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The Switch House, now named The Blavatnik Building, at Tate Modern,Photo: © Iwan Baan

Tate Modern extension wins RIBA award

Art news daily: 23 June

23 Jun 2017
A general view shows smoke rising near the leaning Al-Hadba minaret in the Al-Nuri mosque compound, as Iraqi government forces advance in western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood on 7 June, 2017, during ongoing battles against Islamic State (IS) group fighters. Photo: KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images

ISIS blamed for destruction of Grand al-Nuri mosque

Our daily round-up of news from the art world ISIS blamed for destruction of Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri mosque | The…

22 Jun 2017

Art UK to digitise national sculpture collection

Art news daily: 21 June

21 Jun 2017
Chios residents arrange banners during an anti-migrant demo on the island of Chios on 28 September, 2016. Irish photographer Richard Mosse claims he was arrested while observing a similar rally on the island last week. Photo: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images

Noose found outside National Gallery of Art, Washington

Art News Daily : 19 June

19 Jun 2017

Artist Khadija Saye has died in the Grenfell Tower fire

Art News Daily : 16 June

16 Jun 2017

Multiple new appointments at London’s ICA

Art News Daily : 14 June

14 Jun 2017
Daniel H. Weiss has been appointed President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Met appoints Daniel H. Weiss president and CEO in leadership rethink

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Daniel H. Weiss appointed president and CEO of The Met |…

13 Jun 2017
Roy Lichtenstein's 'Masterpiece' (1962; seen here at Tate Modern's 'Lichtenstein, a retrospective' exhibition in 2013) has been sold for $165 million to set up the new 'Art for Justice Fund' in support of criminal justice reform. Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Criminal justice fund established with Lichtenstein sale

Art News Daily : 12 June

12 Jun 2017

Peggy Guggenheim Collection appoints new director

Art News Daily : 8 June

8 Jun 2017
A French gendarme outsdie Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on 6 June, 2017. Police shot and injured a man who attacked an officer with a hammer. Photo: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images
Rendering of the 'Citizens in Motion' monument in Berlin,© Milla & Partner

German Parliament approves unification monument

Art News Daily : 5 June

5 Jun 2017

V&A reveals first image of new photography centre

Art News Daily : 2 June

2 Jun 2017

MoMA reveals final plans for $400m expansion

Art News Daily : 1 June

1 Jun 2017

David Hockney breaks visitor records at Tate Britain

Art News Daily : 31 May

31 May 2017

Italian museum reforms at risk after court ruling

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Court ruling undermines Italy’s museum reforms | Italian culture minister Dario…

26 May 2017

Trump’s budget for 2018 envisions elimination of NEA

Art News Daily : 24 May

24 May 2017