St Fagans in Wales wins Art Fund Museum of the Year
Plus: France returns group of 445 ancient stolen artefacts to Pakistan | and Krefeld rejects artist’s heirs claim to Mondrian paintings
David Koloane (1938–2019)
Plus: Nan Goldin leads protest against Sackler wing at Louvre | Bartomeu Marí named executive director of Museo de Arte de Lima | and Heidi Zuckerman to step down as director of Aspen Art Museum
Italian culture minister plans to appoint single director to run Uffizi and Accademia
Plus: Christian Rattemeyer named director of SculptureCenter | Germany to return Nazi-looted Dutch painting to Uffizi | and Guggenheim workers vote to unionise
St Peter’s Seminary will not be saved by the Scottish government
Plus: Wellcome Collection names Melanie Keen as new director | Designs for extension to New Museum revealed | Aliph fund announces $6.3m for war-zone heritage projects | and recommended reading
Kate Fowle appointed as director of MoMA PS1
Plus: Goodman Gallery names Jo Stella-Sawicka as London director | and Paris Photo to launch fair in New York in 2020
‘Lost Caravaggio’ sold privately ahead of scheduled auction
Plus: Sotheby’s must face Rybolovlev lawsuit | Arrest warrant issued for dealer Angela Gulbenkian
Bruce Museum in Connecticut awarded $15m toward expansion
Plus: Medieval Scottish town receives £1.2m regeneration fund | and collector Agnes Gund signs letter supporting wealth tax
Peter Selz (1919–2019)
Plus: Berlin museums appeal to US Supreme Court over Guelph Treasure | Gagosian appoints Artsy co-founder as adviser | and recommended reading
American Association of Museum Directors calls for an end to unpaid internships
Plus: Survey finds front-of-house staff in UK museums feel undervalued | Poster museum opens in New York | Illinois community college invests millions in expanded museum | and recommended reading
Italy pledges to loan 2,000 artefacts to National Museum in Brazil
Plus: Whitney Museum senior curator Donna De Salvo resigns | Olafur Eliasson to illuminate Arc de Triomphe | and results of new survey weigh up salaries in visual arts
Hannah Rothschild steps down as National Gallery’s chair of trustees
Plus: Putin grants Russian citizenship to grandson of collector whose property was allegedly seized by Lenin | Van Gogh's gun sells for €162,000 | and Union formed by security workers at Frye Art Museum
Serpentine Galleries CEO Yana Peel resigns
Plus: Robert Therrien (1947–2019) | and shortlist for Film London Jarman Award announced
Sotheby’s to pass into private ownership after 31 years as a public company
Plus: Director of Berlin Jewish Museum steps down over controversial tweet | Valie Export named as recipient of The Roswitha Haftmann Prize | and rediscovered marble monument commemorating 19th-century humanitarian to go on display in New York
Joyce Pensato (1941–2019)
Plus: Hauser & Wirth to open arts centre in Menorca | World Monument Fund restores eastern half of Phnom Bakheng temple | and recommended reading
Mexico library claims to discover first known audio of Frida Kahlo
Plus: Opening of Humboldt Forum delayed until 2020 | and 2019 Sobey Art Award shortlist announced
Tate signs memorandum to support Shanghai’s new Pudong Museum of Art
Plus: activists occupy El Museo del Barrio on its 50th anniversary | and Guggenheim workers prepare to unionise
Amada Cruz named director and CEO of Seattle Art Museum
Plus: Gary Hume among artists calling for National Portrait Gallery to drop BP sponsorship | and Gagosian opens permanent gallery in Basel
Sagrada Família obtains building permit 137 years after construction began
Plus: Pierre Rosenberg collection to go to new museum in Saint-Cloud
Rein Wolfs appointed director of Stedelijk Museum
Plus: Joseph Wright of Derby work purchased by Getty Museum may face export hurdles | With new content rules, ‘Triumph of the Will’ removed from YouTube | Security workers at Frye Art Museum in Seattle unionize | and recommended reading
Former shipping executive Paddy Rodgers to direct Royal Museums Greenwich
Plus: David L. Lee elected president of Getty Trust board | Flemish government to offer loans to contemporary art buyers | Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019) | Joe Overstreet (1933–2019)
Freelands Foundation finds improvement in art-world gender parity
Plus: National Trust buys Brackenthwaite Hows | Museumgoer discovers misidentified Rodin portrait | and recommended reading
Gemeentemuseum discovers water lilies under wisteria painting by Monet
Plus: Natural History Museum director to retire | and Camille Billops (1933–2019)
Leonardo expert declines to support attribution of Salvator Mundi
Plus: Lithuanian Pavilion faces financial shortfalls | Museum workers share salaries on anonymous spreadsheet | Tony DeLap (1927–2019) | and recommended reading
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