Met acquires much-coveted Renaissance roundel for $23m
The second most expensive purchase the Met has ever made is a stunning Italian bronze – and efforts to keep it in the UK have come to nothing
Belgium hands over full inventory of objects to DRC
Plus: Carmen Herrera (1915–2022) and David Zwirner becomes latest gallery to announce a branch in Los Angeles
The week in art news – SFMOMA appoints Christopher Bedford as director
Plus: Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale to merge and Jonathan Watkins to step down as director of Ikon
The week in art news – UK government announces ‘levelling-up’ plans
On Tuesday, the UK government published widely awaited proposals for its ‘levelling up’ programme to increase economic activity across the…
The week in art news – Art Basel owner bumps FIAC from its slot with a new Paris fair
Plus: Art Basel Hong Kong postponed to May and France to restitute 15 works looted by the Nazis
The week in art news – TEFAF Maastricht moves to June, now jam-packed with fairs
Plus: The Courtauld Institute and Kings College London have announced a 10-year ‘strategic partnership’
The week in art news – Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022)
Plus: Man attacks BBC‘S Eric Gill statue with a hammer and Victoria Siddall steps down as global director of Frieze Fairs
The week in art news – Colston Four cleared of criminal damage
Plus: Iwona Blazwick to step down as director of Whitechapel Gallery, and more of the week’s top stories
The week in art news – Danish and Dutch museums close in lockdowns
Plus: TEFAF and Salon du Dessin have been postponed, bell hooks (1952–2021), and more of the week’s top stories
The week in art news – Metropolitan Museum of Art to remove Sackler name from its galleries
Plus: Billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt surrenders 180 looted artefacts
The week in art news – Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021)
The pioneering conceptual artist, Lawrence Weiner, has died at the age of 79. Born in the Bronx in 1942, Weiner…
The week in art news – Austrian museums close in national lockdown
Plus: The new German culture minister is Claudia Roth of the Greens, and a Roman villa complex has been uncovered in Rutland
The week in art news – Jimmie Durham (1940–2021)
Plus: Etel Adnan (1925–2021); and more art news
The week in art news – UK government rejects ‘Tulip’ skyscraper
Plus: Sylvère Lotringer (1938–2021); and more news
The week in art news – Smithsonian Museum of African Art commits to restituting Benin Bronzes
Plus: Humboldt Forum to remove medallion honouring donor with far-right views, and more stories
The week in art news – US returns some 250 stolen antiquities to India
Plus: Dutch court rules for return of Crimean artefacts to Ukraine, and more stories
The week in art news – Glasgow School of Art to be faithfully rebuilt after all
Centre Pompidou postpones renovations until after Paris Olympics, and the Ahmanson Foundation partners with the Huntington Library
The week in art news – Germany and Nigeria sign draft agreement for return of Benin Bronzes
Plus: Atta Kwami (1956–2001) and Biden restores federal protections for Utah national monuments
The week in art news – City of London to keep statues with slavery links
Plus: Biden nominates chairs of the NEA and NEH and Mark Roglán, director of the Meadows Museum, has died
The week in art news – Spanish government finally approves funds for Prado expansion
Plus: Danish museum and artist in dispute over two blank canvases; and more stories
The week in art news – Firstsite wins Artfund Museum of the Year award
Plus: John Booth appointed chair of the National Gallery in London and more stories
The week in art news – Nadine Dorries appointed UK culture secretary
Plus: Christophe Leribault appointed director of the Musée d’Orsay; and more stories
The week in art news – Klaus Biesenbach appointed director of Neue Nationalgalerie
Plus: Maqdala objects privately restituted to Ethiopia | Cao Fei wins Deutsche Börse photography prize
Art Basel seeks to reassure nervous exhibitors ahead of fair
Plus: MOCA LA names its first executive director, the Robert E. Lee statue can be removed from Richmond, and more stories
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