Negotiations include huge loan fee part of which will help fund revamp of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

US foundation claims Castro regime seized paintings that Hitler failed to steal

Gift of Shirin Neshat's prints about the Arab Spring is meant to encourage discussions on race, religion and politics

Outgoing director’s portrait by Wolfgang Tillmans and a Lampedusa Cross among works added to collection

A change in date for the New York fair might be on the cards under new directorship

Five men have been sentenced under Law52, the anti-drugs legislation enforced by the country’s former president

Former prime minister’s belongings attract bidders from 41 countries

Tenth edition will focus on the role of museums and institutional bureaucracy

Invisible Beauty exhibition features works by five Iraqi artists

Timothée Chaillou not consulted over postponement of new Paris art fair

Internationally acclaimed artist has had shows at the Pompidou, the Ullens Center and the Mori Art Museum

Pro-Isil fighters temporarily occupied Sabratha

In her lifetime, the art collector’s personal reputation was shredded, but, as Lisa Vreeland’s film shows, her influence on the art world was astonishing

We trawled through museum shops, galleries and bookstores to bring you the finest arty delights

Contemporary Art Society and Sfumato Foundation launch Great Works scheme to combat London bias

Three Figures will be part of public art scheme around former Radcliffe Infirmary

Train connected Waterloo station with Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey

Institution is due to open near Jerusalem next year

Work from Hans Holbein’s studio was a highlight of London’s sale season

French court has reversed a decision fining the scholar for authenticating a fake work of art produced by Wolfgang Beltracchi

Bartomeu Marí—the new director of MMCA in Seoul—stepped down earlier this year over controversial sculpture exhibit

Refugee Response Foundation, founded by artist duo The Connor Brothers, is also due to help with legal and living costs

Speculation in art is taken for granted today, so does art still have a higher purpose? What is its role in these troubling, dangerous times? On 28 October, The Art Newspaper celebrated its 25th anniversary with an investigation at the British Museum of what art is for. A famous lawyer interrogated the witnesses for art, while the museum’s director played the part of the judge and summed up at the end. This is a shortened version of what they said

Robert Longo, Adam Pendleton and Kari Altmann, among others, feature in third edition of the event, which opened this week

Noah Charney shares the stories behind some of art history’s most important works—those that we can no longer see