The “commitment will strengthen Centre Pompidou’s work across access, scholarship, and the preservation of public knowledge” according to a statement

A storm of opinion is raging in the arts world on whether an admission fee is needed, with some museums arguing the income would be offset by a loss of other revenue

The first tranche of tickets can be booked from 1 July; members, meanwhile, will only be able to visit free-of-charge twice

The Hong Kong and Paris institutions will stage a major exhibition with work from both collections, to open at the revamped Centre Pompidou in 2030

Featuring a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, the display is framed as a "taster" of Tate Britain's public sculpture garden to open next year

Best known for daring audiences to face and feel the female body on her own terms, the performance artist died in Vienna on 14 May at 85 years old

The New Museum’s senior curator takes us around the fair, highlighting works by Arthur Simms, Pedro Neves and others

The Brooklyn Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art both acquired works with assistance from the Sherman Family Foundation Acquisition Fund

A display of more than 3,000 volumes of printed-out files seeks to inform the public about the sex offender's multifarious entanglements

The 87-year-old artist and poet is the inaugural receipient of the £200,000 award, lauded as the UK's largest contemporary art prize

Walid Raad, Alice Maher and Alfredo Jaar are among those who have signed a protest statement in solidarity with the resignation of the exhibition's jury

The action, organised by the campaign group Art Not Genocide Alliance, will culminate in a rally in the city

The work known as ‘Migrant Child’ was extensively conserved in a project funded by the banking group Banca Ifis

The Vatican meanwhile recently opened a contemporary art space, which next year will feature work by artists including Yan Pei-Ming

From splashing sewage to moments of zen, here is our selection of top national presentations in the Giardini, Arsenale and across town

A rally is also planned to take place in the city on the same day, 8 May

Our round-up of the latest art publications

Different artists’ takes on the film star are explored ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London

From a Christie's exhibition to a posthumous display of Mel Ramos, this year numerous explicitly commercial shows signal a shift in attitude

The Quattrocento Renaissance painting will be on loan to the Ashmolean Museum for three years

The objects, acquired by English reverend William Charles Willoughby in the 19th century, will now form part of a permanent display in Serowe

After sponsoring many exhibitions and commissions across his native Greece, Neon founder Dimitris Daskalopoulos will continue to fund individual projects in Athens and several curatorial posts

Major conservation funding, sponsored by Bank of America, has been granted to London's National Gallery as well as 17 additional projects at other international institutions

Proudly regional, but with global ambitions, the 20th edition of Sweden's largest commercial art event sees 54 dealers gather in a new venue

Led by Turner Prize winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Earshot utilises audio as a tool for research and advocacy

The Reform-run council sold the public work back to the artist for an undisclosed sum

Spaces in Norwich, Plymouth and Cambridge will be considered alongside London heavyweights for the £120,000 award

Organised by curator Ekow Eshun, "A Chorus of Strangers" includes artists such as Alex Margo Arden, Alvaro Barrington, Lubna Chowdhary and Jesse Darling

The Labour peer Margaret Hodge has gone into more detail on proposals put forward in a report about the funding body Arts Council England

The investment, part of a £128m support package for culture venues across the UK, follows a period in which the centre has struggled financially