A man attempting to capture a picture of himself at the Florence gallery tripped and left a hole in a work by Anton Domenico Gabbiani

The artist had intended to recontextualise a statue of king Leopold II, who oversaw a brutal regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bristol city council hopes to raise the money in just seven days

More than a dozen galleries are showing at Art Basel for the first time, all brimming with enthusiasm

The country’s cultural offensive also comes ahead of the opening of a clutch of museums

Sculptor Antony Gormley received the top award of Companion of Honour

James Sheen, 40, and Michael Jones, 39, were sentenced in Oxford, UK, for their involvement in the heist

Announced yesterday by chancellor Rachel Reeves, the review states that total expenditure at the DCMS will be reduced by 1.4% in coming years

The reopening of regional UK museum was originally due to take place this year, but was pushed back to 2027

The first-of-its-kind case saw Oghenochuko Ojiri, an expert on the BBC's ‘Bargain Hunt’, sentenced to two and a half years in prison earlier this month

The work was previously attributed to a follower of the 18th-century artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson, but experts agree it was infact painted by a teenaged Turner

Following a restructure and redundancies, Simon Wallis replaces Axel Rüger in the role

The Hepworth Wakefield gallery is hoping to raise £3.8m to acquire ‘Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red’

The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have signed a public letter authored by the co-chief executives of Sadler’s Wells

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The author of a new book, Jeff Koehler, tells us about the French artist’s fruitful but sometimes tricky sojourns in Tangier

All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from a pivotal novel to a book on how Postmodernism “shapes all aspects of contemporary life”—selected by The Cosmic House director Eszter Steierhoffer

A 30-year-old man reportedly “climbed over the guardrail” that protects the 2,000-year-old statues

Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum

Titled ‘Recipes for Broken Hearts’ the biennial will feature more than 70 Uzbek artists, along with the UK's Antony Gormley

Helen Nisbet will lead the Scottish art festival as it launches its 11th edition next year

The V&A East Storehouse, opening at the 2012 London Olympics site on Saturday 31 May, offers visitors an experience akin to a trip to Ikea—including the chance to “order an object”

Building saved following £1.9m fundraising campaign led by artists and galleries

BBC executive, who has died aged 78, profiled artists in his Arena and Imagine series

Chris Bryant has said he wants to “bury” the rumour that Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to abolish the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The museum's directors have issued their first statement since two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead outside the building yesterday evening

Husband-and-wife artist duo Philip and Charlotte Colbert have opened Camden Arts Projects, which kicks off its programme with a show of works by Martin Creed

Works by Edgar Degas, Carl Gustav Carus and Floris van Dijck have entered the gallery's collection

Frederick Doe was convicted in March of conspiring to transfer criminal property and was accused of trying to broker the sale of around 10 kilograms of the stolen gold

Leonard Blavatnik moves down and Denise Coates up amid tax changes that could affect the philanthropic landscape