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Otobong Nkanga, who has been awarded the inaugural $100,000 Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award.

Otobong Nkanga wins inaugural Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award

Art news daily: 1 October

1 Oct 2019
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Maggie Appleton.

UK museum leaders warn of crumbling infrastructure

Art news daily: 30 September

30 Sep 2019
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Jacques Chirac at the inauguration of the Musée du Quai-Branly in 2006.

Jacques Chirac (1932–2019)

Art news daily: 27 September

27 Sep 2019
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Christopher Le Brun to step down from Royal Academy presidency

Art news daily: 26 September

26 Sep 2019
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The Mocking of Christ, thought to have been painted by Cimabue, will be auctioned at Senlis on 27 October.

Painting attributed to Cimabue discovered in French woman’s kitchen

Art news daily: 25 September

25 Sep 2019
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The Great Gallery at the Wallace Collection, London.

Wallace Collection to start lending artworks

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Wallace Collection to start lending artworks | Following a reexamination of…

24 Sep 2019
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Ice Watch (2018), Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing.

UN appoints Olafur Eliasson as climate ambassador

Art news daily: 23 September

23 Sep 2019
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Gianfranco Gorgoni (1941–2019)

Art news daily: 20 September

20 Sep 2019
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Fumio Nanjo in 2007.

Director of Mori Art Museum to retire

Art news daily: 19 September

19 Sep 2019
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Getty Trust announces $100m world heritage programme

Art news daily: 18 September

18 Sep 2019
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Stephen Deuchar.

Stephen Deuchar to step down as director of Art Fund

Art news daily: 17 September

17 Sep 2019
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AMERICA (2016), Maurizio Cattelan.

Maurizio Cattelan sculpture stolen from Blenheim Palace

Art news daily: 16 September

16 Sep 2019
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Pauline Curnier Jardin, winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2019.

Pauline Curnier Jardin has been awarded the Preis der Nationalgalerie

Art news daily: 13 September

13 Sep 2019
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Helen Whately MP

Helen Whately appointed UK minister for arts, heritage and tourism

Art news daily: 12 September

12 Sep 2019
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One Stamford Forum, Connecticut, containing the headquarters of Purdue Pharma.

Sackler family reportedly ready to give up ownership of Purdue Pharma

Our daily round-up of news from the art world Sackler family reportedly ready to give up ownership of Purdue Pharma |…

11 Sep 2019
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Robert Frank (1924–2019), photographed in 2014.

Robert Frank (1924–2019)

Art news daily: 10 September

10 Sep 2019
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Francisco Toledo, photographed in 2015.

Francisco Toledo (1940–2019)

Art news daily: 9 September

9 Sep 2019
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Sotheby's, New York, in June 2004. Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images

Sotheby’s shareholders approve sale to Patrick Drahi

Art news daily: 6 September

6 Sep 2019
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UK government to increase DCMS funding by 4.1 per cent

Art news daily: 5 September

5 Sep 2019
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Bristol’s Arnolfini to receive £1.8m investment from Arts Council

Art news daily: 4 September

4 Sep 2019
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St Clare Rescuing the Shipwrecked (1455), Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia.

Germany returns Nazi-looted Renaissance panels to Jewish heirs

Art news daily: 3 September

3 Sep 2019
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Main view of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, including its agricultural terraces.

Palestinian Museum wins 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Art news daily: 2 September

2 Sep 2019
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Making the Modern World Gallery at Science Museum, London

Science Museum workers go on strike over low pay

Art news daily: 30 August

30 Aug 2019
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Nan Goldin at a P.A.I.N. protest in front of the Louvre in July 2019.

Nan Goldin arrested in New York during anti-opioid protest

Art news daily: 29 August

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