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Papillon ring designed by Glenn Spiro. Image: Glenn Spiro

Beyoncé donates ring from Jay-Z to the V&A

Art news daily: 11 May

11 May 2018
Per Kirkeby (1938–2018)

Per Kirkeby (1938–2018)

Art news daily: 10 May

10 May 2018
The National Portrait Gallery, London
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo
(1624-26), Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Hull's Ferens Art Gallery is among the five museums shortlisted for 2018's Museum of the Year award.

Turner Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Art news daily: 26 April

26 Apr 2018
Amedeo Modigliani's Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) at Sotheby's Hong Kong in April 2018.
Crown, probably made in Gondar, Ethiopia, around 1740, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Ethiopian government seeks return of artefacts from V&A

Art news daily: 23 April

23 Apr 2018
Photo: Jon Atherton, Yale West Campus

Copenhagen Contemporary to reopen in a permanent space

Art news daily: 18 April

18 Apr 2018
The Baltimore Museum of Art, which in May sold five artworks at auction for nearly $8 million to raise funds for new acquisitions. Would capitalising those works have allowed the institution to pursue its acquisition strategy without compromising its existing holdings?
Gold reliquary of Anne of Brittany's heart.

Reliquary with queen’s heart stolen from Nantes museum

Anne of Brittany’s heart stolen from Nantes museum, Joseph Beuys estate to be represented by Thaddaeus Ropac, and more of today’s top stories

16 Apr 2018
Chris Dercon in 2017.
Rendering of the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will be located in LA’s Exposition Park
Nick Mitzevich

Nick Mitzevich to head National Gallery of Australia

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Nick Mitzevich named director of National Gallery of Australia | Nick…

10 Apr 2018

France to sign heritage agreement with Saudi Arabia

Art news daily: 9 April

9 Apr 2018