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The week in art news – Christie’s sells jpeg by digital artist for a record $69m
Plus: Metro Pictures in New York to close | Paris Biennale folds | and National Trust’s colonialism report deemed lawful by Charity Commission
The week in art news – museums in Germany to open from Monday
Plus: V&A to merge departments and cut 140 jobs | UK government announces £390m to help arts venues reopen | Alan Bowness (1928–2021) | and missing Jacob Lawrence painting discovered in Manhattan
Missing Jacob Lawrence painting discovered in Manhattan apartment
The panel from one of the American painter’s great narrative series is the second to have shown up by chance in quick succession
The week in art news – Amnesty report points to massacre in Ethiopian town of Axum
Plus: Swiss museums reopen next week, while UK museums must wait until May | Experts confirm message on The Scream is by Munch | and National Gallery in London and Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin update Hugh Lane bequest deal
Experts confirm Edvard Munch wrote secret message on The Scream
Experts have confirmed that the writing on The Scream is in Munch’s handwriting
The week in art news – head of Indianapolis Museum of Art resigns after controversial job ad
Plus: National Gallery in London launches design competition to rethink Sainsbury Wing | Guggenheim Museum reaches deal with unionised workers | Cy Twombly Foundation rages against the Louvre | and Dolly Parton asks not to be put on a pedestal
The week in art news – far-right French mayor reopens museums in defiance of Covid shutdown
Plus: Getty Trust launches $38.5m LA arts recovery fund | Neal Benezra to depart as head of SFMOMA | Mayor of London announces members of diversity commission | CEO of Royal British Columbia Museum resigns after investigation into racism
The week in art news – US Supreme Court rules for Germany in Guelph Treasure case
Plus: Germany announces a second €1bn bailout for culture | Dutch government agrees to return all stolen objects to former colonies | and French museums press for reopening
The week in art news – Botticelli painting sells for $92m at auction
Plus: Centre Pompidou to close for three years of renovations | TEFAF Maastricht postponed to September | City of Bruges to build major new exhibition space
The week in art news – Art Basel postponed to September
Plus: Bozar damaged by fire | and City of London to remove statues with slavery links
The week in art news – world’s oldest animal painting found in Indonesia
Plus: Smithsonian scales back $2bn redevelopment plan | Naomi Beckwith appointed deputy director and chief curator of Guggenheim | and Champs-Élysées to be turned into ‘extraordinary garden’
The week in art news – Indian Supreme Court approves plans for new parliament complex
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India dismissed objections to the construction of a new parliament complex in New Delhi. The plans, announced…
Bill restituting artefacts to Benin and Senegal passes into French law
The French parliament has finalised the restitution of 26 artefacts to the Republic of Benin and one to Senegal. Speaking…
The week in art news – lone US senator blocks bills to create national Latino and women’s museums
Plus: Dutch Restitutions Commission criticised for lack of empathy and transparency | US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Guelph Treasure case | and Tate ethics committee deems Rex Whistler restaurant mural offensive
The week in art news – Tate to cut 120 gallery jobs to reduce losses
Plus: Irina Antonova (1922–2020) | MCH Group approves investment from James Murdoch’s firm | letter calls for Philip Johnson’s name to be removed from public institutions
The week in art news – continuing restrictions mean a patchy reopening for European museums
Plus: The chair of the Dutch committee on Nazi-looted art has resigned | Staff at the MFA Boston vote to unionise | and the director of the Liverpool Biennial steps down after differences with the board
The week in art news – Smithsonian and other US museums close amid Covid surge
Plus: Art Fund launches £1m crowdfunding campaign | Royal Opera House chair David Ross is confirmed as Hockney buyer | Sheldon Solow (1928–2020)
The week in art news – controversial road tunnel near Stonehenge gets the go-ahead
Plus: British Museum extends its Endangered Material Knowledge Programme | The Met appoints two co-chairs of its board of trustees | The state of New York is suing Sotheby’s for alleged tax fraud | Aldo Tambellini (1930–2020)
The week in art news – museums and galleries in England close in new lockdown
Plus: new dates announced for Philip Guston show | French senate approves restitution of 27 colonial-era artefacts | director of communications at the MNBAQ dies in Quebec City attack | Gagosian director fired after investigation into misconduct
The week in art news – Baltimore Museum of Art pulls works from controversial sale
Plus: Mohamed Melehi (1936–2020) | museums in France close in new national lockdown | Sindika Dokolo (1972–2020) | Art X Lagos postponed
The week in art news – Marian Goodman closes London gallery
Plus: Baltimore Museum of Art board chair defends deaccessioning sales | Lost Jacob Lawrence painting found after six decades | Stéphane Aquin appointed director of Montreal Museum of Fine Art | Deana Lawson wins 2020 Hugo Boss Prize
The week in art news – museums in Northern Ireland to close for four weeks
Plus: Brooklyn Museum to sell more works from its collection | French museum postpones Genghis Khan show after pressure from China | Art Fund announces Museums of the Year | and Chris Killip (1946–2020)
The week in art news – National Trust cuts 1,300 jobs
Plus: Nancy Spector resigns from the Guggenheim | France passes bill to restitute 27 colonial-era artefacts to Benin and Senegal | Baltimore Museum of Art plans to sell three paintings
The week in art news – Kevin Young appointed director of Smithsonian’s African American history museum
Plus: V&A to cut 10 per cent of workforce | RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal goes to David Adjaye | and Clore Duffield Foundation announces £2.5m grants for cultural organisations
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