The photographer speaks with us about his intimate images of the famed artist, how he got the coveted New York media job and his "diehard" Republicanism

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The art historian Manuel Segade will join the Madrid institution while Tate international art curator Sook-Kyung Lee takes the reins in Manchester

The recently-closed exhibition drew 650,000 visitors in its four month run

Forged objects have been identified among the 60 antiquities returned amid much fanfare earlier this year

Southover House in Lewes will house personal items owned by Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant this autumn and may lead to a dedicated gallery

The campaigner began protesting the Iraq war outside the Houses of Parliament in 2001 and remained camped at the site until his death in 2011

Massive sculpture by Simon Hitchens, criticised by local campaign group, is three times the size of Antony Gormley’s 'Angel of the North'

Alex Farquharson, the director of Tate Britain, opens up on the thinking behind a top-to-bottom reassessment of the largest collection of British art in the world

Work by Tschabalala Self will have to undergo professional restoration

Gallerie dell’Accademia show will explore how Italy shaped the late artist’s vision

An institution for contemporary art and another dedicated to the incense trade route are the first "cultural assets” launched as part of the region's 15-year plan

Glasgow's Barolo Restaurant will run posters with the sculpture visible only from the waist up after artwork with the masterpiece in full-view was rejected

Dastan Gallery's stand hosts works by five artists that interweave the personal and the political

One of the chosen artists, Cornelia Parker, describes her encounters with anti-monarchy protestors

Sources state that demands made for thousands of objects in British collections have been "significantly overstated", and that the report is "misleading"

The South Korean exhibition has come under fire for its Park Seo-Bo art prize which has now been abolished

The institution will be closed for its own 50th anniversary—but will work with the city's museums, including the Louvre, to stage projects during the period

The fourth edition of the art fair opens this week with 90 galleries, 70% of which have premises in Asia

Numerous spaniels featured in the National Gallery of Ireland exhibition are likened to Paris Hilton's chihuahuas by show's curator

The ousting of a Tallahassee principal after school children were shown images of the famous Renaissance sculpture reveals a rather zealous mindset

Last year’s winners include the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla in Spain and Projekt Europa theatre company in the UK

French leader says defacing the work, which will remain on show at the Palais de Tokyo, is "attack on values"

Work commemorating Tiananmen Square tragedy is confiscated as part of "incitement to subversion" case

Sonita Alleyne was appointed Master of Jesus College in 2019—the year the institution announced the UK's first repatriation of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

As the country's far-right government cracks down on LGBTQ rights, public artworks are popping up in protest

Greek minister says move gives restitution discussions with British Museum "momentum"

Major new contemporary art space designed by Renzo Piano opens ahead of key elections

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In his book inspired by the Getty Museum Challenge, Brathwaite recreated portraits by artists such as Georges Trubert and Sonia Boyce