Message on 4,500-year-old Mesopotamia marble pillar only recently deciphered

Tate Liverpool hosts first big British exhibition of a man who took inspiration from New York graffiti

Tate Britain to display more than 45 paintings by ‘unhappy genius’ from March

Highlights include work by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and stage backdrop for Ballet Russes

Fragile works of art are normally stored in the vaults of Vienna’s Albertina Museum

An exceptional linguist who brought Asterix to the English

Cast Courts were created in the 19th century and comprise finest architectural treasures

Has the street artist’s most audacious prank shredded the credibility of the art market?

Artist designates ‘Girl With Balloon’ as a new work called ‘Love Is In the Bin’

A migration-themed installation uses unusual techniques to provoke a visceral response

‘Life Rewired’ will test whether an algorithm can compose like JS Bach

Show features 200 treasures from Pacific Islands, a region under-represented in western galleries

Hurvin Anderson to kick off decade-long scheme that will showcase British art globally

When real-life journalists deliver fictional lines, their credibility is chipped away

The brains behind the British Library

Oscar-winning film director to create ‘collective portrait of London’s future’

Christies places estimate of £5m-£8m on painting of Princess Mary  

British sculptor to make a splash as London’s RA unveils 2019 programme

Innocent looking painting belies poet’s reputation as hell-raiser and womaniser

Departure opens up one of the UK’s biggest arts jobs

Display of French artist’s pictures will be biggest in UK for two decades

Art history experts take action over move to overhaul their contracts

Online dealers have caused mid-market volumes to fall in value, experts say

Cornish gallery doubled the space available to display art with a £20m extension

Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar is on a mission to re-energise Britain’s museums