Greta Moll’s heirs argue painting was “misappropriated” in 1947

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

Iraqi archaeologists to be trained in reconstruction of heritage sites under scheme funded by £3m government grant

Syrian antiquities head confirms destruction of ancient Roman archway

French naval officer Louis Vignes took images of Beirut, Lebanon and Syria in 1864

Unique insight into the destruction at Palmyra from the last US archaeologist to leave the site

The School of Kiev opened against the odds to focus on knowledge rather than art and breathe new life into old institutions

Second building reduced to rubble by extremists controlling ancient site in Syria

Bombing, reported yesterday, may have happened a month ago

The Colombian sculptor finds inspiration in grief and channels it into new inventions

Syria's antiquities ministry condemns killing as "cowardly and criminal act of appalling brutality"

Ancient sites were targeted by extremist groups

Pascale Marthine Tayou’s 40m-tall piece was dedicated to the women of Donetsk

Malina Suliman taught young people how to spray-paint in Kabul

Proceeds will be shared between the Klimt Foundation and the heirs of the sitter

Sotheby’s to auction looted painting by Liebermann that was returned to heirs last week

Jane Jakeman on art since the Arab Spring

Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory

Denmark’s Asger Jorn was far more than a painter