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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

Putin intervenes in Crimean row

Priest resigns after outrage over appointment to run World Heritage Site

Baselitz puts German culture minister in the firing line

Art trade up in arms over implications of draft bill that aims to protect the import and export of cultural property

Why Churchill missed the cut in Thatcher’s No. 10 rehang

Archives reveal the Iron Lady’s decisive views on the portraits of Great Britons that she wanted for Downing Street

National Gallery’s new management instantly embroiled in strike crisis

Finaldi and Rothschild take over as outsourcing deal for warding services triggers indefinite walkout

Zaha Hadid buries new museum beneath Italian Alpine peak

Museum dedicated to the art of climbing offers sweeping views

New museum on Silk Road breaks the Chinese mould

Islam is the focus of north-west China’s first contemporary art institution

Murakami reveals surprise debt to Anselm Kiefer

Superstar artist provides exclusive insight into vast and eclectic collection before his Yokohama show—just don’t call him the Japanese Andy Warhol

Mamma mia! Show on motherhood opens in Milan

Massimiliano Gioni’s latest exhibition looks at the relationship between women and power in the 20th century

Chinese billionaire to build 17 shopping centres and fill them with art

Adrian Cheng’s “museum-retail art malls” to open across China

Turner prize nominee hands out housewarming sculptures to west London estate residents

Nathan Coley’s apple tree works draw on the turbulent history of the former Frestonia community

William Kentridge plans epic frieze for River Tiber

South African artist will incorporate pollution in 550m-long work