Sotheby’s withdrew bronze sculpture of Mars from auction at last minute

The Tesla chief has defended himself, saying he helped popularise the mug design for free

The Hungarian firm Gedeon Richter to fund three-year project to restore works from the Russian museum that relate to the concept of female beauty

Reconstruction at heart of new research centre preserves spirit of artist’s cluttered creative space

Partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Park is shop's latest investment in contemporary art

Artwork in the demilitarised zone remains unfinished and could be destroyed after the countries pledged an end to the war

Joana Vasconcelos, who is showing a giant stiletto at the Edinburgh venue, will launch her on-site swimming pool next year

US Army research on the use of matte black on helicopter blades is aiding conservators working on outdoor sculptures

Scotland's Kevin Harman is showing his latest sculpture at Frieze New York

Imposing open-air work made of African farming fabric opens at New York fair this week

Heni Talks: Alison Cole examines the Taddei Tondo—the only marble sculpture by the Italian master in the UK

Gillian Wearing talks about creating the first statue of a woman—and by a female artist—in Parliament Square

Eighty marble, bronze and plaster works by French artist are put in dialogue with ancient Greek art

More than just bronzes, this collection of essays captures 100 years of scholarship on the 19th century's most famous sculptor

The statue will be installed outside of the New York Stock Exchange building—and the Charging Bull may follow her

The photographs are included in an exhibition of the Spanish artist's sculptures at the Centro Botín in Santander

Memorial part of push for new works that challenge history of white supremacy in the US

Chinese authorities tried to stop the UK auction of the Tiger Ying vessel, which was taken by a British soldier in 1860

Iraqi-American artist has recreated Assyrian lamassu destroyed by Islamic State

Tim Marlow, the project's co-curator, speaks about bringing public art to a city where space is often contested

Think Grand Rapids, Bentonville or Houston—but not New York

Sleeping Beauty waxwork joins Donatello and Degas sculptures at Met Breuer

A 30m stainless steel calligraphic work will be revealed in front of Dubai Opera

Conrad Shawcross will also produce a work for Liverpool Street site

Melanie Gerlis sets the scene for six specialist collecting categories at this year’s Maastricht fair

The entrepreneur has begun implementing his plan to colonise Mars and make us a “multi-planetary species”

Others, including the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, support Christoph Büchel’s proposal to turn the eight designs into national monuments

The petition to make the proposed border wall a National Landmark is one of the worst excesses of contemporary art and needs to be called out

Nude statue is latest artwork to be deemed inappropriate by social media giant