The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget

The English architect’s “jewel box” weekend retreat has been restored to its original condition

Half of movable works by Renaissance master included in St Petersburg show

Decision to take case to court prompted a public outcry and an online petition

Museum aims to clean and analyse all 28 of its vedute paintings of Venice by spring 2020

Egyptian government hopes vast museum near Pyramids of Giza will win back international tourists

Supported by prominent figures in its day, the little known movement is at last being rescued from obscurity

New exhibition in Florence decodes the “startlingly radical” scientific ideas of the Codex Leicester

Bucharest’s new Muzeul de Arta Recenta emphasises artists who worked outside the structures of the Communist regime

Structure will be re-installed as part of Therme Group's art and architecture initiative

Controversial transfer of Royal Photographic Society collection from Bradford has led to a growing "culture of research" at the museum

Show of artist whose work “undermines old idea of Surrealism being about the objectification of women” opens in Madrid before travelling to London

An amateur artist hit the artist over the head with framed work on paper

Collectors’ private museum, scrutinised by US Senate for limited access, could draw 100,000 people a year

The publicly funded £80m institution is the first design museum to open north of the border

New shows at Charleston will celebrate the liberal legacy of the artists and intellectuals who gathered there

The “avant-garde superstar” of the Renaissance is celebrated in his home city before works make rare trip to the US

Italian government claims licence application did not state portrait was of Prince Camillo Borghese

Trieste deputy mayor Paolo Polidori calls image commissioned for sailing regatta “political propaganda”

Move introduced by new culture minister sparks political backlash but museum directors express support

Long-awaited showcase spaces for collection founded by Mitchell and Emily Rales to open in October

Theme of tenth edition invokes turmoil of global politics, but artists react in individual ways

Exhibition is titled May You Live in Interesting Times, after counterfeit Chinese curse

Tenth edition named after poem written “at a time when Europe was in disarray”

Aga Khan Trust for Culture calls for condemnation of destruction to be reinforced by help on the ground

Exhibition in Barcelona looks at the life and work of the Russian best known for being the wife of Salvador Dalí

The library shows that grassroots museums can take a gutsy stand and contribute to global debates

New World Gallery of anthropology lives up to founder’s aim to “bring the world to Forest Hill”

Six centuries of city’s connection to Muslim world explored in rare Uffizi and Bargello collaboration

Museum’s director Adam Weinberg explains why exhibition took eight years to realise and why it will be "selfie-central"