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Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’ to return to East London

Art News Daily : 2 June

Cavorting amid the ruins with Hubert Robert

The French artist's obsessive portrayal of antiquity reveals his endless variety

The leading Lot at Christie’s this summer

Rubens's epic painting of Lot and his Daughters treats a morally ambiguous subject with great artistic subtlety. It's bound to do well at auction

The Sobey Art Award shortlist has been announced

Five artists are in the running for Canada's prestigious contemporary art prize

Hayward Gallery moves north of the river for one-off show

Irish ire over heritage ‘downgrade’

The term's been dropped from the title of the government department in charge of culture

Italy’s global search for new directors to safeguard culture and heritage

Art News Daily : 31 May

It’s culture vs the UK culture secretary in the Great British Brexit Debate

Artists and cultural figures have declared themselves for the 'In' campaign. Must make for some tricky meetings with the culture secretary...

How Tate Modern transformed London – and beyond

As the new Tate Modern opens, leading museum directors and critics assess the impact the museum has had since it opened in 2000

It’s the job of both artists and museums to reevaluate the past

Art can play a key role in recovering forgotten or neglected histories, and challenging received ideas

The tragedy and triumph of a British architect in New Delhi

Arthur Gordon Shoosmith showed great promise but built very little – though he did design a magnificent church in New Delhi

‘800 years of oppression!’ Ireland’s contemporary art biennial

The latest edition of EVA International tackles issues of postcolonialism at home and abroad

What does the Jameel Prize mean for contemporary Islamic art?

The award seeks to inspire a Renaissance in Islamic art, and is deliberately casting its net wide

Time regained: a lost rococo clock is found

An outstanding 18th-century clock made for a Hanoverian prince has resurfaced

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

A prank 'artwork' at SFMOMA, and art thieves caught on camera in Madrid

Taco Dibbits to succeed Wim Pijbes at Rijksmuseum

Art News Daily : 30 May

Acquisitions of the Month: May 2016

May's acquisitions include rare signed etchings by Picasso and photography by the Victorian pioneer Oscar Gustav Rejlander

Refreshingly partisan: David King’s homage to John Heartfield

The graphic designer, writer, editor, photographer, and researcher David King died earlier this month. His last book was a collection of John Heartfield's pioneering photo montages

The musical forms of Fausto Melotti

Fausto Melotti's sculptures ingeniously blur the line between figurative and abstract forms and his work deserves to be better known

Xavier Bray to take over at the Wallace Collection

Art News Daily : 27 May

Wallace Collection appoints Xavier Bray as new director

It will take both ambition and creative thinking to lead the museum: thankfully, Bray's record so far suggests he has plenty of both

Why the history of photography starts north of the border

Photography flourished in Scotland during its early development in the mid 19th century

Stonehenge among sites threatened by climate change, warns UN report

Art News Daily : 26 May