Regio IX area, one of nine neighbourhoods, was made publicly accessible this week

The director of the National Gallery of Ireland provides an alternative view of the history of art in her new book

Ignacy Czwartos was chosen to represent Poland but his exhibition concept has been ditched by the new government

Latest measures are attempt to stem mass tourism and conserve the historic city

A tragic figure whose 'promise went mostly unfulfilled', her legacy is now being revisited afresh

NPG chief Nicholas Cullinan, Southbank’s Elaine Bedell and Nick Merriman of Horniman Museum all receive OBEs

Country’s culture minister calls for research into artefacts held by British institutions and also announces a Royal Academy show

The artists Vivan Sundaram and Françoise Gilot, collectors Harald Falckenberg and Barry Humphries plus curator Vincent Honoré were also lost to the art world this year

The artist, known for his Crawl series, treated 'absurdity of racism in an unflinching way’

Turkish arts chief says her decision is not prompted by controversy over curator selection

Latest restitution of work by Cornelis van Haarlem is part of years-long campaign to reunite works with family of Dutch-Jewish dealer

Studio Voltaire is seeking works by Cook who is known for her depictions of bolder, bigger women

More than 40 items worth over £52m allocated to galleries nationwide including a £10.5m miniature Renaissance bronze

A hack that has limited the British Library’s access to its digital systems is the latest in a series of online raids on cultural institutions

We round-up the biggest shows opening each month

Full listings of the biennials and triennials happening in 2024

Italian artist, who won Venice’s Golden Lion award in 1990, is subject of a Guggenheim Bilbao retrospective next year

The Florence museum chief has been named director of Naples's Capodimonte with new leaders also appointed in Milan and Rome as part of right-wing government strategy

The sculptor, who was committed to civil rights, recently completed a monument to Emmett Till

The dispute was sparked by a decision to cancel Palestine Film Festival events

The theme of the third iteration will be “In the Presence of Absence”

Some students were reportedly “disturbed” by Giuseppe Cesari work which depicts bathing nymphs

The price increase will help to subsidise free entry for some visitors and regulate crowd size

While worshippers will be permitted to enter the cathedral by December 2024, a revamp of the surrounding area will continue

A self-portrait by Jesse Darling, who won the prestigious British award this week, is on sale at Chapter NY gallery

Fair’s stands largely remain neutral despite multiple hot-topic issues in the world today

Figures for the first half of 2023 show an increase over the year before, although still below their pre-Covid peaks

Sukeban, a group of Japanese women wrestlers, drew the crowds to a skatepark under an overpass at one of Art Week Miami’s more unusual events

The fair's preview draws a celebrity crowd including Shakira and Jared Leto

Our roundup of the latest art publications