Cadavers on display in 'Real Bodies' show were provided by Dalian-based firm known to have acquired corpses from police

Biennale officials and Sicilian town council call on artist to honour his commitment to return controversial Barca Nostra exhibit after one year

Two trustees, the artist Fiona Banner and the art lawyer Jon Sharples, also stepped down in support

Mark Godfrey has been disciplined after posting a long statement on his Instagram account describing postponement as "extremely patronising to viewers"

Dissident artist says that European museums in China are betraying their own values

Institutions including the Tate, V&A and Pompidou are forging partnerships with the country despite terrible human rights abuses

Italy retaliates with criminal prosecution of right-wing religious group funded by US President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist

Securing the loan extensions was “really easy” says director of the Scuderie del Quirinale

Reduced security staff and distracted police forces could lead to a rise in art thefts—but there are measures that can be taken to protect collections

Video is part of Italy's "Culture never stops!" initiative providing online access to cultural and heritage sites

President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist wants to set up a nationalist bootcamp in an Italian monastery

“Sacrilegious” act on Unesco-recognised site in Arizona which contains remains of Indigenous peoples

Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the "largest protest in the history of the museum"

Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, is married to Sindika Dokolo who has been working for years on repatriating works to the African continent

In the first round of a lengthy legal battle, an Italian court has ruled in favour of a right-wing Catholic organisation which the Ministry of Culture is trying to oust from a historic abbey

Decision to lease Italian medieval monastery to an organisation affiliated with President Trump’s former chief strategist is blamed on staff shortages

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s luxury vessel has unexpectedly circumnavigated Europe and docked in the Netherlands

Country's ruling Socialist party has argued that far-right supporters attracted by the former dictator's tomb distract from the monument's real purpose

An Italian appellate court has overturned the ban on the loan of the celebrated drawing

The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy

US artist’s new show at the Barbican continues his exploration into how artificial intelligence is shaping how organisations control us

Italian conservationists say they may attempt to block the loan of the famous drawing

Artist Trevor Paglen and AI researcher Kate Crawford have investigated the troubling ways in which ImageNet classifies people

Visitors decline steeply at ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor in east London

Francesco Bonami's new political party EXAGERAMOS! promises to introduce new laws including forbidding contemporary art in museums

We speak to the Ghanaian artist as he unveils a major new commission at the Whitworth as part of the Manchester International Festival. Plus, we find out about the Picasso blockbuster at UCCA in Beijing. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

As his show opens at the Kunstmuseum Basel, we talk to the South African artist about his latest works. Plus, we look at the 50th edition of the Art Basel fair. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

An exhibition about migrant deaths at sea provides the information missing from the Swiss-Icelandic artist’s display in Venice

Self-interrogation is central to the work of the South African artist, whose latest piece on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel poses a series of questions that get half-answered

Despite eviction procedures, the US strategist’s collaborator says they will fight to stay in the 13th-century building