From raunchy Tom of Finland merch to a sponsorship deal for a Victorian loo—here are some of the arty items that have caught our eye this season

The Pakistani-British artist rose to fame in the 1990s with her “concise humour and profoundly understated visual language”

The Walled Off Hotel, which opened in 2017 directly opposite the West Bank barrier, has been described by the street artist as having “the worst view of any hotel in the world”

Dozens of buildings ravaged by Isis in the northern Iraqi city have now been restored

Netting a solid $133.4m total, the first Sotheby’s live sale in Abu Dhabi is described by the house as the largest debut for any new market in its history

The prize, presented in partnership with Nxthvn, includes a solo stand at Frieze Los Angeles and $25,000

The crypto mogul Justin Sun—who famously bought Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m banana work and ate it—has also donated $7.8m to the government relief fund

The blue-chip gallery has acquired a 19th-century palazzo in need of restoration in Sicily

The cutting-edge institution, which opens tomorrow, fuses museum and library in decommissioned military airport

The celebrity style luminaries will preside over the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's star-filled fundraiser alongside Anna Wintour

More than 600 objects were stolen from the collection of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, which closed in 2008

Barbara Dauphin Duthuit, the wife of Henri Matisse’s grandson, has gifted seven paintings, one sculpture, 28 drawings and eight etchings to the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

An exhibition at Gagosian brings all 126 images together, marking 40 years since Goldin published the seminal series

The next edition of India's leading exhibition, curated by Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces, features performances by Marina Abramovic and Tino Sehgal

Three major pieces, stolen in the October robbery, are absent from the otherwise glittering presentation

Stained-glass works by the French artist Claire Tabouret will replace the original windows, which suffered no damage in the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s spire

In this extract from her new book, Maria "Masha" Alyokhina Alyokhina recalls her first meeting with the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson

The best publications about Picasso's later years, from an esteemed biography to a book about his animal drawings—selected by the curators Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The security expert Anthony Amore provides insights into the curious case of Myles Connor, who stole Rembrandt’s Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn

An anti-establishment fixture of the Los Angeles scene, Foulkes leaves behind a long legacy of furious expression spanning painting, sculpture, animation, music and more

From the signage of HMS Victory and Tate Britain, to the graphic identities of galleries and biennials, his designs can be found across contemporary British culture

The founding editor-in-chief of the bilingual Artes Visuales magazine, Stellweg ran galleries in new York and was also a prolific critic, scholar and curator

A beloved figure in the Windy City art scene, Fitzpatrick was an artist, author, actor, curator and more

John-Paul Stonard argues the case for honouring Constable at London's soon-to-be expanded National Gallery

To read a painting is to understand the context in which it was made, not the context in which we see it, writes Bendor Grosvenor

The writer went beyond the noble occupation of the art critic, smuggling hope into our lives

Affinities and distinctions are equally welcomed in a pair of exhibitions at the London venue

The artist had “a very full existence” in the French capital during the 1970s

Swifties have been arriving in droves to catch a glimpse of Friedrich Heyser's Ophelia, which appears in a recent music video by the showgirl superstar

An new app allows visitors to ‘speak’ with 20 statues in three languages

The Queen of Pop’s 2003 visit sparked a lawsuit—but she was spotted there again just last month