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The week in art news – V&A revises plan to restructure departments
Plus: Mali and Unesco receive symbolic reparations for Timbuktu destruction, France pledges €500,000 for Sursock Museum repairs, and more stories
The week in art news – German culture minister calls for national strategy on Benin Bronzes
The German culture minister, Monika Grütters, has called a meeting next month of museums and states to form ‘a national…
Germany moves closer to returning Benin Bronzes
The German government has reportedly been in talks about the return of German-held Benin Bronzes, raising hopes of their imminent restitution
The week in art news – US museums vote against permanent easing of deaccessioning guidelines
Plus: V&A pauses plans to make National Art Library staff redundant | Lacaton & Vassal win Pritzker Architecture Prize | and David Alan Harvey resigns from Magnum
The week in art news – Christie’s sells jpeg by digital artist for a record $69m
On Thursday a digital artwork sold for $69.3m at Christie’s in New York. The work, titled Everydays: The First 5,000…
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, and more stories
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 names members of diversity commission | CEO of Royal British Columbia Museum resigns after racism inquiry
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
Mike Lee, the senior senator for the state of Utah, voted on Thursday against a pair of bills to create…
The week in art news – Tate to cut 120 gallery jobs to reduce losses
The Tate has announced that it will be making a second round of redundancies, just months after cutting 295 jobs…
The week in art news – continuing restrictions mean a patchy reopening for European museums
As a second phase of national lockdowns across Europe comes to an end, the reopening of museums will proceed at…
The week in art news – Smithsonian and other US museums close amid Covid surge
A surge in Covid-19 cases has led to the closure of museums in multiple states across the US. The Smithsonian…
The week in art news – controversial road tunnel near Stonehenge gets the go-ahead
The Secretary of State for Transport has approved plans to build a road tunnel for the A303 motorway near Stonehenge.…
The week in art news – museums and galleries in England close in new lockdown
Museums and galleries in England are now closed under new national restrictions imposed to control the spread of Covid-19. These…
The week in art news – Baltimore Museum of Art pulls works from controversial sale
On Wednesday, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) withdrew paintings by Clyfford Still and Brice Marden from the Contemporary Art…
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