Proposed plans have been criticised as distraction tactics from the state's "lethally failed response to the pandemic and the consequences of a disastrous Brexit"

New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"

Sale of controversial 1936 painting criticised by organisation behind artist Hergé’s estate

Family of artist Carl Nesjar—who collaborated on the works with Picasso—say they have a copyright claim and should help decide where the pieces are relocated

Advertising firms in Minneapolis—where Floyd was killed by police—refused to show the work saying it was too violent, but advocacy group says it will try again

Old outbuildings on the actor's estate will be knocked down to make way for the studio—and provisions will be made for the protected bats that live there

Artists Dread Scott and Glenn Ligon among cultural figures pointing out stark contrast in how law enforcement handled the mob compared with Black Lives Matter protestors

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead is also under threat of closure as part of cost-cutting measures by local council

Art history scholars disagree over possible discovery of work by Renaissance master, which is owned by private collector

Florence gallery also planning vast exhibition dedicated to the poet in Forlì featuring works by Michelangelo

A monograph on Catherine Opie, an analysis of museums in the 21st century and an overview of Joseph Beuys also make the grade

John Baldessari, Beverly Pepper, Irina Antonova and Christo were among those who died last year

Previews of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, Prospect.5 and the 11th Liverpool Biennial—plus, lots of dates for your diary

Works were purchased from Souls Grown Deep Foundation in a move that could ‘alter the canon of American art'

Culture minister wants to move the ‘red lines’ in negotiations with Baroness Carmen Cervera

Former Tate Britain chief Stephen Deuchar is knighted; curator Lesley Fitton and ceramicist Jennifer Lee also recognised

Artist’s campaign and petition prompted dismantling of ‘Emancipation Group’ piece—but original still stands in Washington DC

Artist’s resale right, import VAT, red tape, and smuggling directives are addressed by our experts

Tributes paid to Manila-born trailblazer who co-founded hugely influential Signals gallery in 1960s London

Despite a £1.57bn pot, an algorithm-based grant-making process and complex criteria have left some major institutions empty-handed

Collector David Walsh’s celebrated subterranean gallery marks tenth anniversary next month

Thermopolium snack bar is revealed in full, providing "extraordinary evidence of the Mediterranean diet', says director

‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ is about a Syrian refugee who gets inked and exhibited in a Brussels museum

Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures post, held by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, will be ‘lost and held in abeyance’

Woodland scene by Jan Brueghel the Elder heads to Washington DC; London’s National Portrait Gallery gets a Gainsborough via acceptance in lieu

Row over plaster cast of monarch dumped in the canal escalates after Danish culture ministry steps in

Devaney, previously at the RA for 22 years, will oversee artist’s catalogue raisonné among other projects

Mwazulu Diyabanza says that “museums do not deserve respect” as restitution debate intensifies

Proceeds from the pieces sold at Sotheby’s Paris in February will go towards the artist duo's estate

UK artist is showing more than 40 works in his Mental Escapology exhibition in the Alpine Swiss city