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The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

A retrospective of South African artist Gavin Jantjes, new works by Zanele Muholi and Charles Lutyens’ insights as an art therapist

These drawings make us think again about Moore the sculptor, while the gallery also has a fine show of Vanessa Bell’s works that is worth visiting

At the opening of her new Madrid show a new world, the Mexican artist tells Will Hosie that space is the final frontier, but she won’t go.

In awarding this year’s Archibald Prize to Laura Jones’ portrait of the writer Tim Winton, the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales are doing what they do best: catapulting a relatively unknown artist to instant fame and possible fortune.

Álbum de Salón y Alcoba showcases posed and private photos of married couple found in case unopened for 80 years

Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

The Queen’s most famous lookalike, who enjoyed a long career in film and television thanks to their uncanny resemblance

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

A new exhibition shows how the acclaimed artist uses mixed media where words usually fail – in unravelling misconceptions about Traveller communities

Fluxus movement proponent believed in the idea that ‘everything is art’