Maryam Goudarzi claims that the artist should return six 1972 sculptures worth $6m to her, but Tanavoli says they were swapped legally for five newer works

Opening of restored 19th-century complex on Calton Hill has been delayed by dry rot

Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari paid a bail of around $10m according to sources but still await appeal request

A new play in London based on Will Self’s 1997 novel is a viciously literate satire that imagines an art world populated entirely by chimpanzees

Too little of its art survives, but the World of the Fatimids still reveals a remarkable dynasty

Exhibition at King's College draws largely on private collection of Christian Levett

Founder Arif Naqvi's departure from the private equity firm's asset management business in February followed claims the company had misused investor funds

But when does protecting a creative legacy go too far?

Soaring rents due to competition from fashion houses leads to reluctant decision to move from historic five-storey townhouse

"Life’s work" of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian goes on show in former palace in Tehran

Age-old practice is being ‘gradually reinvigorated', but new frontier is seemingly in 3D reprographic skills

Bonhams returns £176,500 for piece attributed to Egyptian sculptor

Collector Emile Hannouche has opened his family mansion in the Bekaa Valley to the public

Dalloul Art Foundation investigates authenticity of some Middle Eastern works before museum opening

Freed from Tate's "tough agenda" of blockbuster shows, sculpture scholar is opening up Portuguese museum's Islamic collections

Against a backdrop of political wrangling, Zena el Khalil’s show focuses on the missing of Lebanon’s civil war

Frederic Burton spent late career acquiring some of museum’s best-known masterpieces

Strong showing of Syrian art across the event including by artist Saad Yagan whose Aleppo studio was destroyed in 2012

Beirut Art Fair includes a loan exhibition drawing on the country’s rich collections

Working group appointed after public outcry recommends new programme mixing art and horticulture

Crowdsourced collection of survivors’ artefacts includes identity cards, steamer trunks and clothing carried by refugees

Jupiter Artland’s new permanent piece by Pablo Bronstein joins two ten-metre-high pavilions in a Gothic and Chinoiserie style

Site in Turkey is due to be flooded after completion of giant Ilisu Dam

Hundreds of works were restored during Dublin museum's refurbishment

Three-night event will be part of Shubbak festival in July

All-Turkish art project sees artists retreat to their studios

Giant female figure made of bamboo was made with the help of the local community in Sylhet

The UAE’s first OMA-designed space launches with a survey of Syrian art

New policies on course to undermine exhibitions and exchange programmes

Major survey of Iranian contemporary art opens in Toronto this week against backdrop of US President's immigration ban