Bearded and berobed figures inspired artists including Schiele and Beuys

The late Belgian poet and conceptual artist is due to get his first US retrospective since 1989 at MoMA next year

Surrealism comes to K11 art space in move to promote understanding of intellectual property rights

Artists seek similar tax incentives for donating works to museums and auctions

Book tells of Nadia Plesner’s three-year battle to clear her name after luxury fashion company took offence at her drawing of a designer bag

Painting lives on, but the critical terms stagnate and slacken, the art historian says

He was one of the leading artists of 18th-century Italy, but confusion has reigned over precisely when the Venetian painter arrived in and departed from this world. Here, a researcher reopens—and closes—the case<br>

Anna Somers Cocks is charmed by the story of Mr B, accompanied by a donkey and a stout umbrella

Collection of politically inspired works by artists from the Congo on the market

Property tycoon Aby Rosen, promoting his new Manhattan skyscraper, talks about art-world fatigue and giving something back to society

Scott Burton left his estate to the New York museum—but prices for his work have tumbled

Exhibition will be Chicago artist's first public project in the UK

He countered assassinations, massacres and senseless aggression with performances that physicalised the pain of a nation

Venue for socio-political art to open in converted armaments factory in Maubourguet

The sculptor, who has a history of being fêted by the French, will accept the award at the French Embassy on 1 June