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Karl Lagerfeld photographed at the Palazzo Vecchio in 2015.

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019)

Art news daily: 19 February

19 Feb 2019
The gilded ancient Egyptian coffin at the Met in New York (detail).

The Met to return ancient coffin to Egypt

Art news daily: 18 February

18 Feb 2019
Mary Boone in 2008. Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Mary Boone sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax fraud

Art news daily: 15 February

15 Feb 2019
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library in winter, 2011, Morgan Library & Museum.
Axel Ruger

Axel Rüger appointed head of Royal Academy

Art news daily: 13 February

13 Feb 2019
FatoŞ Üstek

Fatoş Üstek named director of Liverpool Biennial

Art news daily: 12 February

12 Feb 2019
Portrait of Robert Ryman in 2002.

Robert Ryman (1930–2019)

Art news daily: 11 February

11 Feb 2019
Alicja Kwade

Met selects Alicja Kwade for 2019 roof garden commission

Art news daily: 8 February

8 Feb 2019
A saleroom in New York during the sales of the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller.

Christie’s posts record sales total of £5.3bn for 2018

Art news daily: 7 February

7 Feb 2019
MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, photographed in 2013.

Rio museum completes controversial Pollock painting sale

Art news daily: 6 February

6 Feb 2019
North/south section-perspective through the new gallery spaces at The Museum of Modern Art, looking east along Fifty-third Street.
Jerwood Gallery.
Watlington Hoard

UK government wants to widen legal definition of treasure

Art news daily: 1 February

1 Feb 2019
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Mosul Museum partially reopens with contemporary exhibition

Art news daily: 30 January

30 Jan 2019
The artist Susan Hiller in 2014.

Susan Hiller (1940–2019)

Art news daily: 29 January

29 Jan 2019
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. on 8 January 2019 during the US government shutdown.
Architect’s rendering of the new Vancouver Art Gallery building.

Vancouver Art Gallery receives $40m for new building

Art news daily: 24 January

24 Jan 2019
Jonas Mekas in 2015.

Jonas Mekas (1922–2019)

Art news daily: 23 January

23 Jan 2019
Haus der Kunst, Munich.

Zimbabwe biennial postponed due to political turmoil

Art news daily: 18 January

18 Jan 2019
Sebastian Cwilich. Photo: John Parra/Getty Images for Art Basel Miami 2012