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A recent report claimed that public bodies in the UK are keeping £3.5bn worth of art in storage. Is this accurate and what should museums do with objects that they can never display?

‘Belfast is like East Berlin after the Wall came down’ – William Cook on the changing face of a divided city

‘It was worth taking a risk’: Valerie Fletcher presents Surrealist sculpture in a new light at the Hirshhorn Museum

Surprisingly, their relationship with Los Angeles was ambivalent at best

The centenary of the artist’s birth is being marked by exhibitions and events worldwide

His literary and profoundly religious approach to art put Jones out of step with modernism. Can two new exhibitions revive his reputation?

‘Don’t ask me how we did it!’

Legal disputes surrounding artworks usually require a balancing act between absolute rights and shifting societal norms

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is not a mosque, but a shrine. But a shrine to what?

As Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since World War Two, there is no better time to celebrate emigre art in the UK

Agnes Martin’s serene paintings give pause for thought

Highlights from the fair, which has found a new leader in Fabrizio Moretti

‘If an artistic language is very complex, it can’t be used to communicate.’

British Museum brings together the best historic examples of a challenging graphic medium

Six of the most significant acquisitions to be announced by museums around the world

As the Wadsworth Atheneum reopens, Rachel Cohen considers the legacy of one of its greatest benefactors

The King is dead! Long live the King! Portraits of Louis XIV and his infant successor, Louis XV