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Modigliani painting breaks Sotheby’s record

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) at Sotheby's Hong Kong in April 2018.

Art news daily: 15 May

‘The Royal Academy remains a great asset that must never be squandered’

Alfred Drury’s statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy, in front of the façade of Burlington House.

Norman Rosenthal, Rebecca Salter, Nick Goss and Sarah Turner share their views on what sets the RA apart

The making of the new Royal Academy – an insider’s view

The new Wohl Entrance Hall.

The RA’s Secretary and Chief Executive traces the history of the institution’s redevelopment

Will Alsop (1947–2018)

Art news daily: 14 May

A tribute to Per Kirkeby (1938–2018)

Per Kirkeby (1938–2018).

The Danish artist and former geologist has died at the age of 79

Patronage, prizes and Mad King Ludwig pens

The luxury brand Montblanc recently launched the 27th edition of its cultural patronage awards

Why a museum in London is getting creative with Campari

The Estorick Collection in north London is to stage an exhibition of Campari posters. Salute!

John Ruskin’s visions of Venice

Drawings and daguerreotypes on view at the Ducal Palace reveal the variety of Ruskin’s engagement with Venice

Beyoncé donates ring from Jay-Z to the V&A

Papillon ring designed by Glenn Spiro. Image: Glenn Spiro

Art news daily: 11 May

Per Kirkeby (1938–2018)

Per Kirkeby (1938–2018)

Art news daily: 10 May

Please stop calling celebrities performance artists – they really aren’t

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Shia LaBeouf wearing a paper bag on his head at the premiere of the film ‘Nymphomaniac (I)’

It’s time to stop using the art form to justify the attention-seeking antics of figures such as Shia LaBeouf and Kanye West

‘Few painters in Renaissance Italy used gold to such dazzling effect’

The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin (detail; 1424–34), Fra Angelico. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

Four reliquaries by Fra Angelico have been reunited for the first time since the 19th century

National Portrait Gallery receives £5m towards new wing

The National Portrait Gallery, London

Art news daily: 9 May

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Kanye West tries out architecture, the naked truth about museums, and meatball modernism

Acquisitions of the month: April 2018

Still Life with Bottles and a Cowrie Shell, Vincent Van Gogh

Chris Ofili’s notorious ‘The Holy Virgin Mary’ goes to MoMA and the Baltimore Museum of Art updates its contemporary art collection

Records tumbled at the first Rockefeller sale – but it lacked the drama we’d been promised

Despite setting a host of new auction records, the first Rockefeller Collection sale was an underwhelming event

Australia budgets $50m for Captain Cook commemorations

Art news daily: 8 May

The calligraphic lines of Ibrahim El-Salahi

Head of the Undersecretary (detail; 2000), Ibrahim El-Salahi.

The Sudanese artist’s singular vision is equally inspired by African and European culture

How Mary Cassatt created a school of her own

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, Mary Cassatt

The American Impressionist’s singular body of work is as hard to classify as ever

The mayor of Paris wants the city to store art from conflict zones

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo

Art news daily: 4 May

The British artists going back to the land

Encampment Supreme (2015), Paul Chaney.

How artists over the past century have tried to preserve, renew and reinvent the English countryside

Glasgow International plays tricks on the city

Installation view of a work by John Russell, part of 'Cellular World' at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow International Festival 2018, photo: © Alan Dimmick

Scotland’s most ambitious biennial sets out to disorient – and largely succeeds

Book competition

Your chance to win ‘Rodin and the art of ancient Greece’ by Celeste Farge, Bénédicte Garnier and Ian Jenkins (Thames & Hudson)

Bernini’s Saint Bibiana reportedly damaged in transit

(1624-26), Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Art news daily: 3 May