Art news daily: 8 June
The actor Willem Dafoe will play Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti in a reading at the Beyeler Foundation later this month
Melanie Gerlis on the works not to miss at the fair in Basel this year
While recent reports suggest Caravaggio’s stolen Nativity may be intact in Switzerland, it’s worth treading carefully
A reality TV star meets the Mona Lisa in Paris, Grayson Perry on why art beats theatre, and Bill and Hillary Clinton's collection of Bono drawings
Art news daily: 7 June
Michael Eden’s brightly coloured creations offer a modern update on the manor’s historic collection
Art news daily: 6 June
Two Attic vases once owned by Lucien Bonaparte enter the Louvre, while the Getty acquires its first Rodin bronze
The designer’s interpretations of Chinese decorative art can now be found in the V&A
Art news daily: 5 June
How the women artists of Surrealism explored the creative possibilities of friendship
The British-Norwegian artist explores the mysterious nature of speech in a new performance
Art news daily: 4 June
The lives of John Craxton, Nikos Ghika and Patrick Leigh Fermor come under the spotlight at the British Museum
The late American novelist's friends included R.B. Kitaj and Philip Guston. But he didn't always get on with contemporary art...
The arts in Qajar Iran acknowledged previous traditions while reflecting a rapidly changing world
Art news daily: 1 June
The artist’s memoir looks back to his childhood in Russia and forward to a new life in France
Your chance to win ‘Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World’ (Getty Publications)
Art news daily: 31 May
Provocative performances by Zhang Huan and Li Binyuan offer a cross-generational view of contemporary art in Beijing
In the debate surrounding the Maqdala artefacts, the significance of the individual objects is often ignored
Recent thefts from museums in England and France lay bare the thinking behind such crimes
