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Time and motion study – the year ahead in dance

Michael Clark & Company, I Am Curious, Orange (1988).

US audiences have new treats in store from Alexei Ratmansky, while in London the Barbican and Sadler’s Wells celebrate the work of Michael Clark and Richard Alston

Arty films and books to look out for in 2020

From The Rock as an art detective to warts-and-all Warhol – the must-see films and a first reading list for art lovers

Crystal gazing – art market predictions for the year ahead

Art Basel in Hong Kong in 2019.

How will recent investment in AI and digital channels affect the art market? And what of the prospect of Brexit?

The museum openings not to miss in 2020

The Humboldt Forum in Berlin is scheduled to open – finally – in the autumn, while in Oslo the Munch Museum returns in a smart new home

Giddy heights in the Gulf and Shanghai and rescue missions in the UK – the year ahead in architecture

What to watch in the world of architecture in 2020, from the race to become the world’s tallest building to increasingly urgent conservation battles

Books, biennials and trailblazing women – artists select their highlights of 2019

Standing Figure with African Masks (2018), Claudette Johnson. Tate, London

Artists including Lubaina Himid, Hew Locke and Ibrahim Mahama pick out their favourite shows and events of the past year

Has MoMA brought modernism up to date?

Installation view of Rainforest V (variation I) (1973–2015) by David Tudor in the Marie-Josée and Harry Kravis Studio, a new space for performance, sound and moving-image work at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Man (as represented by white men) is no longer the measure of all things at the headquarters of modern art

‘The most accomplished watercolourist of his day’

Fifty years after his death, William Russell Flint – once hugely popular, if critically spurned – deserves reevaluation

Syd’s coffee stall heads to the Museum of London after 100 years on the street

Syd’s coffee stall in 2019.

Art news daily: 20 December

Community spirit – an interview with Grace Ndiritu

‘The Coming Community’, installation view, Freelands Foundation, London, 2019.

The artist started out working with textiles – but has since broadened her focus to explore alternative communities

Ulster Museum is first in Northern Ireland to acquire works by Rembrandt

The Adoration of the Shepherds (detail; c. 1654), Rembrandt.

Art news daily: 19 December

When Palladio came to Cheshire – in the 1980s

The west side of Henbury Hall in Cheshire, designed by Julian Bicknell and built in 1986–87.

Henbury Hall is a fine example of neo-Palladian architecture. But what does it mean to recreate a historical style?

Viennese whirlwind – the feminist artist who outraged Austrian society

Einkreisung (1976/80), Valie Export.

With a London gallery restaging Valie Export’s exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1980, the artist looks back at her controversial body of work

School of rock – inside the new-look Aberdeen Art Gallery

After a £35m renovation and expansion, the granite city can finally display its collections in the manner they deserve

National Gallery reaches £22m target to buy Orazio Gentileschi painting

The Finding of Moses (detail; early 1630s), Orazio Gentileschi.

Art news daily: 18 December

Eye of the beholder – how the Prophet Muhammad has been depicted through the centuries

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‘The Prophet Muhammad encounters the angel of half-fire and half-snow’, miniature from a copy of al-Sarai’s Nahj al-Faradis (c. 1465), Herat.

Museums have avoided displaying images of the Prophet in recent years – but might this not do a disservice to the heritage of Islam?

Nicky Morgan to remain as UK culture secretary

UK culture secretary Nicky Morgan arrives at Downing Street on 16 October 2019.

Art news daily: 17 December

What makes a museum ‘fire-proof’?

The ‘Getty fire’ in Brentwood, California on 28 October 2019 (with the Getty Center visible in the background).

The Getty Center’s fire prevention system is a standard-bearer for museums and historic properties worldwide

Petition against scrapping of Australian federal arts department signed by 34,000

Parliament House in Canberra.

Art news daily: 16 December

Reign makers – Roy Strong’s guide to Elizabethan portraits, reviewed

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573–1624) (detail; c. 1593–97), unknown artist.

This authoritative survey gives some of the most familiar works of English art a new lease of life

Practical magic – the Arts and Crafts designs of Ernest Gimson

Demi-lune sideboard (c. 1902–05), Ernest Gimson. Marchmont House, Duns.

A new biography shows how thoroughly the designer’s life and work were intertwined

The Royal Academy goes gonzo

This week the institution elected the first female president in its 251-year history. Its Twitter account seems to be taking an *even* more radical direction

Monaco court dismisses fraud charges against dealer Yves Bouvier

Yves Bouvier.

Art news daily: 13 December

Sotheby’s wins lawsuit over disputed Frans Hals painting

A detail of the disputed Frans Hals portrait at the centre of Sotheby’s lawsuit against Fairlight Art Ventures.

Art news daily: 12 December