Artists and urban planners are finding creative ways to brighten up the concrete blocks and barriers that pepper today's urban spaces
The design for Millicent Fawcett's statue breaks the mould, but Parliament Square is a problematic site
It's time for leading cultural figures to work with the state to reform Irish heritage protection
Two wax sculptures of art impresarios were ceremonially lit today in Florence's Piazza della Signoria
The historic city has suffered major damage, but the worst unkindness we could offer it now is to write it off as 'destroyed'
Art news daily: 1 September
Tang was well known as an entrepreneur, a socialite, and a columnist; he was also a leading art collector and patron of the arts
The greatest Gothic Revival building in the world is facing catastrophe unless MPs clear out
Millions were displaced and hundreds of thousands killed in the Partition of India. Seventy years on, a new museum addresses the tragedy
The former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum has died at the age of 62
Edinburgh’s museums and galleries provide respite from the onslaught of the Fringe
Luke Willis Thompson's work with Diamond Reynolds is a powerful response to the shooting of Philando Castile
This month's acquisitions include a rare portrait by Richard Wilson, the Edward Hopper archive and an exceptional group of drawings
A small exhibition of Margaret Clarke's work proves that the best shows aren't always the blockbusters
The founding president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust has died at the age of 89
Even if a wild animal could create an image by itself, it's not easy to see how it can claim copyright
Microsoft has reversed its decision to discontinue MS Paint, the programme that turned all of us into (very bad) Picassos
Art news daily: 26 July
This thrilling exhibition reveals the glamour of an everyday material
The reattribution of 25 drawings will transform how we think about a great British painter
This year's Les Rencontres d'Arles ranges from Joel Meyerowitz's street photography to repurposed statues of Lenin in Ukraine
Waddington Custot celebrates Beuys's boxing skills, while a mysterious British artist steals the show at Bagshawe Fine Art
Daniel Hannan gets furious about a statue of Engels, and the rest of this week's arty tittle-tattle
The blue whale skeleton installed at Natural History Museum is proving as popular as Dippy the Diplodocus
