Art Basel strives to look beyond the exclusive world of the fair
This year's edition has a notably political edge, while the Art Basel organisation is working on wider cultural partnerships
This year's edition has a notably political edge, while the Art Basel organisation is working on wider cultural partnerships
Oddities and masterpieces abound in Spain's first exhibition devoted to the French artist
An intriguing exhibition in Milan questions which side of a painting we should pay attention to
All-out strike at the National Gallery; Gulf Labor in Venice; €80million for cultural projects in Italy; and a new Global CEO for Bonhams
Tate Britain appoints its next director; Ai Weiwei denied a six-month visa by UK government; Paolozzi's London Underground murals relocate to Edinburgh; and the National Gallery makes an unusual painting purchase
Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport; Gerhard Richter threatens to pull loaned artworks from German museums; Douglas Gordon attacks theatre with axe
Why rent a gallery when you can use your own apartment?
Culture minister Dario Franceschini has 20 very big decisions to make
British Museum highlights could be sent to Abu Dhabi; Iranian artist imprisoned for 'insulting the Supreme Leader'; MoMA staff stage protests
Fears for Palmyra as Islamic State militants seize neighbouring town; Anne Pasternak takes over at the Brooklyn Museum; Abramovic and Jay Z have a very public spat
It's party week in New York and Venice, but there's angst in Madrid
IS demolishes the ancient city of Nimrud; Günter Grass dies aged 87; art trumps privacy in US court ruling; and don't mention the Elgin Marbles
For many of us, frames are something of an afterthought, but it wasn't always so
Tate Britain director and RA curator head for Europe; LACMA teams up with Hyundai; the UK's fight to keep an ancient Egyptian statue continues; plus our favourite April Fools
Art news: English Heritage to split in two; Romania's silence over Brancusi statue sale; Cézanne sketches discovered at the Barnes Foundation
Sponsorship, strikes and self-censorship in London's top museums; the Smithsonian's international expansion; Tutankhamun's broken beard
The British Museum lends a Parthenon marble to Russia; the Cooper Hewitt reopens in New York; and another art theft in Italy
News from the art world: art awards, auction records, and a royal stamp of approval
Major gifts, controversial sales and record-breaking auctions
The J. Paul Getty Museum's major Manet acquisition; Ronald Lauder's warning to the Kunstmuseum Bern; and North Korea's first UK art show