Per Kirkeby (1938–2018)
Plus: Nicolas Bourriaud to curate 2019 Istanbul Biennial | UK culture minister pledges to distribute works of art to the regions | and report urges France to reform Nazi-era restitution approach
National Portrait Gallery receives £5m towards new wing
Plus: Artists express concern over UK education policy | Christie’s first Rockefeller sale pulls in $646m | Fund announced for community arts projects in northern England | and Met issues call for information about jewel-theft suspect
Australia budgets $50m for Captain Cook commemorations
Plus: Stolen paintings recovered in Italy | New York art dealer pleads guilty to fraud | and online petition calls for Anna Coliva’s reinstatement at Galleria Borghese
The mayor of Paris wants the city to store art from conflict zones
Plus: British Council arts employee detained in Iran | US government could subject art dealers to financial regulations | Margaret McDermott (1912–2018) | and recommended reading
Bernini’s Saint Bibiana reportedly damaged in transit
Plus: Collectors join forces to launch $800,000 art prize | New Artangel fund established with artists’ gifts | and Charlotte Amelia Poe wins inaugural Spectrum Prize
Art Fund reveals shortlist for Museum of the Year 2018
Plus: Temporary export bar placed on Joseph Wright of Derby painting | Collector sues Sotheby’s over sale of Mahmoud Mokhtar sculpture | Freya Simms named chief executive of LAPADA | and David Zwirner to represent Joan Mitchell Foundation
National Galleries of Scotland acquire two Raeburn portraits
Plus: NEA chair Jane Chu to step down | Columbia MFA students demand refunds | Hollywood producer sues Gagosian over non-delivery of Koons sculpture | and David Zwirner proposes to ‘subsidise’ small galleries at art fairs
Étienne Terrus Museum discovers half its collection is fake
Plus: Director of Galleria Borghese faces trial for absenteeism | Golden leaves stolen from dome of Vienna’s Secession building | Princess Margriet Award for Culture 2018 goes to Forensic Architecture and Borderland | and recommended reading
Nan Goldin stages anti-opioid protest in Washington, D.C.
Plus: Natural History Museum disqualifies award-winning photographer | Initial line-up announced for 2019 Sharjah Biennial | and Galerie Samy Abraham in Paris to close
Turner Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Plus: Abbas (1944–2018) | Documenta appoints new CEO | Laura Aguilar (1959–2018) | Peter Bläuer retires from Liste art fair | and Bowdoin College Museum of Art receives more than 1,500 artworks
Sotheby’s posts record auction estimate for Modigliani work
Plus: UAE to finance $50m Mosul reconstruction project | Knight Foundation donates $1m to US museums | Cristian Valsecchi named general manager of Fondazione Prada | and New York dealers challenge antique ivory sales law
Sophia Al-Maria wins inaugural Dunya Contemporary Art Prize
Plus: Lindsay Pollock joins Whitney Museum | ‘Selfie monkey’ not eligible to hold photo copyright | and Millicent Fawcett statue unveiled in Parliament Square
Ethiopian government seeks return of artefacts from V&A
Plus: Former MoMA director Richard E. Oldenburg has died | CB1 gallery in Los Angeles to close after artists’ complaints | and recommended reading
Getty Research Institute names Mary Miller as next director
Plus: Collector sues Jeff Koons Studio and Gagosian Gallery for ‘non-delivery’ | Victoria Miro to represent estate of Ilse D’Hollander | and recommended reading
Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lion goes to Kenneth Frampton
Plus: Cache of James Castle drawings discovered in artist’s home | SALT Beyoğlu reopens after two-year hiatus | and Sam Francis’s catalogue raisonné made available online
Copenhagen Contemporary to reopen in a permanent space
Plus: Artefacts stolen from Museum of East Asian Art in Bath | Art Institute of Chicago receives $70m in gifts | Artist accuse Los Angeles gallery of not paying them | Statue of 19th-century gynaecologist removed from Central Park
Baltimore Museum of Art to diversify contemporary collection
Plus: Max Mara Art Prize for Women awarded to Helen Cammock | Jerry Saltz wins Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | and Tate announces plans for new trustee and ticket prices for young visitors
Reliquary with queen’s heart stolen from Nantes museum
Plus: Joseph Beuys estate obtained by Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac | London museums in Grenfell Tower tribute discussions | High Museum unveils plans for reinstallation of collection | and recommended reading
Chris Dercon resigns as director of Berlin’s Volksbühne
Plus: FBI recover stolen Chagall painting | Ellen Salpeter resigns from ICA Miami | Jean de Loisy to curate 2019 Lyon Biennale | and recommended reading
Lucas Museum is buyer of Berkshire Museum’s Rockwell painting
Plus: ICA Boston to close Nicholas Nixon show early | Carol B. Cadou appointed director of Delaware’s Winterthur Museum | and Mike Kelley Foundation releases $400,000 in artist project grants
Max Hollein named next director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plus: Gillian Ayres (1930–2018) | Smithsonian governing body approves plans for London collaboration | Berkshire Museum marks first tranche of works for auction | and Outsider Art Fair cancels plans for Basel edition
Nick Mitzevich to head National Gallery of Australia
Plus: Documenta appoints music business executive as interim CEO | Max Uhlig donates entire oeuvre to Saxony’s Cultural Foundation | National Federation of Artists’ Studio Providers closes | and NEH awards $18.6m in grants
France to sign heritage agreement with Saudi Arabia
Plus: Cathy Wilkes selected to represent Britain at 2019 Venice Biennale | Rubens portrait at risk of leaving the UK | Debora L. Spar resigns as president of Lincoln Center | Nancy Ireson to join Barnes Foundation as deputy director of collections | and recommended reading
US court approves Berkshire Museum sale
Plus: Looted Egon Schiele drawings restored to the heirs of original owner | First round of partners and programmes announced by Terra-Art Bridges Initiative | Judge throws out lawsuit against Agnes Martin Authentication Committee | Francis Alÿs wins EYE Art and Film Prize | Ellen Stofan appointed director of Smithsonian Air and Space Museum | and recommended reading
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