Modern and contemporary works steal the show this year
Sultans, surveillance, and a gallery full of empty frames
IS demolishes the ancient city of Nimrud; Günter Grass dies aged 87; art trumps privacy in US court ruling; and don't mention the Elgin Marbles
Riotous Romans in Paris; the difficulty of Defining Beauty; getting back into Tracey Emin's Bed
British Museum bids farewell to Neil MacGregor; MFA Boston names its next director; plus, should there be a time limit on restitution claims?
Christian Rosa's 'slacker abstraction'; Goya's witches and old women; and John Skoog's tribute to Hollywood's golden age
Tate Britain director and RA curator head for Europe; LACMA teams up with Hyundai; the UK's fight to keep an ancient Egyptian statue continues; plus our favourite April Fools
Your chance to win 'On Being An Artist', by Michael Craig-Martin
Poussin's religious paintings are in the spotlight at the Louvre this Spring
Hundreds of Asian art objects go to the Met and the MIA; the world's most expensive work by a woman artist turns up in Bentonville; and LACMA announces a major partnership
