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National Portrait Gallery will not receive £1m Sackler grant

The entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, London in summer 2018.

Art news daily: 19 March

Edmund Capon (1940–2019)

Edmund Capon, pictured with a calligraphy painting from his own collection in 1999.

Art news daily: 18 March

A Maastricht mystery – the Master of Elsloo at the Bonnefantenmuseum

Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child (c. 1520), Master of Elsloo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Lars Hendrikman talks about curating an exhibition of sculptures attributed to the unknown woodcarver

Making a massive hashtag of it – from Brexit backers to Trump

Political tweets have hit the big time – on massive billboards in the UK and in ‘The Presidential Twitter Library’

How Pierre Bonnard became carried away by colour

Dining Room in the Country (detail; 1931), Pierre Bonnard. Minneapolis Institute of Art.

The more you look, the more mysterious the bright landscapes and paintings of his wife in the bath seem

Okwui Enwezor (1963–2019)

Okwui Enwezor in Venice in 2015.

Art news daily: 15 March

A chameleon who never lost his feeling for clay – Lucio Fontana at the Met

Spatial Concept (Concetto Spaziale) (1964-65), Lucio Fontana.

The Italian artist was a breathtakingly gifted ceramicist who flirted with too many other mediums

German culture ministers issue declaration on post-colonial restitution

Monika Grütters, the federal government commissioner for culture and the media in Germany.

Art news daily: 14 March

The best of TEFAF Maastricht 2019 – part three

The Shield of Achilles (1823), designed and modelled by John Flaxman.

Renaissance saints, Louis XVI vases and a silver gilt shield – the final instalment of what not to miss in Maastricht this year

Museums need to move with the times – that’s why deaccessioning isn’t always bad news

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The Archduke Leopold William in his Picture Gallery in Brussels (detail; 1647–51), David Teniers the Younger. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

In their missions to stay modern, institutions are sometimes right to reevaluate their holdings

Curator cuts at Leicester museums spark outrage

The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester.

Art news daily: 13 March

Beyond TEFAF – more to see in and around Maastricht

Kilham to Langtoft II, 27 July 2005 (2005), David Hockney.

There’s plenty to see throughout the Low Countries this month – from Van Gogh and Hockney to the Dutch Caravaggisti

The best of TEFAF Maastricht 2019 – part two

Merli Futuristi (Futuristic Blackbirds) (detail; c.1924), Giacomo Balla

Italian Futurism, handmade furniture and a fertility figurine – more works not to miss in Maastricht this year

What not to miss at Asia Week New York 2019

(c. 1942–45), Kakunen Tsuruoka. Scholten Fine Art (price on application)

From ancient Buddhist sculpture to mid 20th-century painting, the city is full of exceptional Asian art

The best of TEFAF Maastricht 2019 – part one

At the Lakeside, Moonlight, Grimshaw

Buddhist art, Belgian Symbolism and an exotic goblet – some of the works not to miss in Maastricht this year

John Richardson (1924–2019)

John Richardson in 2008.

Art news daily: 12 March

Hermitage to be first museum to curate pavilion at Venice Biennale

Winter Palace building housing the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.

Art news daily: 11 March

The rise of the monumental statue in modern-day India

The Statue of Unity portraying Vallabhbhai Patel, unveiled in Gujarat, India, in October 2018.

The world’s tallest statue now stands in Gujarat and even taller statues are planned in other states. What does this say about India today?

The fine art of golf

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is launching a mini-golf course inspired by its collection

Brian Kennedy appointed director of Peabody Essex Museum

Brian Kennedy

Art news daily: 8 March

‘It is for art historians to decide who painted this picture’

Judith and Holofernes, (c. 1607), attributed to Caravaggio, photo: © Cabinet Turquin

This Judith and Holofernes may or may not be by Caravaggio – but the strategy for its sale is refreshingly straightforward

Catching up with Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann holding a Venetian lion mask, photographed in London in May 2017, Photo: Benjamin McMahon

Remembering an artist who was so far ahead of her time that her work is still full of revelations

Cate Blanchett makes a mockery of Marina Abramović

Cate Blanchett has pastiched the performance artist for Documentary Now!

The best of Bruegel – in his own backyard

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Flanders is celebrating one of its greatest artists this year, with events and exhibitions across the region