Curator Alessandra Griffo of the Uffizi tells Apollo how a remarkable pietra dura table-top would have dazzled visitors to the Medici court
Plus: US Museums must include salaries in job adverts | the interim director of the Orlando Museum resigns after just a month
Plus: New York museums required to prominently acknowledge Nazi-looted works | the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has confirmed the authorship of one of its Vermeers | and the Met has returned two sculptures to Nepal
The Dutch artist's studios are filled with artworks, miniature pieces of furniture and floral vases that she buys at flea markets in France
Plus: an arrest warrant is out for the antiquities dealer Georges Lofti, and the Tate has settled a discrimination case brought by three artists for a six-figure sum
The Mexican artist's studio is filled with books and tiny pieces of detritus that have fallen off her artworks or that she finds on her travels
Plus: Long-running dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier enters new phase and British geologist’s conviction for smuggling antiquities overturned
Downtime is important for the artist in downtown Los Angeles, who has a figurine from a children’s television show keep watch over their studio
Plus: Documenta director resigns in anti-Semitism row, Italian authorities stop Artemisia sale in Vienna and New York DA’s office returns 142 artefacts to Italy
The New York-based artist listens to experimental jazz and audiobooks about physics, and likes to keep her studio floor clean enough for bare feet
