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US Supreme Court to rule on dispute over Warhol’s use of Prince photograph
Plus: The Met has returned two statues to Libya and Qatar is to build three new museums in Doha
The week in art news – Mariupol art school bombed with civilians sheltering inside
Plus: Bonhams acquires Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen | Budi Tek (1957–2022) | Planning permission granted for Madison Square Garden Sphere in East London
The week in art news – France launches emergency fund for Ukrainian artists
Plus: MoMA to review security protocols after recent stabbings and Francis Kéré wins Pritzker Architecture Prize
The week in art news – Ukrainians try to safeguard cultural heritage
The head of Unesco’s World Heritage Centre has said that it is receiving ‘more and more reports of the destruction…
The week in art news – Unesco voices concern for Ukrainian heritage sites
Unesco has said that it is ‘gravely concerned’ about the security of Ukrainian heritage sites from damage caused during the…
The week in art news – Ukrainian museums try to protect their collections
Plus: a Neolithic site has been discovered in Jordan and the Weltmuseum’s audioguide was hacked by activitists
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 – 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
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