The provocative painting of Roman god of desire will travel from Berlin in 2025

The Italian scholar Alessandro Giardino posits his theories about the Baroque artist’s Seven Works of Mercy in fictional form

The lending of ‘The Supper at Emmaus’ by the National Gallery, under the National Treasures scheme, and ‘The Taking of Christ’, by the National Gallery of Ireland and Jesuit Fathers, is hailed as “north-south-east-west” moment

Ecce Homo work goes on show at Madrid museum but some critics disagree with new attribution

Numerous scholars endorse recently attributed piece depicting Jesus in a crown of thorns

The Baroque bad boy plays a leading role in a new adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley

Looking back at the history of the pioneering dealership in post-war art, plus a thought-provoking new installation in Madison Square Park and Caravaggio's The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula painting will take centre stage in a forthcoming show at the National Gallery

UK optician Specsavers and National Gallery team up for campaign to highlight effects of eye condition

The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece follows English antiquities and ancient coins dealer William Veres as he attempts to solve the theft of a work by Caravaggio

Selfie-friendly creatures are on loan from a company called Watermill Wolves

Following a bitter inheritance dispute, Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi has been court-ordered to leave the historic property, while valuable artworks and documents are to be removed or destroyed

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has made the most of a loan exchange with the Palazzo Barberini in Rome

Uffizi's plan to show the painting at Vinitaly has been described as “absurd” and “unacceptable”

The Fondazione Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is showing 19 of 25 known paintings by the student who modelled for Caravaggio

Theodoor Rombouts, a contemporary of Rubens and Van Dyck, is little known, but a new show aims to shine a light on his talents

Theft from a Baroque oratory in 1969 remains "an open wound", says commissioning body

While my past purchases are lined up for a professional clean, it is the current damage of international cultural relations that seem most in need of a fix

Slashing Ludovisi Casino's asking price by 20% did nothing to entice would-be buyers; the Italian state is being pressured to purchase the property before it is offered a third time

Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute

This Roman villa with its great masterpieces will be re-offered on 7 April at a 20% lower valuation

The Ludovisi Casino in Rome, with its masterpiece frescoes, is up for auction by the courts, estimate nearly half a billion euro

Old Master painting was pulled from auction last year—but will the government pay full market price?

The Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, also known as Villa Aurora, was decorated by Caravaggio in around 1597

Established dealership will manage restoration and authentication of disputed work offered at auction for €1,500

Government does not want to repeat ‘export mistake’ of 1970s when another work by the Old Master ended up in the US

Influential works by Duchamp, Picasso and Mondrian also celebrate centenary this year

Plus, Tavares Strachan on Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. Sponsored by Christie's

Exhibition at Kunsthistorisches on the two Baroque heavyweights helps to clarify the relationship between Roman painting and sculpture of the period