Selfie-friendly creatures are on loan from a company called Watermill Wolves

Following a bitter inheritance dispute, Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi has been court-ordered to leave the historic property, while valuable artworks and documents are to be removed or destroyed

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has made the most of a loan exchange with the Palazzo Barberini in Rome

Uffizi's plan to show the painting at Vinitaly has been described as “absurd” and “unacceptable”

The Fondazione Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is showing 19 of 25 known paintings by the student who modelled for Caravaggio

Theodoor Rombouts, a contemporary of Rubens and Van Dyck, is little known, but a new show aims to shine a light on his talents

Theft from a Baroque oratory in 1969 remains "an open wound", says commissioning body

While my past purchases are lined up for a professional clean, it is the current damage of international cultural relations that seem most in need of a fix

Slashing Ludovisi Casino's asking price by 20% did nothing to entice would-be buyers; the Italian state is being pressured to purchase the property before it is offered a third time

Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute

This Roman villa with its great masterpieces will be re-offered on 7 April at a 20% lower valuation

The Ludovisi Casino in Rome, with its masterpiece frescoes, is up for auction by the courts, estimate nearly half a billion euro

Old Master painting was pulled from auction last year—but will the government pay full market price?

The Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, also known as Villa Aurora, was decorated by Caravaggio in around 1597

Established dealership will manage restoration and authentication of disputed work offered at auction for €1,500

Government does not want to repeat ‘export mistake’ of 1970s when another work by the Old Master ended up in the US

Influential works by Duchamp, Picasso and Mondrian also celebrate centenary this year

Plus, Tavares Strachan on Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. Sponsored by Christie's

Exhibition at Kunsthistorisches on the two Baroque heavyweights helps to clarify the relationship between Roman painting and sculpture of the period

Huge tapestry set inspired by Rubens will also be conserved in the new annex at St John’s Co-Cathedral

Exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum will highlight the multiple trends and rich aesthetics of early Baroque art in Rome

New enquiries suggest a US or Swiss connection through the mafia heroin trade

France's Gazette Drouot claims that Hill might have bought the painting and it could be headed for the Met in New York, according to a source

Estimated to sell between €100m-€150m at auction on Friday, an anonymous buyer has snapped up the disputed painting that was discovered in a French attic

Ahead of the painting's sale, the art historian Noah Charney asks whether the pricey work is a true lost treasure or one of scores made by Caravaggisti

Judith beheading Holofernes—due to be auctioned this June estimated at £86m-£129m—will be juxtaposed with a Daniel Buren installation

Museo di Capodimonte examines the huge influence that the Old Master had on Baroque artists active in the city

There are too many oddities in the painting discovered in France five years ago

The Old Master specialist who researched the provenance of the recently attributed painting on the joys of exploring French attics