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Italian art historians claim that the 15th-century tile is the Renaissance master’s earliest known work – but a leading Leonardo expert disagrees

The graffiti artist, real name Benjamin Flynn, faces assault charges following an incident at London’s Serpentine Gallery earlier this month

The ‘She Built NYC’ commission aims to build public monuments that properly recognize women’s contributions to the city

60 years after the celebrated Brutalist architect fell foul of local authorities, a Berlin Unité d’Habitation apartment is refurbished to his original plans

The British artist and Turner Prize winner is taking on the gun advocacy group at a time of renewed debate around arms control

The Carters’s museum takeover powers through art history’s greatest hits – with a serious message about how the canon treats black bodies

In further news: the future of Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building uncertain; Ai Weiwei returns to eBay

The 20-metre-high Mastaba finally realizes the artist and his late wife Jeanne-Claude’s design

Police have released footage of a man slipping out of a Toronto gallery carrying a valuable print by the street artist

The blaze which broke out on Friday night appears to have gutted the art school’s Mackintosh building

A survey of 1,016 visual artists across the world finds that the badges of professional success don’t necessarily equate to financial stability

In further news: Ireland’s National Museum collects abortion referendum protest art; North Korean propaganda artists criticize Trump-Kim meeting

‘Pornhub Nation’ reveals all, the latest from Yeezy Home and why the Royal Academy rejected Banksy: further adventures in dystopian art world mania

Across UK galleries and universities, women are continuing to lose out, according to latest report commissioned by the Freelands Foundation

The museum director, who resigned last year, acted with ‘integrity’, an independent report finds

The monumental sculpture will trace the outlines of a now-demolished 19th century salt shed, once made into an artwork by Gordon Matta-Clark

In further news: study finds US film critics overwhelmingly white and male; woman sues father over Basquiat

Already convicted of money laundering and tax evasion, a report makes new claims against the Brazilian collector and founder of Inhotim art park

Sotheby’s and Christie’s say they are dropping the practice of using female-only staff to pose for promotional photographs – will others now follow?

In further news: Buyer of Salvator Mundi made head of Saudi Culture Ministry; Sotheby’s files lawsuit against Greek government