Plus, Laura Cumming on Breugel. Produced in association with Christie's

The Singer Laren museum in the Netherlands is currently on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic

London-based Old Masters dealer says that the works are “an unusual group to steal—neither priceless nor small fry”

Igor and Olga Toporovsky linked to controversial show of Russian avant-garde works in Ghent

Gardener discovered the painting behind a metal plate on an exterior wall at Italy's Ricci Oddi gallery

The former husband of heiress Petra Ecclestone owes £5m in debt including an unpaid sum of £3.9m to Christie's

Theft of two paintings was thwarted thanks to gallery's security staff and systems

Investigators find paintings and rare books missing from private museum belonging to banker Alexei Ananyev accused of alleged financial crimes

District attorney says the initiative, which applies to minor nonviolent misdemeanors, promotes "human dignity"

Denis Chuprikov took the landscape from State Tretyakov Gallery with the aim of "causing hype", he says

Series of paintings at David Zwirner London are based on crime scene images released by police

Criminal investigation launched three years ago into Parisian dealers at La Biennale continues to diminish confidence in the event's integrity

Internationally renowned photographers join forces to publish a crowdfunded book in English and Mandarin that raises awareness of China’s illegal trade in animals

Suspicion aired that the 27-year-old artist may have been killed, along with his father and brother, because of his environmental activism

Compromised data included account holders’ names and email and IP addresses

In his new book The Orsay Murder Club, the art historian Christos Markogiannakis examines the horrors of the Paris museum’s collection

Incident is a further blow to English city following the novichok poisonings earlier this year

Authorities vow to find rock fan who damaged Medieval statue

Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear

The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait

With the value of Chinese antiquities on the rise, police suspect the items removed were stolen to order

Lacy Doyle hid millions of dollars in inheritance in a Swiss bank account, US Attorney says

After denying the allegations, Eric Schneiderman resigned his post on Monday

The director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome has been suspended without pay for leaving the office

Former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was at the forefront of exposing scale of global black market for animal products

The artist himself has denied that the works investigated by police are fakes