While most have fled the conflict, some remained to document the suffering

Palestinian art collector has commissioned a wall hanging based on Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi’s drawing, which is now in the Tate

Medieval artefacts surfaced in the United Arab Emirates

State government pledges to build permanent venue for the event

Illicitly excavated artefacts are “gushing out” of the country, experts warn

Foundation behind museum has committed $200m to post-war reconstruction

In a wide-ranging interview, Maamoun Abdulkarim discussed the realities of illegal trafficking, restoration efforts in Palmyra and his concerns over destruction in Aleppo

Immigrant artists are due to take centre-stage in the September exhibition

The independent-minded philanthropist whose life was touched by tragedy

Heiner Pietzsch will lend works to Scotland instead

Lewis Carroll’s photographs of Alice Liddell and Steichen’s portrait of Rodin among images collected before the Iranian revolution

Belgian artist restores palatial buildings in Kashan and creates works with Isfahan metalworkers

As the Iranian President pushes to improve state water management, curators ask artists to respond to the environmental crisis

Director denies that politicians want to transfer collection to private foundation

Opening of two specialist study centres—a first for the country—begins era of Greek-Turkish collaboration

Artist Sudarshan Shetty to curate exhibition that has drawn a million visitors

Issa Touma vows to return to Aleppo amid the fighting

Authorities confirmed the objects had been taken from national collection and fakes left in their place

What will Donald Trump think?

Event has been repositioned as “the” place to see South Asian art

Artisans set up shop at Smithsonian for show championing Kabul’s talent as terrorist threats mount at home

Belgian artist is at the forefront of improving relations between Iran and the West

Broadcaster and British Museum among lenders to London show

Many works by 18th-century portraitist deemed too fragile to travel from US

Artists carry on, even on the front line, but exiles face an increasingly precarious situation