tribute to Obama’s response to racist shootings in Charleston
Artist's work, which will be performed in June, is meant as a gift to the US president
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





























