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At an extraordinary press conference yesterday, some key clues were given away as to what to expect from the artist at Venice

In further news: German pavilion announces artist for Venice; Emmanuel Macron urges art world to fight extremism

The image of a young shirtless protester clutching a Palestinian flag drew art-historical comparisons on Twitter

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Canadian doctors are experimenting with a new initiative combating physical and mental ailments

Along with other prominent figures, the British architect has stepped down from Neom’s advisory board following Jamal Khashoggi’s death

In further news: world’s biggest arts venue lands in Taiwan; Brooklyn’s Signal gallery to close

An outward-turned left eye featured in da Vinci’s portraits suggest a disorder which helped him paint three-dimensional scenes

The oil giant has ended its 12-year sponsorship deal with the London museum

In further news: Tate remembers London’s forgotten women heroes; Pop artist Mel Ramos dies aged 83

The collection of ivory and lacquer Japanese miniatures, which survived Nazi looting, will be loaned to the Jewish Museum

In a new video, the artist claims that his rigged frame was supposed to destroy Girl With Balloon in its entirety

A new GBP£1.8m scheme aims to support socially isolated people

The restoration of the masterpiece will be performed live, on public display and streamed online

In further news: Pro-refugee obelisk to stay in Kassel, Natural History Museum under fire over Saudi event

Girl with Balloon, which appeared to self-destruct at a Sotheby’s auction last week, has been reborn

In further news: San Francisco decrees 30 percent of public art must depict women; Dutch museums find Nazi-looted art

Hank Willis Thomas’s For Freedoms platform hopes to foster civic engagement with the ‘largest creative collaboration in US history’

A new study claims that the differences between Leavers and Remainers in the UK extend to artistic taste

An oil painting by the Venetian master has incurred a 90cm tear after falling from a wall in a royal monastery

The Long Island house’s basement studio will be transformed into an ‘interactive and creative space’