NewsRestitution
Ethiopia claims Ten Commandments tablet hidden in Westminster Abbey
Sacred object taken by British troops in the 19th century is concealed inside an altar
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Can’t beat it? Michael Jackson’s impact on contemporary art explored in London show
Artists participating in National Portrait Gallery exhibition explain why the King of Pop matters to them
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The Medici touch: exhibition shows how Florence fell for Islamic art
Six centuries of city’s connection to Muslim world explored in rare Uffizi and Bargello collaboration
NewsConservation
Russia opens new exhibition centre dedicated to icons
The Grabar Art Conservation Center has launched the Ovchinnikov Ikonoteka space, which is named in honour of renowned restorer
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Unbridled enthusiasm for the art of horse racing on show in France
Exhibition at Domaine de Chantilly is the first on the development of the painting tradition
NewsConservation
Pharmaceutical company pledges to restore beauty at the Hermitage
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
NewsArt market
Have gallery representation and exclusivity had their day?
Increasing numbers of young artists are choosing to go it alone
NewsArt market
Masterpiece grows in London, but new international fair locations not confirmed
New stakeholder MCH Group brings capital and contacts to an event shaking off its try-hard image
NewsArt market
How did Adrian Ghenie conquer the art market?
The Romanian painter’s prices have increased 160-fold over the past decade. But who, or what, is behind this steep rise?
NewsConservation
Britain's Post-Modern architecture receives protected heritage status
From a private residence inspired by the cosmos to a commercial building with curves: Historic England adds 17 "PoMo" buildings to register
FeatureArtist interview
Trevor Paglen lets you view the world as the machines see it
Ahead of his retrospective at Washington, DC's Smithsonian American Art Museum, the artist discusses his interest in the social and political implications of technologies, including mass surveillance systems and artificial intelligence
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Ai Weiwei retraces his father's steps to Marseille in 1929 for new show
Chinese artists unveils new commissions alongside 50 works at the Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
NewsConservation
World Monuments Fund gives $1m for post-quake restoration of Mexican archaeological site
Monte Albán, the ancient capital of the Zapotec people, was damaged by earthquakes in 2017
NewsConservation
The amazing technicolour Chippendale: museum injects colour back into 18th-century work
Show at Leeds City Museum is one of this year's many events commemorating the tercentenary of the furniture maker’s birth
NewsAfrican art
Contested Asante trophy head to shine in new Wallace room
Seized during the Ashanti war and long held by the London museum, the prized Ghanaian work is to be displayed in a new permanent gallery
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Step into Frida Kahlo’s ‘secret’ wardrobe
Frida Kahlo's Making Her Self Up opens at Victoria and Albert Museum in June
NewsArt market
Art dealers slam proposed European Union licence regulations
Revising import controls on cultural goods could impact negatively on trade, dealer organisations say
NewsArt market
Art Basel tests Turner Prize’s sway with foreign buyers
Is the UK’s premier award a big draw for international collectors?
NewsConservation
Mauritshuis invites visitors to watch conservators clean its oldest painting
Dutch museum will remove yellowed varnish from Van der Weyden's The Lamentation of Christ
NewsArt market
A word with Marc Spiegler
Art Basel’s global director on collector behaviour, auction price databases and the complexity of the art market
NewsArt Basel 2018
Giacometti’s chaotic Paris studio brought back to life
Reconstruction at heart of new research centre preserves spirit of artist’s cluttered creative space
NewsControversies
Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians' photos without permission promises no more funny business
Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa
NewsArt Basel 2018
Gender politics to the fore at Basel satellite fairs Liste and Volta
“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson
FeatureMarcel Duchamp
What was it like to conduct Marcel Duchamp's only live television interview?
Fifty years on, Joan Bakewell remembers speaking to the pioneering artist for the BBC, shortly before his death
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Juergen Teller tackles football’s highs and lows in Moscow show
Exhibition at Garage Museum includes stalker-like snaps of Pep Guardiola and live work charting Germany’s World Cup success—or failure
NewsArt market
Iran’s art market defies expectations in face of US sanctions with new fair
In a first for Iran, the Teer Art fair is set to open in June amid a growing but fragile market environment
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Key figure of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Charles White, finally gets his due
Chicago, New York and Los Angeles to celebrate artist and activist after lengthy search for works
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From Riga to Los Angeles, biennials are searching for answers in troubled times
Manifesta 12, Made in LA, Riboca and the tenth Berlin Biennale explore whether art can make a difference in a rapidly changing world
NewsAttribution
Leiden Collection shows off two ‘new’ Rembrandts in Amsterdam
Rediscovered portraits are due to travel to Louvre Abu Dhabi in early 2019
NewsCultural policy
UK permits Nazi-looted Meissen figure to leave for Japan despite spoliation claim
There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case
NewsArt market
Are Sergei Skripal sanctions hitting Russian buying and selling at UK auctions?
Hostile relations between Russia and the West following attempted poisoning of former MI6 spy may dampen bidding at London's Russian sales
CommentSaudi Arabia
Letter to the Editor: Saudi Arabia will collaborate with the world, not only France, to make its cultural heritage accessible
Al-Ula, the most important cultural heritage site in the north-west of the kingdom, will benefit from international standards in heritage preservation and planning
NewsScience and Art
Artists deliver climate-change message that time is running out
They are increasingly sounding the alarm on global warming, through new works and collaborations with scientists
CommentPhoto London
Artists show their power to effect change
In the visual arts, a greater sense of activism is possible, and it’s being helped by the absorption of a broader range of disciplines and media into the canon
CommentDiary of an art historian
Do not allow art to cleanse crimes
The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait
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