Art market puts a positive spin on a downbeat London fortnight

Former teacher Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is accused of alleged war crimes for ordering the razing of mausoleums in Timbuktu

Artist is the second to be selected for White Cube pop-up gallery at the music festival

Arts Council England launches study asking artists to share the challenges and barriers they face in their careers

Auction house launches new mid-season sale aimed at first-time collectors

Exhibition comes five years after triumphant Royal Academy show in 2012

The UK artist will unveil her new film project, including submissions from the public, at the House festival in Brighton

Dennis Morris is considering legal action over painting removed from Sotheby’s day sale last week

Concetto Spaziale was being shipped from France to the Armory Show in New York last year

Most of the 7,000 objects in the eclectic collection have never been shown, from weaponry and manuscripts to life-size replicas of ships and castle models

Mayor of Lesbos donated 14,000 vests to the Chinese artist and activist who created installation outside city’s Konzerthaus

Cautious estimates at Bonhams and Christie’s produce solid results in cooling market

Phillips and Sotheby’s sales come in short of estimates—but those in the trade call it a healthy correction

Art festival takes place in electricity substations, defunct pubs and a former funeral parlour

Ghanaian artist is also creating an installation for the Marrakesh Biennale this month

Chinese artist and activist to create work to draw attention to people smuggling

Objects widely thought to be connected to Robin Symes will be unveiled in Rome this week

Los Angeles shows will include provocative portraits but not images of children

Project is organised with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York

Pressure to self-censor grows in the West as authorities clamp down across the Middle East

Hauser & Wirth, Andrea Rosen and Massimo de Carlo collaborate to host simultaneous exhibitions

Danish parliament has approved plans to allow police to seize cash and valuables from refugees entering the country

Lectures and courses are designed to further careers of arts professionals

Middle market helps deliver auction house’s second highest results in 250-year history

Auction is latest in a raft of exhibitions and sales to promote women artists

Move could allow cultural heritage experts to set up Blue Shield headquarters in London

But 85% say market for Modern British and contemporary art will remain as strong or fare better in 2016

Abstract work is top lot in Sotheby’s London evening sale next month