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Colchester’s flagship arts centre on the brink

The £27m, Viñoly-designed Firstsite gallery faces closure without regular government funding

Lyons is all about the big issues of modern life

Immigration, consumerism and the downside of the digital revolution are among the topical themes of the 13th biennial

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

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