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Monika Gruetters (left) hands over the painting ‘Quai de Clichy’ by Paul Signac to Agnes Sevestre-Barbe, representative of the heiress, as part of the return of art stolen under the Nazis and hoarded by Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of Nazi-era dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt in Berlin on July 3, 2019.

The week in art news – Gurlitt hoard investigation wound up

Plus: Turner Prize 2020 cancelled, Italian judges back right-wing institute against the ministry of culture, and more art news

29 May 2020
Photo: Koos Breukel; courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York © 2020 Susan Rothenberg/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

The week in art news – Susan Rothenberg (1945–2020)

Plus: the MFA Houston is the first major US museum to reopen, the Venice Art and Architecture Biennales have been postponed, and Hobby Lobby is suing Christie’s

22 May 2020
Photo: Rob Stothard/Getty Images
The closed Museum of Modern Art on March 17, 2020 in New York Citydistancing. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

The week in art news – MoMA takes a ‘chainsaw’ to its budget

Plus: auction houses prepare to reopen, Cathie Pilkington becomes keeper of the RA, and more art news

7 May 2020
Germano Celant at ‘Post Zang Tumb Tuum’ at the Fondazione Prada in 2018. Photo: Ugo dalla Porta; courtesy Fondazione Prada

The week in art news – Germano Celant (1940–2020)

Plus: Zarina (1937–2020), museums in Italy and Belgium set reopening dates, and more art stories from around the world

1 May 2020
A view of Museum Island and the Bode Museum in Berlin.

The week in art news – museums in Germany prepare to reopen

The week in art news: 24 April

24 Apr 2020
The Bourse de Commerce in Paris.

Pinault collection opening in Paris postponed to spring 2021

Our round-up of news from the art world  Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection opening postponed to spring 2021 |…

17 Apr 2020
The Getty Center.
The empty Tuileries in Paris during the lockdown in April 2020.
Smoke at the site of the Humboldt Forum construction site on the morning of 8 April 2020

Fire at construction site of Humboldt Forum in Berlin

Art news daily: 8 April

8 Apr 2020
The interior of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza photographed during construction in September 2019.
The Whitney Museum of American Art in 2014. Photo: Timothy Schenck

Whitney lays off 76 staff members

Art news daily: 6 April

6 Apr 2020
The Getty Center.
Philip Long.
Derek Jarman’s cottage at Dungeness, Kent.
Alan Jones.

Alan Jones steps down temporarily as president of RIBA

Art news daily: 31 March

31 Mar 2020
The Singer Laren Museum.

Vincent Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum

Art news daily: 30 March

30 Mar 2020
Michael Sorkin.

Michael Sorkin (1948–2020)

Art news daily: 27 March

27 Mar 2020
Maurice Berger in 2019.

Maurice Berger (1956–2020)

Art news daily: 25 March

25 Mar 2020
Paul Kasmin at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2018.

Paul Kasmin (1960–2020)

Art news daily: 24 March

24 Mar 2020
View of Marseille.

Manifesta 13 and other biennials postponed

Art news daily: 23 March

23 Mar 2020
The American Alliance of Museums has written to Congress at the United States Capitol.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Met anticipates losses of $100m and closure until July

Art news daily: 19 March

19 Mar 2020