Art
British construction boss to open new gallery in Ghana
Marwan Zakhem hopes to create a buzz around the burgeoning scene in the West African country with Gallery 1957
The Buck Stopped Here: the British Empire strikes back, unravelling the Celtic enigma, plus Gavin Turk and Akram Khan
Dubai turns to photography in bid to become UAE’s premier arts hub
Dubai Photo Exhibition to launch in March with works from 23 countries
Matthew Collings on his heady days with David Bowie
The superstar art lover backed the British critic's first forays into book publishing
Science fiction in the Holy Land
Artists Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind discuss how they are propelling Palestinians into an alternate reality
Art world commemorates 50th anniversary of Alberto Giacometti’s death
Raft of exhibitions and projects are due to launch this year
Sotheby’s buys prestigious art advisory firm in $85m deal
Founders of Art Agency, Partners will head up new department, along with Marc Porter, former Americas chairman at Christie’s
Turkey’s crackdown on freedom of expression intensifies
Two leading Turkish artists arrested during peace march, but released days later
Three good reasons why Brisbane’s Asia Pacific Triennial is the tops
No commercial influence, no contemporary-art imperialism and no diva curator
Louvre-Lens director Xavier Dectot steps down after five years, and heads for Edinburgh
Medieval expert will head the department of art and design at the National Museum of Scotland
French dealer’s Dubai residence damaged in New Year's Eve fire
Opening of Stephane Custot’s gallery in the emirate has been delayed
Israeli high court says antiquities dealers must document all artefacts online
Antiquities authority hails December ruling as revolutionary
The robots are coming
Artists turn to precision engineering as production costs for delivering an industrial aesthetic plummet
Owner of purported Monet loses case in French court
Work featured on BBC’s Fake or Fortune programme in 2011
Art among the cacti: recurring exhibition to launch in the Southern Californian desert
Site-specific works will be dotted around Coachella Valley for the new Desert X show
Wildenstein tax evasion and money laundering trial begins
Case could shine spotlight on how some in the art world use trusts and tax havens
France builds grand alliance to protect cultural heritage
Louvre director’s plan calls for co-ordinated response to destruction in Syria and Iraq
‘Art provides the answers to questions no one has asked’
The second “What is Art For?” investigation took place in the Hermitage Theatre last month
Ai Weiwei visits Greek island of Lesbos to document the plight of refugees
Chinese artist and activist has been sharing photographs and videos on social media
Vik Muniz to reveal flip side of Mauritshuis’s Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer
Artist's painstaking copies of backs of famous paintings include the Mona Lisa
Jenny Holzer draws on Walt Whitman for Aids memorial
App will allow people to keep memories alive far beyond New York
Germany could pay $3m to borrow Tehran’s Modern art
Negotiations include huge loan fee part of which will help fund revamp of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art