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Bernadine Bröcker Wieder and Douglas McCarthy consider what museums are really selling when they mint NFTs – and what serious collectors want

The Ghanaian artist’s vivid prints, paintings and architectural structures were inspired by inner-city life in Kumasi

Objects that leave Earth may reach astronomical prices on their return – but there are other reasons for sending art into space

Bevis Marks has seen off the latest threat to its existence, but such a significant site deserves much better

Georgina Adam and Andrew Russeth wonder if changing circumstances might not suit bricks-and-mortar galleries down to the ground

The director’s sale of unseen footage from ‘In the Mood for Love’ reminds us that the Hong Kong of his films is fast disappearing

A set of Misha Black’s famous street signs is going under the hammer – and it’s the closest most of us will get to owning some prime London property

Susan Moore and Niru Ratman wonder if anyone is still enjoying themselves

It was always a mistake to take the painter’s portraits at face value, writes Nancy Princenthal – and we shouldn’t have any illusions about the man either

The state has just shelled out €4million for the libertine’s most notorious work – how times have changed

The Clash bassist’s pulverised instrument can now be worshipped at the Museum of London

With chaos in Lebanon and Beirut in crisis, the resilience of the city’s artists and heritage workers is something of a miracle

Museums should lead conversations about archives and artefacts gathered in former colonies – and not leave the objects gathering dust

As calls grow for the return of objects acquired during the colonial era, the assessment of claims requires an independent process

The discovery of an engraved bone in Germany offers yet more evidence that our distant cousins were creatively minded

The privatisation of public space in UK cities means that artists are being made to feel increasingly unwelcome

The disappointing bronze figure raises the difficult question of what a well-dressed statue should wear these days

The sale at auction raises complex questions about who owns the internet today

Union drives have accelerated during the pandemic, but museum workers have been frustrated with management for years, write Dana Kopel and Maxwell L. Anderson

The artist has partnered up with WeTransfer to create a digital version of the Abramovic Method, a series of exercises that will test your patience to its limit