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Derek Jarman’s cottage at Dungeness, Kent.
Patrick van Maris.

Patrick van Maris to resign as head of TEFAF

Art news daily: 21 January

21 Jan 2020

Putin appoints cultural leaders to rewrite constitution

Art news daily: 16 January

16 Jan 2020
St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

Drawing believed to be by Dürer discovered in Vienna

Art news daily: 13 January

13 Jan 2020
Cecilia Alemani who has been appointed director of the 59th Venice Biennale.
Carrawburgh Roman Fort.
US President Donald Trump makes a statement on Iran at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Florida, on 3 January, 2020.

Trump backs away from military confrontation with Iran

Art news daily: 8 January

8 Jan 2020
Photo: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images
US President Donald Trump makes a statement on Iran at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Florida, on 3 January, 2020.
Alasdair Gray (1934–2019).

Alasdair Gray (1934–2019)

Art news daily: 2 January

2 Jan 2020
Syd’s coffee stall in 2019.
The Adoration of the Shepherds (detail; c. 1654), Rembrandt.
The Finding of Moses (detail; early 1630s), Orazio Gentileschi.
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.
Yves Bouvier.
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.