UK Ministry of Justice spent more than £85,000 removing Banksy mural from the Royal Courts of Justice
According to the BBC, Westminster council has also spent around £60,000 on security measures for a statue the street artist installed in central London in April
Office block developers fight with heritage campaigners over London’s historic Square Mile
The Liverpool Street railway hub and 1 Silk Street are two of the latest contested developments in the heart of the capital, where new skyscrapers are clamouring to be built
From beavers to basketball hoops: a new public art trail opens in Toronto
The Lassonde Art Trail is part of a $1bn redevelopment project to revitalise the city’s relationship with its waterways
Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp
The programme will include the redesign of displays, the creation of new exhibition space and the installation of new lighting systems
‘We’re astounded and a bit perplexed by it’: colossal 2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at Unesco site in Turkey
The statue gives unique insight into the understudied ancient Lydian civilisation, Turkey’s culture ministry says
‘What’s good for the planet is good for artists’: group launches new Green Manifesto
Recently rebranded artist membership organisation Artists Now has created a guide on how to make creative practices more eco-friendly
Raise a glass: long-hidden image of soldier returns to Pieter de Hooch painting
The figure has been painted back onto the work at the Maurithuis after being removed at some stage in its history
Van Gogh’s exuberant ‘Tarascon Stagecoach’ will go on show in New York
The masterpiece, alongside 62 other works given by the Pearlman family, is coming on tour from Los Angeles
Lidar analysis reveals more than 20,000 pre-colonial earthworks under Amazonian rainforest
A new study based on aerial surveys suggests the pre-Columbian Aquiry civilisation had a much more developed and dispersed footprint than previously thought
Too hot to handle: Smithsonian museums shut down due to cooling system failure
Seven of the institution’s buildings along the south side of the National Mall in Washington, DC, are closed until further notice
