Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin pledged support to charity, which numbered Damien Hirst among long-standing donors

Drawings by the Sudanese artist will be shown in full for the first time in Istanbul this month charting an arc from hope to violence

Archives reveal the Iron Lady’s decisive views on the portraits of Great Britons that she wanted for Downing Street

Ancient sculpture from Italian museums to go on show in Tehran after Iran lends Greek statue to Fondazione Prada

Overtures include Louvre director’s planned visit to Tehran, while Italy lends classical sculpture

Relocation could take place in two years’ time

New mayor of Tower Hamlets scraps disgraced predecessor's decision to sell public sculpture

And why this major overhaul of the country’s state museums can still go very wrong due to vested interests and bureaucracy

Commitment to protect cultural property during periods of armed conflict comes after destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq by Islamic State

Atena Farghadani punished after depicting politicians as animals

The new Conservative government has so far kept quiet about its plans for the arts but the signs point to a fractious battle for resources between national and local institutions

Destruction of artefacts in Syria and Iraq is a pressing issue but UK remains only major power not to ratify international law

Directors modernising formerly moribund museums are being undermined by Hindu extremists

Experts blame local authorities in Vyborg for failing to act as architecture begins to collapse

Experts say Palestinian heritage is at risk as ministry makes money from buildings seized from refugees

Organisers say they started the art festival, which closed today, in direct response to the political interference at Hungary’s cultural institutions

Science Museum show was postponed last year amid political tensions with Russia

Tania Bruguera, who has had her passport confiscated after planning a free-speech performance in Revolution Square, is due to host a 100-hour reading of the book The Origins of Totalitarianism ahead of the city's biennial

“Black spider” letter helps to save Antarctic Shackleton and Scott huts

John Whittingdale is expected to focus more on the media than on the arts

Legal conference tackles issues facing US museums, from commissioning work to developing diversity

International art world shows solidarity with Cuban artist—but her compatriots are less keen