An anonymous collective unfurled banners proclaiming “Women, Life, Freedom” from the top of the institution's rotunda

The protestors from Letzte Generation took inspiration from a recent stunt that saw Van Gogh's Sunflowers doused in soup

The £7.8m work will remain on public display in Salford thanks to a charitable donation

The multi-disciplinary Paris-based artist wins the €35,000 Prix Duchamp award for mixed-media waterfall installation

An exhibition open to the public in London's Piccadilly will bring together the art from top UK artists before the works go under the hammer at Christie's

Works from tech giant co-founder Paul Allen's estate go on sale at Christie's New York next month

The environmental group Just Stop Oil says it attacked the painting in response to the UK government’s inaction on the cost-of-living and climate crises

As auction sales soar, 14 galleries are showing at this year’s contemporary African art fair for the first time

Institutions are urged to show solidarity following Mahsa Amini's death after her detention by the morality police

“Contemporary art project” Ai-Da gave evidence to the House of Lords, taking questions from bemused members

Artist’s huge sculpture at Benesse Art Site Naoshima has been restored after being severely damaged last year

Belgian curator, who once headed Tate Modern, recently backed decision to kick Fiac out of Grand Palais in Paris

Move rebuffs George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, who proposed a new collaborative arrangement

A new publication unpicks how becoming a parent can detrimentally affect an artist’s career and suggests ways the art world can do better

The show will include contemporary art commissions by artists such as French-born Yasmina Benabderrahmane and Istanbul-based Ali Kazma

Pieces in West Hollywood and London's Piccadilly are a reaction to the death of 22-year-old student Mahsa Amini, after being detained by authorities in the country

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Case was escalated after some Conservative MPs criticised the acquittal of the four protestors who removed the public monument

Public art programme Sites will replace Hors les Murs—the outdoor sculpture event hosted by Fiac—Paris's once-unrivalled contemporary fair

The Kurdish activist Zehra Doğan has been released after a brief detention by German authorities, but may still face charges

As Unesco pledges $350,000 to safeguard sites, questions are raised about the country’s long-term commitment to restoring and protecting key locations in the face of the climate crisis

The Artistic Freedom Initiative is resettling 23 arts professionals and 38 family members in the US in the wake of the insurgency

Up to 62 works in the collection, including paintings by Joaquín Sorolla and François Boucher copies, could be returned to their original owners under the current investigation

Paris museum's pyramid joins the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay and Chateau Versailles in French government initiative to save power

Questions raised about the fate of the capital’s most prominent platform for contemporary art

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

Members of the finding committee—including Tate Modern director, Frances Morris—condemn the advisory group’s decision to pull the works

Artist’s controversial relationships with women will be examined through "the prism of feminism", including via a dedicated Brooklyn Museum exhibition co-curated by comedian Hannah Gadsby

Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed presents artist's efforts to bring some family members to justice following her own recovery from opioid addiction

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