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Lawrence Abu Hamdan receives 2022 Future Fields Commission

Art news daily: 3 January

3 Jan 2020

Alasdair Gray (1934–2019).

Alasdair Gray (1934–2019)

Art news daily: 2 January

2 Jan 2020

Syd’s coffee stall in 2019.

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

Art news daily: 20 December

20 Dec 2019

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

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

Art news daily: 19 December

19 Dec 2019

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

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

Art news daily: 18 December

18 Dec 2019

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

Nicky Morgan to remain as UK culture secretary

Art news daily: 17 December

17 Dec 2019

Parliament House in Canberra.

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

Art news daily: 16 December

16 Dec 2019

Yves Bouvier.

Monaco court dismisses fraud charges against dealer Yves Bouvier

Art news daily: 13 December

13 Dec 2019

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

Sotheby’s wins lawsuit over disputed Frans Hals painting

Art news daily: 12 December

12 Dec 2019

Rebecca Salter, president of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Rebecca Salter elected first female president of RA

Art news daily: 11 December

11 Dec 2019

Bettina Korek.

Bettina Korek appointed chief executive of Serpentine Galleries

Art news daily: 10 December

10 Dec 2019

Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Performance artist eats Maurizio Cattelan banana in Miami

Art news daily: 9 December

9 Dec 2019

Clay tablet from Iraq, from between 2100 to 2000BC. Photo: Kyle Cassidy

Penn Museum returns ancient clay tablets to Iraq

Art news daily: 6 December

6 Dec 2019

Protestors in Paris on 5 December 2019.

Museums across France close or restrict access due to national strikes

Art news daily: 5 December

5 Dec 2019

The collective winners of the Turner Prize 2019.

Turner Prize awarded to all four shortlisted artists

Art news daily: 4 December

4 Dec 2019

Centre for Political Beauty activists install their work in Berlin in December 2019.

Controversial monument containing ashes from Holocaust victims installed in Berlin

Art news daily: 3 December

3 Dec 2019

Mayor of Budapest halts construction of €250m New National Gallery

Art news daily: 2 December

2 Dec 2019

The Grassi Museum in Leipzig.

State of Saxony returns indigenous remains to Australia

Art news daily: 29 November

29 Nov 2019

The Geffrye Museum.

Geffrye Museum to reopen as Museum of the Home

Art news daily: 28 November

28 Nov 2019

The ancient city of Palmyra, photographed in 2017.

Russian and Syrian officials agree plans to restore Palmyra

Art news daily: 27 November

27 Nov 2019

Belgian police intervene in ownership dispute over religious sculptures

Art news daily: 26 November

26 Nov 2019

Police outside the Residenzschloss in Dresden on 25 November 2019.

Thieves raid historic treasury at royal palace in Dresden

Art news daily: 25 November

25 Nov 2019

British metal detectorists sentenced for stealing Saxon and Viking hoard worth £3m

Art news daily: 22 November

22 Nov 2019

Jeremy Corbyn at the launch of the Labour party election manifesto in Birmingham on 21 November 2019.

Labour Party general election manifesto pledges £1bn culture boost

Art news daily: 21 November

21 Nov 2019

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