Mondrian, Magritte and Freud are among the masterpieces acquired by the sanctioned Russian billionaire, according to a report by The Guardian

A new report reveals that humans were building with wood 476,000 years ago, upending previous beliefs about our ancestors

The UK county faces pressure to find £86m in savings

The UN cultural body is requesting modifications to the controversial scheme, which will see a dual-carriageway tunnel running close to the ancient heritage site by next year

The top prize of £110,000 will go to an exhibition that will take place in the next three years, with £30,000 awarded directly to the winning artist

Artists, poets and writers will also respond to statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass following the introduction of the UK's "retain and explain" policy

Public works by four artists go on show in Edinburgh, Paris and Dublin focusing on the "battle for basic human rights"

Art world figures, meanwhile, have continued to question the relevance of the approach

The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, spans five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture

Creative arts will be at the core of school curriculums, she pledged

The drawing, which was first sold by the Yorkshire auction house in 2021, depicts Dover harbour from an East India company ship

The work honours the artist and activist Khadija Saye who died in the fire in 2017

Connoisseurs and app makers agree on one thing: artificial intelligence-driven apps may supplement but do not replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship

New museum director hopes to appeal to younger audiences though selfie sticks are still off limits

Damaging any of the sites inscribed in the agency's new list qualifies as a ‘serious violation’ to the 1954 Hague Convention

The Biblical painting will be shown at Moretti Fine Art gallery in Paris

The funds will benefit organisations including Glasgow Women’s Library and Studio Voltaire

Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring

The move comes after the UK artist split from Simon Lee Gallery in London

Objects handed over as part of the extensive repatriation project include shell dolls, bark baskets and spear throwers

Our roundup of the latest art publications

The artist also discusses her “meditation on death”, a film shot around and above Hart Island in the US

The Labour MP, who has held the position before, campaigned for the removal of Bristol's Edward Colston statue

The Scottish museum confirmed it will not be returning the £500,000 it received before opening in 2018

The former V&A director was keeper of coins and medal at the embattled London institution

A 60-year “obsession” began when Michael Peppiatt set out for Paris with a letter of introduction from Francis Bacon

The treasures singled out so far include the Mold Gold Cape and Moel Hebog shield

Both posts are part of an initative to redefine the institution's “existing collection of art and offer new perspectives on global art histories”

The new space at the Tasmanian institution will also include other “treasures” according to Walsh's wife, curator and artist Kirsha Kaechele

Open letter also says that the regime is ‘using art to salvage its public image’