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Wisteria (c. 1925), Claude Monet.

Gemeentemuseum discovers water lilies under wisteria painting by Monet

Art news daily: 4 June

4 Jun 2019
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Salvator Mundi (c. 1500), Leonardo da Vinci. Christie's

Leonardo expert declines to support attribution of Salvator Mundi

Art News Daily: 3 June

3 Jun 2019
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Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera

Transgender activists to be honoured with monument in New York

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Transgender activists to be honoured with monument in New York |…

31 May 2019
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, which in May sold five artworks at auction for nearly $8 million to raise funds for new acquisitions. Would capitalising those works have allowed the institution to pursue its acquisition strategy without compromising its existing holdings?

Baltimore Museum of Art issues citywide survey for second time

Art news daily: 30 May

30 May 2019
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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, early on April 16, 2019.

Notre-Dame must be restored to previous appearance, says Senate

Art news daily: 29 May

29 May 2019
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Boston Museum of Fine Arts takes action over racism claim

Art news daily: 28 May

28 May 2019
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Tournament in Front of Castle Steen (1635–37), Peter Paul Rubens.

Flemish tourist board acquires castle that belonged to Rubens

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Visit Flanders to acquire Rubens’ Elewijt Castle | A castle once…

24 May 2019
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Judith Kerr (1923–2019) at her home in west London in 2018.

Judith Kerr (1923–2019)

Art news daily: 23 May

23 May 2019
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The National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, photographed on 3 September 2018, a day after a fire devastated the building.

Director of Brazil’s National Museum to seek funding from Europe

Art news daily: 22 May

22 May 2019
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Loch Lomond’s shores in Balloch.

Loch Lomond development plan draws record number of objections

Art news daily: 21 May

21 May 2019
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The Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA) in Los Angeles in May 2019.

MOCA to offer free admission

Art News Daily: 20 May

20 May 2019
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I.M. Pei photographed in 2004.

I.M. Pei (1917–2019)

Art news daily: 17 May

17 May 2019
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The Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Met will no longer accept money from Sacklers with Purdue Pharma ties

Art News Daily: 16 May

16 May 2019
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Meules(1890), Claude Monet. Courtesy Sotheby's

$111m sale of Monet haystacks painting breaks records

Art news daily: 15 May

15 May 2019
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Cody Hartley, 2019.

Cody Hartley named Georgia O’Keeffe Museum director

Art news daily: 14 May

14 May 2019
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‘Sun and Sea’ by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina Lapelytė, Photo: Neon Realism

Top prizes at Venice Biennale go to Lithuania and Arthur Jafa

Art news daily : 13 May

13 May 2019
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Jean-Pierre Muster, chief executive of Unicredit, Unicredit

UniCredit to sell part of its corporate art collection

Art news daily: 10 May

10 May 2019
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Drinking vessels with decorated gold neck in-situ.

Archaeologists reveal major Anglo-Saxon burial chamber findings

Art news daily: 9 May

9 May 2019
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Archaeological excavations at Stonehenge in 1958.

Missing piece of Stonehenge returned after 60 years

Art news daily: 8 May

8 May 2019
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The Saatchi Gallery in London.

Saatchi Gallery covers up works after complaints from Muslim visitors

Art news daily: 7 May

7 May 2019
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Turner Contemporary, Margate, photo: Carlos Dominquez

Turner Prize cuts ties with Stagecoach

Art news daily : 3 May

3 May 2019
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Detail of a sketch of Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1517–18), by an assistant of Leonardo, Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019

Newly discovered sketch of Leonardo to go on display

Art news daily : 2 May

2 May 2019
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Turner Contemporary in Margate.

Turner Prize shortlist announced amid sponsor controversy

Art news daily: 1 May

1 May 2019
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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, early on April 16, 2019.

Academics and curators urge caution in Notre-Dame repairs

Art news daily: 30 April

30 Apr 2019
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