Plus: UNESCO puts Odesa on its list of endangered sites and the fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88
Plus: archaeological artefacts returned to Italy from the United States, and Edinburgh landmark damaged by fire
Plus: three defendants confess to involvement in Green Vault jewel theft and House of Lords reports lambasts UK government’s treatment of the arts
Plus: the artist Michael Snow, the architect Renée Gailhoustet and the art historian Hans Belting have died this week
Plus: Adriano Pedrosa to curate the 2024 Venice Biennale, Cambridge to return Benin Bronzes, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Plus: authorities seized looted artefacts from the home of Met trustee Shelby White, Artforum bought by Penske Media, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Plus: Nottingham Castle Trust goes into liquidation, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Plus: German government introduces €200 Kulturpass scheme | American couple accused of smuggling in Guatemala | Divya Mehra wins Sobey Award in Canada
Plus: museum directors denounce Just Stop Oil protests, Paul Allen collection sells for more than $1.6bn, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Plus: Subhash Kapoor sentenced to ten years in prison, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Plus: Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), and a shake-up at the head of Art Basel
Plus: more looted objects connected to art dealer Subhash Kapoor returned to India, and the rest of the week’s art news
Plus: climate protestors arrested at National Gallery, restitution loophole in the new Charities Act likely to be closed, Angus Trumble (1964–2022)
Plus: the V&A has finally removed the Sackler name from the museum and Chris Dercon is to lead the Fondation Cartier
Plus: the Charities Act of February 2022 grants museums new powers over restitution, Bard College establishes endowment of $50m for the study of Indigenous art, and more art news
Plus: Dimitrios Pandermalis (1940–2022) | and the Prado investigates its holdings for works seized during the Spanish Civil War
The United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch served as patron of numerous arts organisations
Plus: antiquities trafficking investigation extends to Germany and dealer Johann König accused of sexual misconduct
Plus: US Museums must include salaries in job adverts | the interim director of the Orlando Museum resigns after just a month
Plus: an arrest warrant is out for the antiquities dealer Georges Lofti, and the Tate has settled a discrimination case brought by three artists for a six-figure sum
Plus: new appointments at the National Gallery of Ireland and RIBA, Design Miami Paris cancelled amid security fears, and Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan museum
Plus: Long-running dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier enters new phase and British geologist’s conviction for smuggling antiquities overturned
Plus: Documenta director resigns in anti-Semitism row, Italian authorities stop Artemisia sale in Vienna and New York DA’s office returns 142 artefacts to Italy
