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New York mayor makes slow progress on election promises
Bill de Blasio slashes budgets for big capital projects and has yet to deliver on other fronts
First hearings held in the Hague over alleged cultural heritage war crimes
Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi appeared at the International Criminal Court this week in connection to 2012 attacks on Timbuktu
France and The Netherlands to share ownership of Rembrandt portraits
Masterpieces will be exhibited together, alternating between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre
Star Wars creator's museum buys sprawling work by US cartoonist
Robert Crumb’s illustration of Bible chapters to go on show in George Lucas's space in Chicago
Visitors down 35% as National Gallery strike continues
Half the museum's rooms have been closed since August
Beirut-based Christine Tohmé named curator of 13th Sharjah Biennial
Event is due to take place in 2017
Royal College of Art suspends first year of course due to staff shortage
Closure is latest upset for college criticised by some for being too “business-like”
Orhan Pamuk’s novel-inspired museum to get London edition
Works housed at the Museum of Innocence will go on show at Somerset House next year
Hockney’s new portraits destined for London and Los Angeles shows
Art-world figures including Larry Gagosian and Benedikt Taschen among sitters
Discovery leads experts to redraw map of ancient Rome
The outline of a house dating to the sixth century BC was found beneath the Palazzo Canevari on the Quirinal Hill
Performance extravaganza 15 Rooms opens in Shanghai
Event’s first iteration in Asia includes five Chinese artists but no female nudity
Corbyn calls for end to arts cuts
Newly elected left-wing leader of Labour Party promises increased funding for the arts and backs National Gallery strikers
Gainsborough’s House launches fundraising campaign
Planned extension will put Grade-I listed townhouse on the international art map
Ai and Kapoor complete walk for refugees
Blankets carried by participants, as symbol of concern, will go to charity
Wadsworth relives Gilded Age glory days in grand reopening
Every gallery will be open to the public for the first time in 50 years
To see the Cold War, come to California
One of the world’s largest Cold War archives is moving to a new home in a former military complex
Ai Weiwei praises Germany’s response to refugee crisis
Artist reveals he was only granted full UK visa for Royal Academy show in London while in the air heading to Munich
Unofficial Iranian art ‘embassy’ to open in Jerusalem
Launch of the performance and exhibition space pushed back to October as more artists joined the project
US election 2016: which of the presidential frontrunners gets the arts?
Our guide to who’s running for the White House and what they have funded—or cut
Iranian artist could see sentence extended after shaking lawyer’s hand
Atena Farghadani’s gesture has led to new charges including “indecent conduct”
Was this unknown man Italy’s greatest collector?
Federico Cerruti died with a treasure-filled house in which he had slept only one night
Sotheby’s to sell collection of former owner Alfred Taubman
Auction of works owned by tycoon, who went to prison for price-fixing scandal, may be the most valuable private collection ever to hit the block
Artist to lead France's most prestigious art school after summer of discontent
Culture minister's appointment of Jean-Marc Bustamante follows controversial removal of leading curator at Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Luciano Benetton’s collection presents a united view of the world’s cultures
But Venice exhibition is also full of political unrest and upheaval
Lawsuit against Cooper Union comes to an end
The college promises to work toward restoring free tuition
