As the palace grounds host Olympic and Paralympic equine events, an exhibition of horse works by the likes of Leonardo, Rubens and Géricault will grace the interiors

The oil sketch “Saint Gregory of Nazianzus” (1621) is one of five works by the Old Master that were unlawfully taken from the Friedenstein Foundation, with two still missing

Conservation has revealed the extensive changes Rubens made to a work originally by Herri Met de Bles

More than a year of meticulous research and work has led to the painting being glowingly restored—while revealing amendments by an unknown artist that “changed the narrative completely”

Around 120 drawings will be on show at the Oxford museum for a limited time

Heirs of the German banker Franz Koenigs claim the works housed at the Courtauld Gallery should be restituted

Layers of earlier well-meaning but overzealous restoration work had obscured the Old Master’s hand—until now

Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses

An exhibition at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery will look at the “varied and important place occupied by women” in the life and work of the Flemish Baroque master

As the hit HBO show draws to a close, its production designer discusses the significance of the art hanging on the Roy family's walls

“Portrait of a Man as the God Mars” once broke the Old Master’s auction record and was on display at the Metropolitan Museum for several years

The auction house’s four-part auction extravaganza was a decidedly mixed bag, bringing a total of $74.5m across 124 lots

Plus, a pair of Thornton Dial assemblages, a rare Chinese bowl and a work made out of flip-flops and suede

The Carabinieri accuse four people of downgrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been returned to the show in the Palazzo Ducale

Ten works from the collection of Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson will be on offer during the Master’s Week sales in January

Our pick of highlights from forthcoming auctions and fairs

Portrait of a Lady by the artist and his workshop is expected to sell for up to £4m at DesaUnicum in Warsaw next month

Plus, Leonora Carrington's Surrealist children's book behind the next Venice Biennale and Rubens's landscapes reunited after 200 years

Painting depicting the Holy Family in an evening landscape has been owned by a Manhattan family for more than 60 years

From a Modernist community on California's northern coast, to the kimono's continuing influence on international fashion

A new show at the Legion of Honor is the first to focus on the artist's post-Italy years

Sotheby’s sees strong sales for works on paper by Rubens and Carracci while interest in masterworks by female artists slowly rises

Calls are growing to give Dutch museums first refusal but Dutch prime minister says it is a ‘private matter’

The work, lent by Art Gallery of Ontario ahead of a major travelling show on the artist, will undergo research at the Rubenshuis

The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait

The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US

Will Jeff Koons’s handbags for Louis Vuitton help find a buyer for the Rubens portrait?

The Old Master artist painted a number of works at his property in Elewijt, Belgium

Flemish master had access to art from across the ages and assiduously reworked drawings by other artists