Plus: Polish museum director dismissed by local government, Manchester Museum returns 174 items to Indigenous Australians, and the rest of the week's art news
A former pig farm is a meeting place for artists and scientists delving into the mysteries of the dark
The psychedelic artwork-meets-wellbeing experience is still in its pilot stages but it deserves to be a mainstream hit
Smashing expectations, the hype-powered auction introduced a new and particularly well-oiled model of the big houses' marketing machine
From a giant billiard table to a three storey concrete house, we take a look at some of the most compelling public artworks in recent history
Despite the creative possibilities and environmental benefits of refurbishment, developers are all too eager to start over
The Indian sculptor lives and works in a remote rural village where she has to contend with regular power cuts and monsoon downpours
The theft of 2,000 items is a scandal that points to wider failures of leadership and oversight. So can the museum right what has gone wrong by itself?
This year’s edition of the event in Paris includes more dealers from more countries and offers an astonishing range of artefacts
With its combination of visual splendour and complex allegory, the marble pavement of Siena Cathedral is one of the most enticing of all Renaissance masterpieces
By brightening up corporate spaces, employers are trying to tempt remote workers back to business as usual
From Scipione Borghese to Peggy Guggenheim, collectors have long supported the careers of the world’s most influential artists
This beaded seat represents the might of a monarch – and his global reach, says Kristen Windmuller-Luna of the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Green Vault in Dresden has received a baroque chess set for its 300th birthday, plus the rest of the most important items to enter public collections
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
An exhibition in Vienna tackles the involvement of Jewish players in some of Europe’s oldest clubs – and how those clubs acknowledge this history
The Egyptian film industry came to dominate the Arab world – and poster makers did much to secure its hold on the popular imagination
On the anniversary of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, we consider the history of exploration through four objects including a map of sea monsters and a robot used for navigation
The vintage trucks in London’s parks provide soft serve with an outsize dollop of nostalgia – and do it in style
Finland’s questing version of modernism, as championed by Alvar Aalto, went hand in hand with the development of social democracy
It has been a monumental week for Paris’s leading tourist attraction. Let us hope recent events have distracted La Dame de Fer from an unhappy matter of the heart
The Eye Filmmuseum highlights the madness of the director’s methods and how beautiful the finished films are – and leaves us to make up our own minds about it all
How tales of witchcraft have spellbound artists and makers for centuries
