Proposal is one of three being considered by Southwark Council in south London next week

Artists’ foundation takes over former factory that served as Otto Piene’s fire studio—and party centre

Renovation of the Pergamon Museum expected to be complete by 2019, with a new wing dedicated to Egyptian art to open by 2026

Artist links delayed arrival of Event Horizon with pro-democracy movement and taboo subject of suicide

Yayoi Kusama and Random International are latest victims of China’s copycats

Full-scale re-creation is part of ambitious new display of masterpieces at Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Hirshhorn holds preliminary talks but Berlin first in queue to borrow works by artists such as Gauguin, Pollock, Rothko, Picasso and Bacon

Arts professionals are generally optimistic about the country’s new leadership—although some worry promised changes could be too little too late

While government moves to limit right to strike by reclassifying museums as “essential public services” on a par with schools and hospitals

The vast installation at the Grand Palais reflects the changing world order

Jean-Antoine Houdon's sculpture of the goddess Diana was taken by the Nazis during the Second World War

Our pick of the inaugural biennial, which opened to towering expectations

Institutions are burgeoning in the face of sanctions and currency devaluation

Interest grows in younger generation active in Tehran’s lively art scene and the Iranian diaspora

Natural history museum is more receptive than city’s art spaces

Police say it is an offence to view the works seized from Graham Ovenden

Archaeologist says climate change could result in more ancient objects resurfacing in the far North

CT scans reveal secrets of Field Museum’s Peruvian and Egyptian treasures before they are sent on the road

New banner works began as a performance, while artists plan to record 3,500 “fuckosophies” on vinyl

Sam Thorne takes the reins after joining Tate St Ives only last year