After the former mayor’s crackdown on graffiti triggered a backlash, city officials decided to stop arresting artists and start hiring them

Subject of famous National Geographic cover convicted of having fake ID papers<br> <br>

Institut du Monde Arabe will host a night of readings this weekend

Egyptian armed police enforced the partial demolition of the main building in April after some of it collapsed

New building will host Asisi’s Pergamon panorama and a frieze from the altar

Billionaire political outsider has few supporters in the art world

Holburne Museum’s Wedding Dance in the Open Air was previously thought to be a copy

Illuminated River design teams include artists such as Glenn Ligon, Angela Bulloch, Philippe Parreno and Leo Villareal<br>

Clovis Gauguin died at the Chilean fort of Fuerte Bulnes after fleeing France with his children

Artists Langlands &amp; Bell unveil installation in Piccadilly Circus station that honours Frank Pick

Censorship row at Turkish art fair as work by Ali Elmaci inflames local religious group<br> <br>

An oral history project on the 1966 disaster captures conservators’ stories of weeping officials and guards unknowingly treading on an Old Master

Government tightens rules banning the auction of looted objects on mainland China

Private funding increased as US-based foundation cuts its fee by $10m

Director calls for admission-free museum to draw Berliners as well as tourists

Museum has raised £1m but needs a further £300,000 by next March

Artist's foundation supports ongoing project in Detroit and major show on his influence in 2018 <br>

Jeff Koons has donated more than $50,000 in cash and through his work to support the US presidential candidate

French president François Hollande made proposal at opening of Louvre-Lens show on Mesopotamia

Subject of famous National Geographic cover has been detained in Pakistan for allegedly using fraudulent ID documents<br>

Los Angeles-based billionaire makes surprise $42.5m gift to fund expansion

Nearly half of visitors to faded seaside resort in south east of England come to see the gallery, research reveals

Pierre Le Guennec changes his story claiming artist's wife gave him 271 works in rubbish bag

Exhibition will shine a light on same-sex relationships using objects dating from antiquity to today<br>

We examine the two presidential candidates’ arts policies—or lack of them

Frankfurt museum discovers Expressionist canvas from 1926 under another late painting