The incident raises questions about security in open-storage museums

Judges including comedian Phil Wang and artist Rana Begum selected the Beamish Museum to join four other spaces on the Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist

In a new blog post, a scholar in Anglo-Saxon nudity doubles down on his belief that the mystery appendage is a phallus, not a scabbard

The new San Marco Art Centre will be based in St Mark’s Square from next month, while the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation will take over the Dorsoduro building

Backed by MPs and artists including Tracey Emin and Larry Achiampong, the report calls for a £5m grassroots visual arts fund and a reversal of funding cuts

The exhibition, entitled Pairs Skating, is due to open later today at the Yermilov Centre

Conservators at The Mauritshuis gallery say famous paintings may have been made by the Dutch Old Master’s students or studio assistants

The four nominated artists will take part in an exhibition in Bradford later this year as part of the UK City of Culture festival

The event, planned to take place in London's Trafalgar Square on 26 July, will draw folklore and traditions from across the UK

The work will travel across Ukraine, emblazoned across a passenger train

The New York- and Geneva-based gallery says it will appeal the ruling in the case brought by Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani

Contemporary and performance art, plus a sprawling survey of sub-Saharan art are all on offer during the fair

Arab art expert Saeb Eigner explores the work of more than 250 Modern and contemporary artists spanning diverse art movements across 22 countries in the Middle East

The new scheme, managed by Art Dubai, will provide up to half the stand costs for galleries to exhibit at major fairs

Dealer who bought “Season’s Greetings”, which first appeared in south Wales in December 2018, says local council rejected plans for urban art museum

The objects, including what the museum describes as England's oldest known figurative art work, will head to Bradford for a major exhibition opening this summer

Dries Verhoeven will show a performance piece in the Dutch pavilion while Eglė Budvytytė looks to Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas

The art world provocateur's latest works have been unveiled at Gagosian gallery, London

The statue, which has twice been vandalised in recent years, is now displayed in a glass case

From subversions of the “reclining woman“ motif to an urban cosmos, the works in these sprawling shows offer an insight into the diversity of the two artists’ practices

Frances Morris says she will be regaining a climate advocacy role at a crucial moment

Jorge and Darlene Pérez will also fund curatorial endowment and have pledged to make a donation of African art

The Swedish artist has explored ‘Westernised’ Chinese restaurants through a magical realist lens

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The Arab art specialist Saeb Eigner talks about his comprehensive new biography spanning from 1900 to today

Ahead of the opening of his largest UK exhibition to date, the Italian artist discusses what will make this show unique

The UK's Spoliation Advisory Panel says the work was taken by the Nazis as “an act of racial persecution”

The exhibition, featuring loans from the Palace of Versailles and The Palace Museum in Beijing, celebrates the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations

The Taiwanese artist encourages the audience to make their mark on his vast installation, an evocation of Picasso’s 1930s masterpiece, at M+ in Hong Kong

Shin Min wins MGM's $50,000 award for her portrayal of the “harsh reality” faced by fast food workers in South Korea