European politics
Why is art at the heart of Italy’s far-right political party?
Plus, Carnegie International, the US's longest-running contemporary art exhibition, and a mystifying egg sculpture
Lights go out early at the Louvre in bid to slash high energy costs
Paris museum's pyramid joins the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay and Chateau Versailles in French government initiative to save power
‘The Benin Bronzes are returning home’: Germany and Nigeria sign historic restitution agreement
More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums
British sculptor Antony Gormley acquires German passport to battle ‘Brexit disaster’
Angel of the North artist now holds dual nationality and is ‘keen to retain links with Europe’
President Macron appoints Rima Abdul Malak as France’s new minister of culture
Culture pass, restitution issues and metaverse will be on her agenda
Venice gets political: how the art world's biggest stage has become a focal point for Ukrainian protests
From demonstrations to a presidential address, the Biennale city continues to be a creative platform to criticise Russia's war
From a Paris inferno to the Leonardo tussle: the art world's top stories of 2019
We look back at the major events that made the headlines this year
'Outrageous coup': art world shocked as Boris Johnson suspends parliament
Trade condemns the move and prepares for mayhem of no-deal Brexit
Stedelijk explores design solutions created in response to the refugee crisis
Solution or Utopia? is the first of five exhibitions planned by the museum to tackle issues of immigration
UK-Russia Bacon show goes on…
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
Would French tax hike hit Arnault’s Paris museum?
President Hollande plans to implement 75% tax rate on income above €1m a year
After censorship row, what next in Hungary?
Brussels shows and Budapest appointment overshadowed by government’s hands-on cultural policy
Books: The view from eastern Europe on restitution
These essays emanate from a series of Polish conferences
Royal Academy and Tate exhibitions heading for top attendance
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful