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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

Three angry buyers quietly settle forgery cases with Knoedler

Six lawsuits over fake Abstract Expressionist works are ongoing while suspects in Spain face extradition

Four years on and Norway is still divided on massacre memorial

Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg's monument, which calls for a slice of the Sørbråten peninsula to be cut out like “an open wound”, was due for completion in July

Nefertiti tomb theory greeted with scepticism

Zahi Hawass questions claim that queen was buried near Tutankhamun

Greek museums on brink of closure

Latest bailout deal will mean more austerity